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• New Kent girls’ tennis win opening round of regional competition

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans swept York in the first round of the Group 3A Region A playoffs. The team will advance to take on Tabb in the semifinals. New Kent 5, York 0 Singles: Smith (NK) def. McCreery (Y) 6-3, 6-0; G. Vincent (NK) def. Browning (Y) 6-1, 6-0; Wathan (NK) def. Staik (Y) 6-1, 6-1; Brame (NK) def. Rembert (Y) 6-0, 6-1; Seeterlin (NK) def. Ferdon (Y) 6-1, 6-0.

• New Kent Trojans hold onto win, captures Bay Rivers District championship

  

  New Kent High School’s eleventh win in a row came with a prize: a Bay Rivers District championship trophy. The Trojans held on for a 4-3 victory over the visiting Poquoson Islanders Monday afternoon, clinching the regular season title for the second consecutive year. The hosts started their scoring early, as Lane Boyette’s two-run home run provided an early lead. But that lead faded in the top of the second, as an error by the Trojans’ allowed Poquoson to push two runs across the plate and tie the game up. In the bottom of the fourth, Boyette would score again,…
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• Kegley’s grand slam propels New Kent Lady Trojans’ to regular season title

  

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ accomplished their first goal of their 2024 Spring campaign: capturing the Bay Rivers District Championship. The Lady Trojans complied a 7-0 shutout Monday afternoon against the Poquoson Lady Islanders, clinching the regular season title in impressive fashion and avenging an earlier season loss. Behind great pitching on both sides, the game remained tied until the bottom of the fourth inning. After a Sydney Eubank walk, Hannah Tober’s base hit brought her home. Tober would cross home plate herself courtesy of Abbie Kegley’s double to provide the Lady Trojans a 2-0 lead. But in the bottom of…
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• High schooler’s ‘Hole-in-One’

  

• ‘May Day’ in Charles City

  

• Mechanicsville man receives year in jail for hit and run in New Kent, kicking Virginia State Trooper

  A Mechanicsville man who operated a vehicle under the influence and fled the scene of an accident in New Kent will spend a year in jail. John Alexander Wells, 20, of the 9100 block of Minglewood Drive, entered guilty pleas to one count each of assault on a law enforcement officer, felony hit and run, misdemeanor driving under the influence after illegally consuming alcohol, and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a Misdemeanor charges of obstruction of justice, providing a false identification to a law enforcement officer, and destruction of property were dropped as part of the agreement. In a…
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