Lady Trojans remain perfect, cruise by Warhill 11-1

New Kent’s Lady Trojans had no problem remaining undefeated as they toppled the visiting Warhill Lady Lions 11-1 in Tuesday afternoon’s contest. The hosts received a great pitching effort from Gracie Ellis, who struck out five of the first nine batters she faced. Meanwhile, the Lady Trojan defense backing her up prevented any baserunners until the fourth inning. On the offensive side, New Kent pushed four across the plate in the first and third frames and sandwiched a two-run second inning in between. Leading 10-1 in the sixth, New Kent pushed one more run across the plate to conclude the…
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New Kent boys’ tennis sweeps Spotsylvania

New Kent’s boys’ tennis team swept Spotsylvania 9-0 in Monday afternoon competition. Singles: Riley Baker (NK) def. Z. Kennedy (S) 8-4, Tate Estis (NK) def. J. Bernard (S) 8-0, Leighton Fessman (NK) def. C. Clifford (S) 8-4, Jay Benfield (NK) def. B. Dalton (S) 8-6, Jaden Dean (NK) def. E. Leonard (S) 8-4, Jesse Cousins (NK) def. S. Gupta (S) 8-0. Doubles: Baker/Estis (NK) def. Kennedy/Clifford (S) 8-1, Cousins/Grant Kowal (N) def. Bernard/Dalton (S) 8-6, Dean/Fessman (NK) def. Gupta/E. Waterman (S) 8-1.

Early second half scores enough to lift Northampton over New Kent

Some games aren’t meant to have winners or losers. However, a Friday night contest against the visiting Northampton Yellow Jackets and New Kent’s Trojans provided a beautiful display of defense. However, that pageantry turned into chaos for the hosts within the first four minutes of the second half. Two quick goals by the Yellow Jackets accompanied with a late stand sparked a 2-1 victory for Northampton over New Kent. Despite a frantic pace, New Kent squandered opportunities to score. The Trojans failed on a penalty kick and watched as Yellow Jackets goalie Gerardo Maldonado-Lopez stop shots and punt the ball…
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Tabb flips script on New Kent, shuts out Lady Trojans 8-0

New Kent’s Lady Trojans entered the Apr. 12 Bay Rivers contest against Tabb on the momentum of two consecutive shutouts and scoring 13 goals. However, it was the visiting Lady Tigers who reversed both the fortunes and the script against the hosts. Tabb’s fierce defense and offensive precision provided more than enough firepower to topple the Lady Trojans in an 8-0 game halted by the mercy rule. Tabb controlled the pace from the opening whistle, pushing the ball into New Kent territory. Two early goals by Savannah Staples and an additional one by Abby Pebbles put the guest up 3-0…
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Grafton clips New Kent in boys’ tennis action

Grafton’s Clippers followed their namesake, clipping New Kent’s Trojans 6-3 in boys’ tennis action on Apr. 13. Singles- Fred Choi (G) def. Riley Baker (NK) 6-2, 6-0; Steven Petit (G) def. Tate Estis (NK) 6-4, 6-4; Nathan Geng (G) def. Leighton Fessman (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Casey Wright (G) def. Jackson Walker (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Byunhyun def. Jay Benfield (NK) 6-3, 6-2; Sam Nelson (G) def. Adam Gray (NK) 6-3, 6-1. Doubles- Baker/Estis (NK) def. Matthew Jones/George Qin (G) 8-2; Fessman/Gray (NK) def. Neer Patel/Daniel Lee (G) 8-4; Walker/Benfield (NK) def. Sergey Surkov/Moses Chung (G) 8-6.

Fulks returns to area to lead New Kent High School football program

New Kent’s search for a new head football coach led them to a familiar name that new the area pretty well. John Fulks was tabbed to lead the Trojans on the gridiron after Monday night’s school board meeting. He will look to return a program that was dominant in the early 2000’s back into prominence. Fulks will bring his hard-nosed, no nonsense head coaching actions to the football field. He led the Essex Trojans to a 60-19 record in five years before his departure. Prior to that, he was the leader at nearby West Point, turning around a program and…
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Fourth tournament title

Lady Trojans survive scare, remain undefeated after win

New Kent’s Lady Trojans team has been dominant all year, accumulating 61 runs and only giving up 10, with eight of them surrendered in their opening contest. But Tuesday afternoon’s game, the hosts relied on a late inning error by Smithfield’s Lady Packers to escape with a 4-3 win. New Kent broke into the scoring column first courtesy of Peyton Slater’s double, setting up Haley Cleaver to bring her home. In the fifth inning, Smithfield’s Taylor Fitchett scored on an error, allowing her to knot the game at one apiece. With the game still tied in the bottom of the…
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New Kent gets back on track with 9-2 victory over Smithfield

New Kent emerged from Spring Break looking to change their opinions. A contest against Smithfield’s Packers who entered the contest with the same record as the Trojans started their journey back to the win column. The Trojans surrendered only two runs as they throttled the visiting Packers 9-2 in Tuesday afternoon action. After three quick outs by Smithfield to end the top of the first, New Kent jumped out early on the visitors. Lamont Brandon, Riggs Ellis, Nick Sorenson, and Benji Boatwright all reached base, crossing home plate to give the hosts an early 4-0 lead. New Kent’s aggressive base-running…
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New Kent falls to Jamestown in boys’ tennis

New Kent Boys’ tennis fell to Jamestown 8-1 in Tuesday afternoon competition. Singles: Albon Yowell (J) def. Tate Estis (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Ben Sheriff (J) def. Riley Baker (NK) 6-2, 6-0; Aaron Squire (J) def. Leighton Fessman (NK) 6-2, 6-2; Luke Phillips (J) def. Jackson Walker (NK) 6-1, 6-1; Garrett Bellin (J) def. Adam Gray (NK) 6-1, 1-6, 10-7; Jaden Dean (NK) def. Kianota Samuelson (J) 7-4, 6-4. Doubles: Yowell/Jordan Deberry (J) def. Estis/Baker (NK) 8-2; Daniel Kruger/Jeffery Shi (J) def. Fessman/Gray (NK) 8-1; Justin Lee/Adam Alldred (J) def. Dean/Nathan Albertson (NK) 8-0.