Kolbe-Cathedral is 0-10 against Newtown since April of 2021 but things could change on Wednesday. The Cougars will head out to square off against the Nighthawks at 6:00 p.m. Kolbe-Cathedral will be strutting in after a victory while Newtown will be coming in after a defeat.
Angel Gomez
| 05/20/25 vs Brookfield | 38 |
| 05/19/25 vs Bunnell | 22 |
| 05/15/25 @ Masuk | 17 |
| 05/13/25 @ New Milford | 22 |
| 05/09/25 vs Harding | 17 |
| + 30 more games |
If Brookfield wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Kolbe-Cathedral, they should've done a better job of containing Angel Gomez. The Cougars walked away with a 3-1 win over the Bobcats on Tuesday for which the team can thank Gomez, who had 38 digs and four aces. He has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 35 times he's played.
Kolbe-Cathedral had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Newtown faced Pomperaug in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Nighthawks came up short against the Panthers, falling 3-0.
Newtown was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-23, 25-21.
Kolbe-Cathedral will have to contain Kade Deraney as he made an impact in Newtown's last game. He had 18 assists and nine digs. Sam Irving was another key player, getting 12 digs.
Newtown's loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Kolbe-Cathedral, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Kolbe-Cathedral couldn't quite get it done against Newtown when the teams last played back in April as they fell 3-1. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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