New Kent continues to swim to success, improvement

New Kent High School’s swim team completed the 2015 season on a high note and continues to push that momentum into the month of February. On Dec. 19, 14 team members attended the Hanover Hawks Holiday Invitational, with the team recording 23 season best times. The girls team placed seventh out of 16 teams (with only four scoring). Highlights of the scoring include two wins by Julianna Jones in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, and teamed with Morgan Bowman, Meghan Coleson, and Zorey Sargent to earn second and fourth place finishes in the 200 -yard freestyle and medley relays….
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Unselfish Trojans use passing to trounce Charles City 90-65

In taking to the hardwood in the first match-up of their annual rivalry game featuring New Kent’s Trojans and Charles City’s Panthers, the concept of teamwork was emphasized by both coaches as keys to success. And for the visiting Trojans, unselfish play combined with scoring on second chance opportunities resulted in victory. Courtesy of huge scoring nights from Kyle Claytor and Justin Cox along with 27 team assists, New Kent rolled to a 90-65 victory over the host Panthers on Jan. 30. Both teams are scheduled to do battle again this upcoming Saturday. Charles City took the lead even before…
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Threes help New Kent hang around before Jamestown pulls away to win

Accuracy from behind the three-point arc got New Kent off to a fast start against Jamestown’s Eagles. Later, it would keep the host Trojans in the game when the visitors threatened to run away. But unfortunately for the Trojans, they would need more than their 11 threes on the night to keep pace with the high-scoring Eagles. Jamestown, meanwhile, used a late third quarter surge to pull away for a 91-68 win Friday night. “We had phases where we played really well,” said New Kent coach Ronnie Cox. “But [Jamestown] is not 14-1 for nothing. The Wang brothers [Evan and…
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Mitchell’s milestone

Dominant second quarter not enough for New Kent to overcome Grafton

Finding the range from behind the three-point arc, New Kent’s Trojans erased a double-digit Grafton lead to forge ahead in the second quarter of Thursday night’s basketball encounter. Not to be outdone, the visiting Clippers also struck from three-point land, sinking five third quarter threes to pull away for a 69-57 win. The Clippers (13-3) owned the early minutes against the Trojans (6-9), appearing on the verge of a rout with a 21-8 lead late in the opening period. New Kent, however, started to heat up from long range, benefiting from a pair of threes courtesy of Jared Lugg and…
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‘Brawl for it All’

Panthers effort valiant, but West Point escapes with 75-65 win

Charles City head coach Avery Jones deployed a box-and-one tactic of slowing down West Point leading scorer Montel Allen. And while the Panther defense frustrated Allen enough for a sub-par performance, a combination of Allen’s teammates scoring and Charles City missing crucial buckets at inopportune times played vital in the Jan. 14 Senior Night contest. Four West Point players finished in double figures and Charles City Panthers failed to solidify runs as the visiting Pointers escaped 75-65 in the Tidewater District contest. Using a tactic to slow down Allen with a player and having others sit in a zone on…
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Lady Pointers frontcourt overpowers Charles City 55-26

After snapping a five-game skid at King William two nights before, Charles City’s Lady Panthers looked to carry the positive momentum in a Jan. 14 contest against district rival West Point during its Senior Night celebration. But the hosts had no counterpunch for West Point’s mighty one-two senior frontcourt combination. Lady Pointer Taylor Atkinson scored 24 points, including all of her team’s eight points in the opening quarter, and teammate Brooke South finished with 11 as West Point stifled the Lady Panthers 55-26. Both teams battled evenly in the first quarter. After Atkinson put the visitors up 4-2, Charles City…
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Unable to hold lead, New Kent denied in first win quest

A second quarter surge resulting in a double-digit lead raised hopes that an end to a lengthy basketball losing streak loomed well within reach for New Kent’s Lady Trojans. Facing York’s invading Falcons and clinging to a narrow one-point lead, the hosts unleashed a 15-3 run to seemingly take command in Tuesday night’s contest. But when the run’s catalyst — guard Deysha Goodlet who poured in 11 of those 15 points — fouled out with two minutes left the third quarter, victory also took a seat beside her on the bench. With Goodlet disqualified, the Lady Trojans could not generate…
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Panthers can’t overcome turnovers, huge third quarter run by King William

After battling from multiple double-digit deficits throughout the first half, Charles City’s Panthers chipped into visiting King William’s lead to cut it to six at the 6:12 mark of the third quarter. But the next dozen trips on the offensive side of the floor for the hosts resulted in 12 consecutive turnovers and no shot attempts, while the visiting Cavaliers orchestrated a 20-0 run to put the contest out of reach and cruise to an 81-47 Jan. 12 victory. Early on in the contest it looked like the visitors would run away from the Panthers. Four different Cavaliers scored within…
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