The post-season began in earnest this week and despite the amazing level of success achieved almost across the board at Newtown High School this spring, it did not go all that well.
The baseball team was stopped, 2-0, by Bunnell in the SWC quarterfinals; the girls' and boys' track and field teams finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in their conference championships meets; and the SWC defending champion girls' tennis team was swept by Weston in the conference team semi-finals. [More]
The situation might have seemed familiar to most of the players, but for a team that has only been challenged twice all year - and not at all in the South-West Conference - it engendered a little bit of nervous tension.
With a little less than 12 minutes gone in the SWC semi-finals last week, the Newtown High School girls' lacrosse team found itself down 5-1 to Joel Barlow.[More]
TRUMBULL - When the 2007 baseball season began, Stamford High coach Bob Augustyn didn't know what to expect from his team. Only one starter returned, and the team had precious little varsity experience.
Who could have imagined that the Black Knights would reach the CIAC Class LL semifinals? But now they have. Mitch O'Meara tossed a five-hittter and Tymon Garrity's fourth-inning single knocked in the winning run as 12th-seeded Stamford edged No. 20 Newtown 2-1 last night.[More]
RED = Game is Postponed
