Sandy Hook, CT — Perhaps more than in any other sport, baseball requires clutch contributions from different individuals on any given day. With a batting lineup of nine hitters and a pitching rotation of a handful of hurlers, along with a relief corps, not to mention bench players, there is no telling who will come through from one contest to the next. For Newtown High School’s baseball team, this has been all the more prevalent with some younger and bench players stepping in — and stepping up — in the absence of starters put due to injury and illness.

Stratford, CT — Pitching and power — anticipated to be the team’s areas of strength — were on full display when Newtown High School’s baseball team defeated the host Bunnell of Stratford Bulldogs 10-1 for their first win of the young campaign.

Sandy Hook, CT — Some teams win behind the strong pitching. Others sparked by their hitting. Newtown High School’s baseball team looks to both as the Nighthawks try to make some noise in the postseason.