The Mad Dash will be held on Saturday, June 11, and the Rooster Run will take place on Saturday, June 18. To register, visit the Newtown Parks & Recreation webpage.   Mad Dash Get ready...

Gone are the days in which athletes who have been concussed take a couple days off then return to the playing field.Associated Press article, "Study: Football Concussions and Resuming Play Vary By Age...

State Open track and field championships took place at New Britain's Willow Brook Park on June 6, and Newtown High School's squads had some standout performances. Jack Godfrey was third in the shot-pu...

One tough inning and an even tougher pitcher - Norwich Free Academy's Elizabeth Fleming - added up to the end of a tremendous season for Newtown High School's softball team. The fourth-seeded Nighthaw...

The Class LL state track and field championships took place at New Britain's Willow Brook Park on June 1, and Newtown High School's squads had some standout performances. Both the girls' and boys' lin...

Newtown High School's softball team came from behind to defeat West Haven in the Class LL state tournament's second round, winning 6-4 at home, on June 1. The fourth-seeded Nighthawks trailed No. 13 W...

Newtown High School's baseball team clawed back from a five-run deficit to pull to within two and had the potential tying run in scoring position in its final at bat, but that was as close as the Nigh...

Newtown High School's girls' golf team retained its South-West Conference trophy by shooting a team-best 395 at the 18-hole Brownson Country Club in Shelton on May 31. The Nighthawks, having won the t...

Fresh off its second straight South-West Conference championship, an 11-0 win over Pomperaug of Southbury, Newtown High School's softball team opened state playoff competition with a similarly-dominan...

Newtown High School's boys' golf team won its second consecutive South-West Conference championship, at Danbury's Ridgewood Country Club, on May 27. The Nighthawks, as a team, finished with a score of...