Lady Trojans sweep doubles sets, but fall to Jamestown on road

New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ tennis team dropped a contest on the road at Jamestown Tuesday afternoon. New Kent’s record falls to 6-3. Jamestown 6, New Kent 3 Singles: Elliot (J) def. Smith (NK) 6-2, 6-1; Zhon (J) def. Ross (NK) 6-4, 5-7, (12-10), Gomez (J) def. Davis (NK) 6-3, 6-2; Dahl (J) def. Wathan (NK) 6-4, 6-1; Smith (J) def. S. Vincent (J) 6-1, 6-0; Narron (J) def. M. Vincent (NK) 6-4, 7-5. Doubles: Smith/Ross (NK) def. Zhon/Gomez (J) 8-4; Wathan/G. Vincent (NK) def. Dahl/Smith (J) 8-6; Davis/S. Vincent (NK) def. Colpetzer/Harris (J) 8-3.

Jamestown soars over New Kent in boys’ tennis

New Kent’s boys’ tennis team fell at home to Jamestown in the Tuesday afternoon Bay Rivers District contest. New Kent’s record drops to 3-5 on the season. Jamestown 7, New Kent 2 Singles: Hanson (NK) def. Buirski (J) 6-4, 3-6, (10-8); Parikh (J) def. Alexander (NK) 6-3, 6-3; Kang (J) def. Krause (NK) 6-4, 6-0; Parikh (J) def. Evelyn (NK) 6-1, 6-1; Gianoukes (J) def. Edwards (NK) 6-0, 6-1; Yu (J) def. Sorrell (NK) 6-4, 6-4. Doubles: Hanson/Alexander (NK) def. Parikh/Kang (J) 8-5; Buirski/Parikh (J) def. Krause/Roberts (NK) 8-1; Yu/Aractingo (J) def. Evelyn/Crary (NK) 8-3.

Drake’s hat trick elevates Lady Trojans, snaps three-game losing skid

In their last three matches, New Kent’s Lady Trojans have failed to find the back of the net on the pitch. They didn’t have that problem Monday night. In a rematch against the visiting Colonial Heights Lady Colonials, New Kent punched in eight first half goals en route to a 10-0 mercy rule victory in the non-district contest. The hosts started the scoring early as Kaitlyn Drake scored four minutes into the contest. Two minutes later, Michelle Drake scored to up the advantage to 2-0. Kaitlyn Drake scored once again three minutes later, with teammate Morgan Schalasny scoring on a…
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Lady Cougars push runs across in opening innings, tame Charles City 19-2

Behind a plethora of runs in the opening inning, Surry County’s Lady Cougars coasted to a 19-2 victory over the hosting Charles City Lady Panthers Monday afternoon. Surry jumped out early in the opening inning, cruising to a 5-1 lead. In the top of the second, it appeared the Lady Panthers would escape unscathed. But a misjudgment on a pop fly in left field led to runs crossing home plate, putting the hosts behind 8-1. Charles City put together a small rally in the bottom of the second inning, with Taniyah Williams stealing home and sliding in safely to cut…
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Miscues haunt Charles City Panthers in rematch with Surry County, fall 12-0

Charles City’s bats found it difficult to get going during a Monday afternoon baseball game against the visiting Surry County Cougars. Limited to just a few hits, Charles City’s Panthers struck out 10 times as Surry cruised to a 12-0 victory in the non-district affair. Surry started with a pair of runs in the first inning behind Tanner Moran and Tucker Ross crossing home plate on errant Panther throws. More miscues in the second inning allowed three more runs to register for the visitors. Charles City’s John Loving’s hit in the bottom of the fourth broke up the no-hitter. But…
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Second in Richmond volleyball tournament

New Kent surrenders five first half goals, falls to Lafayette in boys’ soccer

New Kent’s Trojans entered Friday night’s soccer game without a win in their last six games. Coupled with injuries and a tough schedule, it didn’t get any better Friday night. The visiting Lafayette Rams scored five first half goals as they dominated the hosts 7-0 in the Bay Rivers District match. In the opening moments of the game, the Trojans came out as the aggressors, attempting several shots on goals. But as those shots failed to find the back of the net, the energy level of the hosts drained at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, Lafayette would find the back of…
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New Kent girls’ tennis fall to Grafton in Bay Rivers District contest

New Kent’s Lady Trojans tennis team dropped an Apr. 20 home contest to the Grafton Lady Clippers. New Kent’s record falls to 6-3. Grafton 7, New Kent 2 Singles: Bomboy (G) def. Smith (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Cloud (G) def. Ross (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Bragenza (G) def. Davis (NK) 6-0, 6-1; Murphy (G) def. Wathan (NK) 6-2, 6-0; Traore (G) def. S. Vincent (NK) 6-3, 4-6, (10-7); M. Vincent (NK) def. Vora (G) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, (10-6). Doubles: Cloud/Bragenza (G) def. Smith/Ross (NK) 8-0; Bomboy/Murphy (G) def. Wathan/G. Vincent (NK) 8-0; Davis/S. Vincent (NK) def. Traore/McCall (G) 8-3.

New Kent boys’ tennis drop road contest at Grafton

New Kent boys’ tennis dropped a road contest at Grafton on Apr. 20. The Trojans record fall to 3-4 on the season. Grafton 8, New Kent 1 Singles: Christiansen (G) def. Hanson (NK) 6-0, 6-1; Cloud (G) def. Alexander (NK) 6-0, 6-1; Chan (G) def. Krause (NK) 6-6 (7-3), 6-4; Diebler (G) def. Evelyn (NK) 6-2, 6-1; Denny (G) def. Edwards (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Mitchell (G) def. Sorrell (NK) 6-0, 6-3. Doubles: Hanson/Krause (NK) def. Chan/Diebler (G) 8-5; Denny/Mitchell (G) def. Alexander/Edwards (NK) 8-4; Showmaker/Dabbs (G) def. Sorrell/Crary (NK) 8-3.

Strong defense, third inning scoring lifts New Kent over Warhill

There was only one team that handed New Kent a loss in their championship campaign last year, and that was the Warhill Lady Lions. New Kent didn’t forget about that either. Behind the pitching and hitting of Lady Trojan Morgan Berg, New Kent powered to a 5-1 win over Warhill during the Apr. 19 matchup. After both teams played evenly through the first couple of innings, the hosts struck first in the bottom of the third. Berg helped her own cause on the mound with a single that brought home teammates Mariah Leonard and Hannah Tolbert to provide the Lady…
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