News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | November 6, 2025
Sports
New Kent and Poquoson play to a 7-7 baseball tie on Senior Night
There are some rarities in baseball at the high school level. New Kent’s Trojans experienced that on May 10. After four hours and 10 innings of play, New Kent had to settle with a 7-7 tie against Bay Rivers District foe Poquoson as they met the max limit of innings in high school regular season game play. The visiting Islanders opened up the game with a run in the top of the first, but New Kent’s Tyler Warren countered with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame. Teammate Grayson Hobson crossed home plate on a passed ball to…
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Poquoson snaps New Kent’s Lady Trojans four-year regular season home-winning streak
New Kent’s Lady Trojans softball team knew that being the defending state champion resulted in every team they played giving them their best shot. And on May 10, the visiting Poquoson Lady Islanders best effort resulting in something that hadn’t been done in four years. The inability to string together hits played part of New Kent’s downfall as they fell 2-0 on Senior Night. The loss by the Lady Trojans is their first regular season loss at home since Mar. 10, 2019. Pitching and defense by both sides kept each team trying to figure out how to breakthrough. It would…
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Charles City lacks mental focus, King William pounds Panthers 18-0
Mental preparation is as keen as physical preparation in today’s athletic contests. And it was a mental letdown that haunted Charles City’s Panthers in a May 9 home contest against the King William Cavaliers. Despite playing respectable for most of the contest, the Panthers surrendered nine runs in the top of the sixth, resulting in King William capturing an 18-0 victory in the Tidewater District matchup. King William started off strong against Charles City starting pitcher Damian Barnes Jr. The Cavaliers pushed three runs across base in the top of the frame to kick off the scoring. Charles City head…
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Errors of their ways: Charles City blunders result in King William’s 12 runs in first inning
The ability to make what are deemed to be routine plays has plagued Charles City’s Lady Panthers all year. That story followed suit during a May 9 Tidewater District contest against the visiting King William Lady Cavaliers. An error-filled first inning by the hosts on defense, coupled with the ability to only get one baserunner on the paths, resulted in King William cruising to a 16-0 victory. The Lady Panthers defense committed two errors from the onset of the game, allowing Taylor Johnson and Peyton Lewis to reach base for the visitors. Another pop up by King William resulted in…
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Confusion among on-field calls factors into Lady Trojans’ 2-2 tie with Grafton on Senior Night
Friday night’s Senior Night for New Kent Lady Trojans had drama that would make even the most binge-worthy streaming show jealous. But that drama still came to an end that seems to have no clear conclusion when the final horn sounded. New Kent’s Lady Trojans played the Poquoson Lady Islanders to a 2-2 tie in the Bay Rivers District affair, bringing their home slate to an end. Both teams battled back-and-forth for 72 minutes before the first score of the game was registered at the foot of Lady Trojan Kaitlyn Drake. After she had been called for an offside a…
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New Kent uses high-scoring third inning to defeat Grafton in softball
While New Kent’s Lady Trojans softball team don’t have the same firepower on the offensive end as they did last year, when it does show up, it comes up big. Using a huge third inning, New Kent proceeded to eclipse the visiting Grafton Lady Clippers 6-1 in Friday afternoon’s contest. Grafton was first to strike in the contest as they scored a run in the top of the first. And after the visitors’ defense kept New Kent in check for the first two innings, the third inning became the gamechanger. Lady Trojan Abbie Kegley’s line drive off the glove of…
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New Kent defeats Grafton to take over top spot in district standings
In a battle of the top teams in the Bay Rivers District, New Kent’s Trojans looked to extend their winning streak as they hosted the visiting Grafton Clippers. And while the game got off to a rocky start, it was the Trojans who emerged on top of the standings when the game had concluded. After submitting three runs in the top of the first, New Kent rallied behind small ball and stellar defense to take down Grafton 5-3 in Friday afternoon’s affair. Early on, Grafton rattled New Kent starting pitcher Thomas Wilson. After Brady Norris and Josh Bornhoft had reached…
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Smithfield takes down New Kent in girls’ tennis action
New Kent’s girls’ tennis team dropped a May 4 home contest to the visiting Smithfield Lady Packers. The team’s record falls to 7-5. Smithfield 6, New Kent 3 Singles: Ballou (S) def. Smith (NK) 6-3, 6-1; Hill (S) def. Ross (NK) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, (11-9); Brownley (S) def. Davis (NK) 6-4, 6-4; Wathan (NK) def. Melvin (S) 6-0, 6-1; M. Vincent (NK) def. Groupmann (S) 6-4, 6-2; Albers (S) def. Seeterlin (NK) 6-3, 3-6, (10-4). Doubles: Ballou/Brownley (S) def. Smith/Ross (NK) 8-4; Hill/Melvin (S) def. Wathan/G. Vincent (NK) 8-4; Davis/M. Vincent (NK) def. Groupmann/Albers (S) 8-4.
Wooten’s win highlights Panthers sixth place finish at home track meet
Charles City’s Rickie Wooten Jr. captured the boys’ 110-meter hurdles as the Panthers boys’ track and field team finished in sixth place out of 11 teams at the May 4 home track meet. Wooten clocked a time of 20.62 to capture the top spot. His finish helped Charles City accumulate 29 points to finish in sixth. On the girls’ side, Charles City’s Lady Panthers scored 17 points to finish ninth overall at the meet. Jaela Smith’s leap of 27’7½” in the girls’ triple jump was good enough for fourth in the event and emerged as the Lady Panthers top performance…
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Jamestown dismantles New Kent with five goals in first two minutes
“The Bay Rivers is no joke. It’s a powerhouse and right now, we just don’t match up.” Those were the words spoken by New Kent boys’ Head Coach Derek Yates after his team fell to Jamestown 9-0 in the May 3 contest. The tone and outcome of the game was essentially decided in the first two minutes. New Kent found themselves down 5-0 almost immediately, with Jamestown’s Camden Anderson-Tayman and Peyton Smith scoring two goals, along with Sam Forrester’s one. And even when the reserves came into the game for the visitors, New Kent had no answer. Jamestown forward Max…
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