Tenth-ranked Yellow Jackets sting Charles City for fourth consecutive time

At the rate that the Charles City Panthers and Northampton Yellow Jackets play each other, they might as well be district opponents. Meeting for the fifth time in two years, it would be the fourth consecutive win Friday night for the visiting Yellow Jackets as they breezed by Charles City 75-44. Still playing with an undermanned roster, Charles City held their ground in the first quarter against the Class A tenth-ranked team. After Northampton jumped out to a 9-4 advantage, the senior backcourt duo of Jonlei Coles and Taylor Bey would cut that lead down to one. The duo kept…
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Charles City Lady Panthers use first quarter outburst to control game against Northampton

Charles City’s Lady Panthers returned to the win column following a big first quarter opening run Friday night against the visiting Northampton Lady Yellow Jackets. Charles City utilized a 13-1 run as they cruised to a 47-29 victory to improve to 7-10 on the season. The hosts had very few issues dealing with the Yellow Jackets, fighting off every attempted run. The Lady Panther lead grew to 34-23 in the fourth quarter when guard Jaela Smith pumped in six consecutive points on lay-ups, increasing the gap to put the game out of reach. After the game, Charles City Lady Panthers…
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Depleted roster forces Charles City into uphill battle against King William

With a depleted roster on hand and facing a King William Cavaliers’ team that was much better than their record showed, Charles City’s Panthers struggled on offense as they fell 79-57 in the Jan. 24 contest. Jalen Wimmer’s trifecta started the scoring for the visitors in the contest. Charles City responded as Taylor Bey scored the next four points. A technical foul assessed to the King William bench allowed Jonlei Coles to sink two free throws to spark a 7-0 run by the Panthers. King William responded with a 5-0 run before Jonlei Coles converted two baskets form the charity…
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King William uses strong second half to pull away from Lady Panthers

For one half, Charles City’s Lady Panthers played basket-to-basket with the top team in the Tidewater District. But a sluggish third quarter by the Lady Panthers ended up being the turning point of the contest. Behind 26 points from Daejah Robinson, King William’s Lady Cavaliers coasted to a 58-45 win over the Charles City Lady Panthers in the Jan. 24 match-up. Robinson contributed to most of the points in the opening frame for the visitors as she tossed in nine to guide King William to a 13-7 lead. Charles City’s Lady Panthers relied on the backcourt of Nyla Brown and…
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Gutierrez captures Bay Rivers District diving championship

New Kent High School diver Aisling Gutierrez captured the Bay Rivers District championships during Monday night’s competition. Gutierrez, who is the reigning Group 3A State champion, won the event at the Hampton Aquaplex.

New Kent Gymnastics win home tri-meet competition

New Kent’s Ryan Griffith won two events while teammate Carrington Coyle captured another as New Kent’s Lady Trojans won a three-team competition on Jan. 18. Griffith won the floor exercise with a score of 9.3, while also placing first in the uneven bars of 9.1. Coyle won the gold in the balance beam competition with a score of 9.35, with Griffith finishing in a close second with 9.25. Griffith finished as the best all-around performer with 36.65 points. New Kent amassed 138.6 points to win the tri-meet, with Hanover placing second (134.8) and Mills Godwin finishing third (132.55). Other results…
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New Kent drains a dozen three-pointers in dismantling York Falcons

New Kent’s Trojans used the three-point arc to their advantage during a Jan. 17 matchup against the visiting York Falcons. The hosts drained 12 trifectas, equaling York’s team total points as New Kent cruised to a 70-36 Bay Rivers District win. New Kent’s Will Ross came out hot from beyond the three-point line, draining five three pointers in the first quarter alone to provide the hosts a comfortable 17-6 lead. However, York took advantage when Ross went to the bench for a breather, as the Falcons put together a 7-0 run to end the first quarter of play. In the…
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Second at ‘Volley on the James’

New Kent High School’s 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Class

New Kent survives Rams’ comeback, takes down Lafayette in overtime thriller

New Kent’s Trojans continue to be battled tested every time they take the floor. This time, it was the visiting Lafayette Rams who pushed the home team to the limit during Friday night’s Hall of Fame game. After seeing a double-digit lead evaporate, New Kent held on in overtime to edge Lafayette 75-71 in a battle of top teams in the Bay Rivers District. After a back-and-forth first half, New Kent began to take control of the contest. Leading 31-26 at the start of the third quarter, New Kent’s defense led to easier transition shots for the hosts. Jordan Howard’s…
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