The start of the game and beginning of the second half were difference-makers in Newtown High School's boys' basketball team's season opener, against visiting Fitch of Groton, on Saturday afternoon. T...

Last season ended in the most disappointing yet thrilling way possible for Newtown High School's boys' hockey team, and the Nighthawks are striving to build off all that transpired late last w...

Coming off a 7-13 season in which it missed qualifying for the state playoffs by a mere game, Newtown High School's boys' basketball team will turn to its teamwork and dedication, among other traits, ...

Newtown High School's wrestling team defeated visiting Weston 54-24 in the season-opener, on December 13. Ron Chivinski, the team's first-year head coach, saw five of his grapplers win via pin fall, e...

Newtown's D14 cheerleading squad won the national title with a pair of strong routines before the judges inside Silver Spurs Arena, at the American Youth Cheer National Championships in Kissimmee, Fla...

Newtown High School's girls' basketball team improved to 2-0 with a 44-32 win over St Joseph of Trumbull on December 13. Nicki DaPra dropped in a dozen points, and Rylee Mulligan had ten in the win. M...

Susan Bridges, coach of Newtown High School's cheerleading squad, was recently named the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) Cheerleading Coach of the Year. "I am humbled and honored t...

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of Newtown High's head coach. The goals of challenging perennial South-West Conference powerhouse New Milford for a title...

On the surface, it looks like Newtown High School's girls' basketball team should win its share of games this winter. After all, the Nighthawks are coming off a 15-5 regular-season and lost only one r...