Browse past news stories for Newington High School in Newington, CT.

• Veterans Day Observances Around The Region (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:18:00 am
  Alberta and William Crosson look up to the sky as three Blackhawk Helicopters perform a fly-over on Main Street during the 10th Anniversary Veterans Day Parade in Hartford. The fly-over was done after a moment of silence to remember fallen veterans.
• Men Coaching HS Field Hockey (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 12:11:28 pm
  ON AND OFF THE PLAYING FIELD: An ongoing series looking at the life of high school coaches Last Monday night, there was a field hockey game at Newington High School.
• Season ends for Newington (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 03:23:24 am
  NEWINGTON — The goals that ended Newington’s boys soccer season were snapshots of the entire match. Newington would have the ball for two and three-minute stretches, but the Indians struggled to captilalize on their chances.
• Southington, Newington square off tonight (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 07:19:57 am
  One minute and 32 seconds left on the clock. First and 10 from their own 40-yard line. Offense versus defense.
• H.S. Volleyball: NFA wants third win over Fitch, ECC title (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 04:36:04 am
  The roles were reversed a year ago. This season, it’s the Falcons who are playing the underdog role as Fitch has lost twice to the Wildcats — 3-0 in Norwich and 3-1 at home in Groton. Tonight, they meet for a third time in Griswold at 6 p.m. with the Eastern Connecticut Conference championship at stake again.
• Indians looking for signature win (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 03:39:32 pm
  At the beginning of the season, Newington coach Clay Hillyer said his team was inexperienced but capable of putting together a good season. They had the p-word – potential.
• Diving depth a new luxury (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 02:21:13 am
  NEWINGTON — In Scott Gray’s five seasons as the girls swimming and diving coach at Newington High School, he’s had his fair share of talented athletes.
• LOVELL: Plethora of options on local, national sports scene (The Bristol Press)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 09:23:32 am
  One of the inherent beauties of sports is that you will never see the same thing twice — ever.
• Long path prepared Newington high principal (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 08:25:22 pm
  NEWINGTON — James F. Wenker may be a new face in the Newington school district but his goal is the same as other educators.
• Liberty football coach recognized by Broncos (Colorado Springs Gazette)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 04:05:03 pm
  After his Lancers upset Pueblo South last Thursday, the Denver Broncos named Liberty High School’s Jaron Cohen its NFL high school coach of the week.
• Ride honors Newington’s fallen Officer Peter J. Lavery (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 02:30:30 am
  NEWINGTON — For the fifth year in a row, about 1,000 motorcycle riders had clear, sunny weather for their charity ride, and some believed it was a sign that the late Officer Peter J. Lavery was looking down on them.
• Denver Broncos high school coach of the week: Jaron Cohen (Denver Post)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 07:36:50 am
  "Most people couldn't believe we beat them," Jaron Cohen said, adding that the Colorado Springs Gazette also called to double-check.
• Amato continues hot start for Newington (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 11:11:18 pm
  NEWINGTON — Through its first two games in the newly aligned CCC West division, the Newington boys soccer team has learned one thing — there doesn’t figure to be too many easy games on the schedule this season.
• Football Preview: Former Newington, CCSU coach takes over Rams (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:41:08 pm
  Taking over a program with a proud tradition that has fallen on hard times in recent years, new Bristol Central head coach Sal Cintorino is in familiar territory. A few years ago he took the helm of a Newington High School program that had lost 40 in a row and turned the Indians into a force to be reckoned with in the CCC South.
• CCC is 25 years in the making (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on September 5, 2009 at 08:50:30 pm
  When the new 32-team Central Connecticut Conference begins play next week, it will mark the 25th anniversary of the merger of the four Central Connecticut area scholastic leagues that started the original CCC in 1984.
• Perlini Leaves Legacy In Newington Public School System (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 10:54:10 am
  You can't get much more Newington than Ernest Perlini, who is retiring at the end of the month after spending 40 years in the town's school system, the last 16 as superintendent.
