Newtown High School football takes the win with a walk-off touchdown in the state championship! The last time that the Newtown football team clinched the state title was in 1992. The win tonight for the Hawks was huge and meant a lot because it happened on the 7th anniversary of the day we all know as a day to honor the 26 Sandy Hook Elementary School angels. NHS turned it on in the last two quarters because the game was tied 7-7 until the very last play!
After the win Newtown coach Bobby Pattinson said, “Absolutely amazing.” “I’m so proud of my kids for not giving up. We had moments in that game where it didn’t look too good for Newtown … I’m so proud of the kids. I couldn’t be happier.”
“They bought in, they believed, they put in the effort,” Pattinson said. The Newtown Nighthawks worked hard and deserve to be your 2019 CT state champions after their 13-7 victory over Darien!
Watch the awesome walk-off touchdown in the video below:
The Newtown football team has been in the news and are getting a ton of much deserved attention across the nation after winning the CIAC Class LL football championship on that amazing walk-off touchdown throw.
Here are the videos:
The Newtown high school football team joins NBC Sports Mike Tirico, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison to talk about their thrilling state championship win that came on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
Here is the full interview on the Dan Patrick show with Newtown HS Football coach Bobby Pattison and QB Jack Street who won a state championship 7 years to the day after tragedy struck their hometown. Powerful stuff.
