City Hill to Compete in Soccer, Track and Field

City Hill Middle School students will be able to compete in soccer and outdoor track and field against other local middle schools next year.

Boys’ and girls’ soccer will be played in the fall, while track and field for boys and girls will be in the spring. The school already has competitive basketball for boys and girls, plus baseball and softball, cross country and cheerleading. There are other intramural sports.

The Board of Education said it was 100 percent behind the track and soccer plan, which was presented by Naugatuck High School athletic director Tom Pompei. He and City Hill Principal Brian Hendrickson worked on the plans after school board member Jim Jordan brought forth the idea. 

There are nine other boys’ teams and five other girls’ teams in the division for soccer. There will be a maximum of 12 games for boys and 13 games for girls.

The track teams would each have three home and three away meets.

The soccer teams will practice and play at City Hill’s field, while the track team will compete at the high school for home meets.

Both teams, combined, will cost the school board about $8,000 next year and $4,500 every subsequent year.