Trojans end drought, blank Jamestown 21-0

New Kent’s Trojans snapped their disappointing string of losses, celebrating homecoming last Friday night with a 21-0 shutout of Bay Rivers District foe Jamestown for their first win of the season.

The victory lifted New Kent out of sole possession of last place in the district football standings and into a tie with the Eagles and Warhill. All three teams have one district win apiece. New Kent is 1-6 and 1-7 in all games.

“It feels pretty good,” Trojan head coach Dan Rounds said after his team destroyed the specter of a winless season.

“We’ve been playing so good the last five or six weeks, but not good enough to win,” he said. “This wasn’t our prettiest game. We had penalties and some personnel mix-ups, but we played well enough to get the win.”

The Trojans got all the points needed on their first possession, a short one at that set up by Devontae Fitzgerald’s interception and return just past the midfield stripe. After quarterback Koree Reed hooked up with receiver Devin Fakner for a 19-yard gain to the Eagle 30 yard line, running back Storm Parker swept the right side to help build a 7-0 lead.

New Kent’s next series also netted points after the defense stopped the Eagles on downs at the hosts’ 26 yard line. Four plays later, Parker swept the right side again, this time on a 57-yard gallop to up the advantage to 13-0.

New Kent’s defense dominated from there, never allowing the Eagles to get closer than 34 yards from the end zone and surrendering just one first down the rest of the way. Parker then put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter, scoring from five yards out following Fitzgerald’s second interception.

“The last two weeks, our defense has played real well,” Rounds said. “It’s been an offensive show for a couple of weeks, but the defense stepped up and played hard tonight and the two really complemented each other.”

New Kent held Jamestown to 71 yards on offense with only 20 coming in the second half. The Eagles, meanwhile, managed to shut off New Kent’s sweep after the first quarter, but Parker still accounted for 134 yards on 23 carries.

“[Jamestown] brought up an extra guy to stop our sweep, but we completed a couple of passes and that kept their defense honest,” Rounds said. “We were able to complete a few tonight when we needed them.”