• Litchfield County Comprehensive: Plymouth company to close; 58 jobs gone (The Register Citizen)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 05:46:56 pm
  BARKHAMSTED Volunteers are being sought to paint the Riverton bridge along Route 20 on Aug. 29 and Aug. 30, as part of an ongoing effort to promote local business and community spirit. Ron Coleman of Hitchcock Properties is giving money to the town government for the purpose of buying new paint, said First Selectman Don Stein, a Democrat. The Farmington River Coordinating Committee, a nonprofit ...
• Principal resigns; school board seeking replacement (The Register Citizen)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 06:10:55 pm
  THOMASTON — Thomaston High School Principal James Wenker has resigned.
• Newington High hiress new principal (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 01:50:49 am
  NEWINGTON — The school system is preparing for a leadership shift with Dr. Ernest Perlini retiring this fall and Michael Wenker, a veteran administrator with a theology background, taking the helm at Newington High School.
• Tennis tournament raises money for kids (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 02:09:00 am
  NEW BRITAIN — On a day made for a tennis match, young players from around central Connecticut came to Walnut Hill Park to participate in the 30th anniversary of the Children’s Charities Tennis Classic.
• High school sign OKed by override (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 02:20:56 am
  Newington High School will be acquiring a digital sign in front of the building to replace the sandwich boards currently used for the school’s announcements.
• Huge tennis tournament hits landmark 30th year (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 06:17:23 am
  A local charity event will hit a landmark birthday next month, but more important than the 30 years under its belt is the amount of money it has raised.
• Graduates hold big dreams (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 07:21:10 pm
  WALLINGFORD — It might have been fitting that, in a venue that has hosted its share of rock ‘n’ roll legends, Newington High School’s Michael Salerni quoted Dave Grohl and Roger Waters, and even sang some of Robert Plant’s Led Zeppelin lyrics during the valedictory speech at Tuesday night’s commencement.
• Honoring a 'brother' (The Spectrum)
  posted on June 21, 2009 at 12:04:52 pm
  NEW HARMONY - After watching a telecast of NBC World News with broadcast journalist, Brian Williams on June 6, 2008, Searle Lansing-Jones realized that a part of him had been involved in the battle of Iwo Jima 63 years earlier. While he wasn't there physically, his clothes and weapon were. Lansing-Jones chronicled his World War II experience for the Marine Corps League that met at his home in ...
• Counselor wins award for focusing on kids (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on June 16, 2009 at 02:38:11 am
  NEWINGTON — At any given moment, school counselor Beth Mantell could be teaching study skills, performing crisis intervention, organizing college fairs, ensuring that Newington High School is accessible to all, mediating conflict resolution or planning student schedules.
• Central softball pulls off big upset in Class LL tourney (The Bristol Press)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 08:55:09 pm
  NEWINGTON — When it comes to facing familiar conference opponents in state tournament play, it’s often said that it’s tough to beat a team three times in the same season. Yet in high school softball, when one team has beaten another twice during the regular season by a combined 21-6 margin, most of the time there won’t be an upset in that third meeting.
• Newington upset in first round (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 04:52:19 pm
  NEWINGTON — When it comes to facing familiar conference opponents in state tournament play, it’s often said that it’s tough to beat a team three times in the same season.
• Simsbury puts a ‘Cap’ on Indians (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 04:51:49 pm
  NEWINGTON — Newington baseball coach Eric Frank summed it up perfectly: “It just wasn’t our day.”
• LOCAL NOTES: Umpires sponsor baseball showcase at Fuessenich today (The Register Citizen)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 06:22:55 am
  TORRINGTON — The Torrington Board of the Connecticut Baseball Umpire’s Association does the area many favors in the Berkshire League Baseball Showcase doubleheader it sponsors today at Fuessenich Park.
• Legion post attracts attention, members (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 10:04:34 pm
  NEWINGTON — The growing membership, family-oriented atmosphere and renovated facility at the American Legion May-Davis-Stotzer Post 117 are attracting attention well outside of town.