Newtown High School Fall Sports: Past Titles, 2018 Schedules

NEWTOWN, CT — Practice is now officially underway for all eight CIAC-sanctioned fall sports in Connecticut, with boys and girls cross country, field hockey, football, boys and girls soccer, girls swimming and girls volleyball teams setting out on their quests for league and state championships.

Among schools in Patch communities in Fairfield and Litchfield counties, Greenwich is the all-time leader with 72 fall team championships, followed by Darien (63), New Canaan (54), Wilton (41) and Staples (37).

Area schools looking to repeat their 2017 state titles are Greenwich girls swimming (State Open and LL) and girls volleyball (LL); St. Joseph girls soccer (L), girls volleyball (M) and football (S); and Nonnewaug girls cross country (M), Immaculate girls cross country (S), Staples field hockey (L), Darien football (LL), Ridgefield girls soccer (LL) and Weston girls swimming (S).

Newtown High School's 16 fall state titles date back to 1977. Here are the state championships won by Nighthawk teams in autumns past, as well as a link to this fall's schedule of varsity contests.

• boys cross country (4) - State Open: 2005; L: 1989, 1988, 1987
• football (3) - MM: 1992, 1990; M-I: 1981
• girls soccer (2) - LL: 2012, 2004
• girls volleyball (2) - LL: 2011; L: 1996
• girls swimming (2) - L: 2005, 1977
• boys soccer (2) - LL: 2004; L: 1990
• girls cross country (1) - L: 1992

2018 fall varsity schedules

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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