News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | September 16, 2025
Sports
Jamestown fails to threaten New Kent as Lady Trojans roll to 15-1 victory
New Kent’s Lady Trojans continue to round into postseason form, with the visiting Jamestown Lady Eagles being the next team to suffer a loss at the hands of the home team. New Kent jumped out early and never relented in a 15-1 rout of the Lady Eagles in Friday afternoon’s Bay Rivers District contest. Already leading 2-0 heading into the bottom of the second, Hannah Tober’s base hit drove home teammates Mariah Leonard and Sydney Eubank. Leah Round’s double brought home Tober to up the Lady Trojans’ advantage to 5-0. Leading 8-0, Kenley Rowe’s bases-clearing triple added three more runs…
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Charles City Lady Panthers place third out of 10 teams at home track meet
Charles City’s Lady Panthers put together an 80 point performance as it was good enough for a third place finish at their May 2 home meet. Derequa Johnson emerged as the lone event winner for the hosts. Johnson captured the girls’ 300-meter hurdles title with a time of 53.10. Lafeyette’s Lady Rams emerged as the meet winner, accumulating 105 points. Tabb’s Lady Tigers placed as runners-up by scoring 91 points. Charles City’s boys’ track and field team did not score at the meet. Other results (CC only): Girls: 100 Dash- 2. Braxton 13.24, 3. Johnson 13.25. 200 Dash- 3. Braxton…
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Big first inning by Mathews ruins Senior Day for Lady Panthers
The growing pains for Charles City’s softball team continues as they dropped a May 2 Tidewater District contest to Mathews Lady Blue Devils. The Lady Blue Devils scored seven runs in first inning as they rolled to the 22-2 victory during Charles City’s Senior Day celebration. Charles City faced an uphill battle from the start and could not gain any ground on Mathews. After surrendering the first seven runs, Charles City punched one across the plate as Kaylee Stewart’s single drove home teammate Taniyah Williams. But from that moment forward, Mathews added 15 more runs, as Charles City only was…
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Charles City makes valiant comeback attempt before falling 10-6 to Mathews
Charles City’s Head Baseball Coach Michael Logan has been looking for a competitive effort from his team most of the season. And after his team fought back against the visiting Mathews Blue Devils in the May 2 contest, the momentum favored the Panthers. But late scores by the visitors proved to provide enough of a gap as the Blue Devils escaped with a 10-6 victory on Senior Day for the Panthers. Mathews started quickly, orchestrating five runs in the top of the first inning. Charles City was able to curve any additional damage and begin to inflict some of their…
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Heart-filled effort shown by Trojans in defeat to Smithfield
New Kent’s boys’ soccer team’s season hasn’t been the pleasant of experiences. But a heart-filled effort against the Group 4A state runners-up from last year seemed to brighten up the spirits for the host. New Kent fell 3-0 to the visiting Smithfield Packers in the May 1 Bay Rivers District match-up. The Trojans’ defense was more like a Trojans’ Wall in the first half. Despite several attempts and being attacked by Smithfield shots, New Kent held their own thanks to key disruptions and goaltending from Lucas Bassetti. But sometimes walls have cracks in them, and Smithfield’s Jackson Young found one…
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Key base-running play pivotal as New Kent squeezes by Grafton 3-2
New Kent’s Trojans played a close contest at Grafton earlier this year, winning 7-5. The May 1 match-up was closer, but still ended up with the same result. The Trojans edged the Grafton Clippers 3-2 in the Bay Rivers District match-up, sweeping the season series. Action was tied at two apiece in the bottom of the fifth inning when New Kent’s aggressive base-running paid dividends. With the bases loaded and two outs, Tyler Warren hit the ball towards shortstop. Grafton was able to scoop the ball up and throw the ball to third base. However, the aggressive base-running by Thomas…
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Lady Trojans rebound with 13-3 mercy rule victory over Grafton
New Kent’s Lady Trojans capitalized with 10 unanswered runs as they defeated the visiting Grafton Lady Clippers 13-3 in the May 1 Bay Rivers District softball contest. In the bottom of the first, Lady Trojan Sidney Eubank crossed home plate courtesy of Hannah Tober’s triple. Later on in the inning, Abbie Kegley’s three-run blast over the wall increased New Kent’s lead to 4-0. In the top of the third, Grafton cut into that deficit, pushing home across three runs. But from there, it was all New Kent as five runs crossed home plate in the bottom half of that inning,…
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Strong sixth inning lifts Hanover to victory over Lady Trojans
New Kent’s Lady Trojans softball team saw their win streak snapped during Monday night’s road game at Hanover Lady Hawks. New Kent fell 4-1 in the non-district contest, falling to the undefeated team for a second consecutive time. In the top of the first, Lady Trojan Hannah Tober hit a solo home run over the center field wall to provide the guests a lead. The advantage would continue to side with New Kent until Hanover’s Emma Slutzah’s double in the bottom of the fourth drove in a run to tie the game at one apiece. The game remained in a…
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New Kent girls’ tennis split pair of Bay River District contests
New Kent girls’ tennis team split a pair of recent Bay Rivers District contests this past week. The Lady Trojans record stands at 8-4. Tabb 8, New Kent 1 Singles: Crespo (T) def. Smith (NK) 7-5, 6-2; Oharni (T) def. G. Vincent (NK) 6-1, 6-4; Rivera (T) def. Wathan (NK) 6-4, 6-4; S. Vincent (NK) def. Merfake (T) 6-4, 6-4; Golart (T) def. Brame (NK) 6-4, 3-6, (10-8); Bahr (T) def. Seeterlin (NK) 6-3, 2-6, (10-7). Doubles: Crespo/Rivera (T) def. Smith/S. Vincent (NK) 8-0; Oharni/Bahr (T) def. G. Vincent/Wathan (NK) 8-4; Merfake/Golart (T) def. Petran/Proffitt (NK) 8-3. New Kent 8,…
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New Kent continues to dominate softball, blanks Bruton 10-0
New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ softball team continued their dominance in the Bay Rivers District, this time behind stellar defense and pitching from Abbie Kegley. The Lady Trojans’ blanked the visiting Bruton Lady Panthers 10-0, sweeping the regular season series. After jumping out 1-0 in the bottom of the first, New Kent’s Cassidy Branch connected a single to jump out to a 2-0 advantage. With the bases loaded, Bruton walked Leah Rounds as the hosts increased their lead. New Kent added two more runs in the bottom of the third to take a 5-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth,…
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