News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | September 3, 2026
Sports
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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Trojans’ baseball win streak runs to five after shutout of Bruton
Sometimes it takes the harsh truth to get back on track. For New Kent’s Trojans, a message from Head Coach Trevor Ronan seemed to light a fire into their recent win streak. Friday afternoon’s victory over the visiting Bruton Panthers only added kindling to the flame. New Kent posted a 6-0 victory over Bruton, running their consecutive win streak to five in a row. Trojans’ starting pitcher Carson Seely kept Bruton’s batters in check in the top of the first inning thanks to forcing routine plays and striking out Panther batter Ty Yates. In the bottom of the frame, A…
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Lady Trojans’ tennis returns to win column by defeating Smithfield
New Kent’s Lady Trojans returned to the win column with an Apr. 25 win over the Smithfield Lady Packers in Bay Rivers District action. The Lady Trojans improve to 7-3 on the season. New Kent 8, Smithfield 1 Singles: Smith (NK) def. Graupmann (S) 6-0, 6-0; G. Vincent (NK) def. Fuentes (S) 6-0, 6-0; Wathan (NK) def. Gollub (S) 6-0, 6-0; S. Vincent (NK) def. Gilbert (S) 6-1, 6-0; Seeterlin (NK) def. Turner (S) 6-2, 6-1; Petran (NK) def. Wilson (S) 6-4, 6-0. Doubles: S. Vincent/Seeterlin (NK) def. Graupmann/Fruentes (S) 8-4; G. Vincent/Wathan (NK) def. Gollub/Gilbert (S) 8-0; Turner/McLellan (S)…
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King & Queen wins softball slugfest against Charles City 13-10
Charles City’s Lady Panthers and the King & Queen Lady Tigers engaged in their second slugfest on the softball diamond in the Apr. 24 Tidewater District contest. And in the end, it was the visiting Lady Tigers who emerged on top by a narrow margin. Behind three home runs from Janiya Brown, King & Queen escaped with a 13-10 win, extending the Lady Panthers losing skid to seven games. Trailing 2-0 after Brown’s home run in the top of the opening inning, Charles City responded in the bottom of the first. Taniyah Williams’ home run put the hosts on the…
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Jamestown outplays New Kent in girls’ tennis action
New Kent’s Lady Trojans fell to the Jamestown Lady Eagles in home Bay Rivers District action Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Trojans’ record drops to 6-3 on the season. Jamestown 6, New Kent 3 Singles: Clark (J) def. Smith (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Gamez (J) def. G. Vincent (NK) 6-3, 6-3; Zhon (J) def. Wathan (NK) 7-6 (8-6), 6-0; S. Vincent (NK) def. Smith (J) 6-4, 6-1; Brame (NK) def. Narron (J) 6-4, 6-0; Seeterlin (NK) def. Harris (J) 1-6, 6-2 (10-8). Doubles: Clark/Games (J) def. Smith/S. Vincent (NK) 8-0; Zhon/Smith (J) def. G. Vincent/Wathan (NK) 8-4; Narron/Riley (J) def. Brame/Seeterlin (NK)…
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