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5 days ago · A new booster club, Hawks Nation — Champions of NHS Athletics, has been established for Newtown High School’s athletics programs. NHS had a booster club in place but things came apart as a result of the impact of COVID-19, according to a group of student-athlete parents who have stepped up to help ensure the many Nighthawk teams get financial support needed during upcoming seasons.
5 days ago · Newtown High cheerleading coach humbled by South-West Conference recognition. Grace Lyons Follows Record-Setting SWC Performance With State Title; And Dissa, Chappa Claim Championships By Andy Hutchison
1 day ago · Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, a former NBA player, WNBA coach and the father of Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 69. La Salle University, the school in Philadelphia where Bryant played from 1973 ...
1 day ago · Danbury officials seek new grocery store to fill space that Stop & Shop will vacate on Newtown Road. The Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop supermarket chain, which is owned by Dutch grocery giant ...
4 days ago · Alijza Harris, center, of Stamford is photographed at the annual Grip It and Rip It 7 on 7 football tournament at New Canaan High School on July 12, 2024. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media NEW CANAAN — Cardinal Hayes (NY) defeated Newtown 31-18 in the final to win the 17th annual Grip It and Rip It Football 7-on-7 passing tournament Saturday at Dunning Field in New Canaan.
2 days ago · Most members of the boys’ basketball team at Richmond Senior High in Rockingham were at home with their families. Coach Donald Pettigrew heard from McNeil, who just wanted to put some shots up. McNeil, now an N.C. State-bound high school graduate who scored 71 points in a game for the Raiders last season, spent about three hours in the gym on that Christmas as a freshman.
4 days ago · Newton was a talented baseball and basketball player as a youth, but developed a fear of being hit by a pitch in baseball and could not avoid foul trouble on the basketball court. He stopped playing baseball at 14 years old and quit basketball shortly into his high school career.
