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Notre Dame Wins Newtown Tournament

Lancers defeat Newtown in 72-47 in the championship game on Friday

Dan Upchurch scored 21 points and Arkel Miles added 17 Friday as the Notre Dame of Fairfield boys basketball team defeated Newtown 72-47 to win the Newtown Tipoff Tournament.

Miles was named the MVP of the tournament and was joined on the all-tournament team by teammate Earl Coleman.

The Lancers, who are expected to contend for a second consecutive South-West Conference championship, raced to a 48-16 halftime lead.

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Reid Schmidt scored 14 points and Kyle Wilcox added 12 for the Nighthawks.

Notre Dame of Fairfield defeated Bunnell 66-53 in its first-round contest on Thursday.

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