New Kent bounces back with triumph over West Point

New Kent’s Trojans may want to start playing on Saturday nights more often. One week after knocking off rival Charles City, the Trojans repeated the feat against the visiting West Point Pointers 73-59 in the non-district affair. West Point had no answer for Kevin Harris early on. His block on one end was rewarded with an easy lay-in. The visitors opened up a small five-point lead (11-6) before Harris scored on an inbound to pull the hosts within three at the end of one. Harris converted early in the second quarter for the Trojans. After he failed to convert the…
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Clean sweep at middle school championships

New Kent High School 2020 Athletics Hall of Fame class

Sluggish performance by Trojans detrimental in loss to Bruton

The struggles for New Kent’s Trojans continued Friday night, as the inability to keep the visiting Bruton Panthers off the line haunted the hosts. Taking 20 attempts from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter alone, Bruton grinded out a 67-59 victory over New Kent in Friday night’s Bay Rivers District game. After the teams played relatively close in the first quarter, Bruton stretched the lead out to eight (28-20), forcing Trojan head coach Garrett Ross to call a timeout. After New Kent’s Jalen Bank drained a three-pointer out of the break, New Kent orchestrated a run with Kevin Harris’…
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Charles City remains unbeaten at home, takes down region favorite Mathews

Wednesday evening’s contest for Charles City’s Panthers was probably the most anticipated matchup for the hosts. A visiting Mathews Blue Devils team that has dominated both the Tidewater District and Region A entered into the Panthers’ gym, looking to complete a season sweep. However, a more defensive minded Panther team in the first quarter flipped a script. Behind a hot shooting first quarter and stern defense, Charles City’s Panthers raced out to a 22-8 lead and held on to defeat Mathews 69-62, keeping their season undefeated on its home court. Early on, Panther sharpshooter De’Rome Chretien found the bottom of…
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Smithfield pulls away late in fourth quarter to defeat Lady Trojans

When New Kent’s Lady Trojans are clicking on both sides of the ball, they can be a fun and dangerous team to watch. But when they struggle, it can be the antithesis of them being a contender and a pretender. Such was the case Tuesday night. Smithfield’s Lady Packers used a physical style, grind-it-out game to defeat New Kent 36-29 in the Bay Rivers District affair. In the first quarter, Lady Trojan Katelyn Norman’s lay-up gave the hosts their first lead of the night. But Smithfield’s Aja Walker sank a jumper at the buzzer that quickly returned the advantage to…
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Another year, another Bay Rivers District title

New Kent fights off Charles City runs, split season series with 71-66 win

In the first encounter of rivals Charles City and New Kent, the Panthers dominated the visiting Trojans to snap a 16-game losing streak. But with the turn of the calendar to the year 2020, it was New Kent’s turn to start a new streak against the Panthers. A back-and-forth contest that came down to the wire resulted in the hosting Trojans emerging as winners over Charles City 71-66 in Saturday night’s contest. Utilizing the long ball, New Kent was the aggressor in the first quarter. Jalen Banks and Jared McCaughan both dropped in a pair of three-pointers as New Kent…
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Jamestown finishes with flurry in first half, demolishes New Kent in Bay Rivers game

Each night in the Bay Rivers District can be either a round-for-round battle or a one-sided affair on the court. For the New Kent Trojans, they were the ones left laying on the mat Friday night. Jamestown’s Eagles delivered a devastating blow with a first quarter momentum swing that resulted in a 70-40 drubbing of the homestanding Trojans. New Kent jumped out to an early 9-2 run to kick off the contest. New Kent’s Jason Hall drew the assignment of guarding 6’8” Jamestown big man Judah Egbo. Hall used his athleticism to keep the center in check, but foul trouble…
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New Kent wrestlers win Bay Rivers home quad contest

New Kent’s wrestling Trojans continued their dominance on the mat as they won a Jan. 8 home quad match against Bay Rivers opponents. New Kent pitched a shutout over Bruton (80-0). They went on and defeated Grafton 66-16, and topped Jamestown 57-18.