Trio of Lady Panthers bring home silver as Charles City places fifth at home meet

A successful May 1 afternoon track meet resulted in Charles City’s Lady Panthers finishing in fifth place among 12 teams at the home meet. It was a special day for Jaida Braxton who took home silver in the girls’ 100-meter dash (13.01), with her time qualifying for the Group 1A state meet. She also finished fourth in the high jump (4’4”) and fifth in the 200-meter dash (28.59). Teammate Derequa Johnson earned silver in the girls’ 100-meter dash (15.94) and fourth in the 400-meter dash (1:08.06). Ke’Asia Meekins placed second in the girls’ triple jump (28’4”), while Madison Bradby earned…
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New Kent Lady Trojans’ tennis split pair of road matchups

New Kent Lady Trojans’ tennis team split a recent pair of road contests. New Kent 6, Gloucester 3 Singles: Vincent (NK) def. Miller (G) 8-2; Ward (G) def. Carpenter (NK) 9-8 (7-5); Pettit-Pokora (NK) def. O’Berlin (G) 8-1; Billings (G) def. Meredith (NK) 8-6; Bennett (NK) def. Hartleben (G) 8-2; Bishop (G) def. Layne (NK) 8-2. Doubles: Vincent/Bennett (NK) def. Miller/Ward (G) 8-5; Carpenter/Proffitt (NK) def. O’Berlin/Billings (G) 8-3; Lawton/Hetzel (NK) def. Hartleben/Bishop (G) 8-6. Grafton 6, New Kent 3 Singles: Vincent (NK) def. Yi (G) 5-7, 6-3, 10-8; Lawton (NK) def. Na (G) 5-7, 6-1, 10-7; Traore (G) def….
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Woes continue for New Kent Trojans’ soccer, drop sixth straight contest

New Kent’s Trojans boys’ soccer team is continuing to figure out how to manifest positives as they looked to snap a five-game losing streak on Apr. 29 against the visiting Grafton Clippers. Unfortunately for the hosts, their side of the scoreboard looked the same at the end of the game as it did at the beginning of the contest. Grafton compiled a 4-0 shutout over New Kent, sending the Trojans to their sixth consecutive loss and continue to search for answers on how to snap the scoreless skid which now stretches to two-and-a-half games. Grafton wasted little time scoring in…
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Grafton compiles shutout win over New Kent in boys’ tennis

Grafton Clipper’s completed a sweep of the hosting New Kent Trojans’ boys’ tennis team during Tuesday afternoon Bay Rivers District action. Grafton 9, New Kent 0 Singles: Lee (G) def. Opett (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Susta (G) def. Davis (NK) 6-1, 6-0; Mapp (G) def. Scott (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Diebler (G) def. Yates (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Yu (G) def. Sokolovic (NK) 6-2, 6-0; Shaw (G) def. Grove (NK) 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Lee/Mapp (G) def. Opett/Davis (NK) 8-0; Dibler/Yu (G) def. Scott/Yates (NK) 8-1; Shaw/Na (G) def. Sokolovic/Grove (NK) 8-1.

New Kent Lady Trojans’ falls short in tennis contest at Bruton

New Kent Lady Trojans’ tennis team fell in a close contest on the road at the Bruton Lady Panthers during Apr. 24 Bay Rivers District action. Bruton 5, New Kent 4 Singles: Vincent (NK) def. Dang (B) 3-6, 6-1, 12-10; Lustre (B) def. Lawton (NK) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5); Truckenbrod (B) def. Carpenter (NK) 6-2, 6-0; Koak (B) def. Petran (NK) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5; Guerrero (B) def. Proffitt (NK) 6-2, 2-6, 10-5; Pettit-Pokora (NK) def. Sparkman (B) 6-3, 6-3. Doubles: Dang/Truckenbrod (B) def. Lawton/Carpenter (NK) 8-4; Vincent/Petran (NK) def. Lustre/Coles (B) 8-1; Proffit/Hetzel (NK) def. Guerrero/Sparkman (B) 8-0.

Smith hat trick part of New Kent stomping of Gloucester on pitch

Next Lady Trojan up. That mentality and the resolve by the New Kent Lady Trojans along with a hat trick by Gretchen Smith was key as they defeated the visiting Gloucester Lady Dukes 5-1 in Friday night’s girls’ soccer contest. Facing a slew of injuries, the hosts utilized defensive pressure and great goaltending by Madelyn Call, who filled in for an injured Emily Ward, in the net. New Kent struck on offense with Olivia Allen’s goal early on to provide a lead. Five minutes later, Smith’s high-arching goal doubled the home team’s advantage as Gloucester could not prevent the score….
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Slew of errors play into downfall of Panthers against Mathews Blue Devils

A slew of errors factored into Charles City High School’s downfall Tuesday afternoon. The visiting Mathews Blue Devils cruised to a 15-0 victory over the Panthers in Tidewater District action. Mathews kicked off the game with four first inning runs. After Charles City minimized the damage in the second inning by only submitting two runs, they had their best opportunity in the bottom of the third. Singles by Damian Barnes Jr. and Damian Zuidema managed to get multiple players on base in scoring position. However, good pitching from Mathews kept the Panthers at bay. From that point, Mathews added additional…
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Tabb downs New Kent in girls’ tennis action

New Kent High School’s Lady Trojans’ tennis team fell in Bay Rivers District action to the visiting Tabb Lady Tigers. Tabb 7, New Kent 2 Singles: Shin (T) def. Vincent (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Rivera (T) def. Lawton (NK) 6-1, 6-0; Dharni (T) def. Carpenter (NK) 6-0, 6-0; Petran (NK) def. Bahr (T) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8; Cho (T) def. Proffitt (NK) 6-3, 6-2; Pettit-Pokora (NK) def. Goodson (T) 7-5, 0-6, 10-7. Doubles: Shin/Rivera (T) def. Vincent/Carpenter (NK) 8-0; Dharni/Way (T) def. Lawton/Proffitt (NK) 8-4; Cho/Goodson (T) def. Hetzel/Bennett (NK) 8-2.

Lady Trojans remain undefeated with 3-0 blanking of York Lady Falcons

Improvement and patience. Those were monikers to describe New Kent’s Lady Trojans 2025 soccer team as they continue their phenomenal start. The Lady Trojans improved to 3-0-1 after defeating York in an Apr. 16 Bay Rivers District match-up. After battling back-and-forth for a majority of the first half, New Kent found the back of the net as forward Olivia Allen outraced her defender to score with 13:56 to go in the first half. With two minutes remaining until the intermission break, Allen scored again, this time with a 15-yard kick from the left-hand side over the outstretch hands of the…
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