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’

New Kent ties Poquoson in girls’ soccer on Senior Night

A hard-fought May 9 Senior Night contest between New Kent’s Lady Trojans and the visiting Poquoson Lady Islanders on the pitch went as far as it could go. In the end, the game resulted in a 1-1 tie between two teams jockeying postseason position. The game was physical in nature, as each team tried to feed off energy from each other. And it would be the Lady Trojans who put a dent in the scoreboard first. New Kent’s Olivia Allen breakaway led to her punching the ball in from 25 yards out, providing the hosts an early lead in the…
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New Kent girls’ tennis closes out regular season with Senior Night win

New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ tennis team defeated the visiting Lafayette Lady Rams during the May 9 Senior Night celebration. The team’s five seniors each won their singles matches to propel the hosts to the win. The team concludes the regular season with a record of 10-4. New Kent 7, Lafayette 2 Singles: Smith (NK) def. Nan (L) 6-2, 6-1; G. Vincent (NK) def. Arora (L) 6-1, 6-1; Wathan (NK) def. Reynolds (L) 6-2, 6-3; Seeterlin (NK) def. Gilbert (L) 6-2, 6-3; Brame (NK) def. Bollinger (L) 6-2, 6-1; Petran (NK) def. Epperson (L) 6-0, 6-4. Doubles: Arora/Nan (L) def. S….
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Lady Trojans push forward to finish fourth at Bay Rivers District championships

New Kent’s Lady Trojans track and field team scored 75 points en route to finishing fourth at the Bay Rivers District Championship meet Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Trojans earned four second place finishes as the top performances at the meet. Ryan Griffith earned silver in the high jump with a clearance of 4’10”, Ara Buchman placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 33’7¼”, and both the 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams finished as runners-up in those events with times of 4:13.37 and 10:34.94, respectively. Warhill won the title with 146 points. Jamestown earned the silver with 107…
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Warhill scores pair of goals in overtime to send Trojans to heartbreaking loss

New Kent’s boys’ soccer team has been playing better than their one-win record has in recent contests. Friday night’s soccer match-up against the visiting Warhill Lions, the Trojans showed how dangerous they could be on the pitch at any time. Unfortunately, two goals in overtime by Warhill proved to be the ultimate undoing as New Kent dropped a heartbreaker to the visiting Lions 5-4. The Trojans struck quickly in the contest as Connor Bailey’s goal came just under six minutes into the game. After Warhill tied the game up at one apiece, Bailey struck again, striking from long-distance and putting…
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Small ball tactics reap New Kent’s success over Jamestown

New Kent’s Trojans’ baseball team continued their winning ways, being pushed to their limit Friday afternoon against the visiting Jamestown Eagles. Doing the small things that Head Coach Trevor Ronan has been looking for, the Trojans completed a season sweep of Jamestown 6-2. The hosts got on the board in the bottom of the first with a single by Michael Hetzel. In the bottom of the second, two more runs added to the Trojans’ total after Carson Seely’s double. After the Eagles were able to push a run across the plate in the top of the fourth, New Kent was…
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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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