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• New Kent girls, boys fourth at home Bay Rivers meet

  

  New Kent’s girls’ and boys’ track and field team placed fourth in the Bay Rivers District home meet on Mar. 25. New Kent’s 4×800 meter relay team of Andrea Dallaire, Audrey Hudson, Aubrey Loucks, and Olivia Hudson ran a time of 10:37.61 to win the event. Ryan Griffith was the other event winner for the Lady Trojans, capturing the girls’ triple jump with a distance of 34’7”. The girls’ team accumulated 70.75 points to finish fourth, with Warhill winning the meet with 130 points. On the boys’ side, New Kent once again swept the pole vault competition to score a…
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• Yates notches four second half goals to power New Kent to victory

  

  After a scoreless first half in a Mar. 26 non-district contest against the Lakeland Cavaliers, New Kent searched for some offense to help return to the win column. Apparently, Grayson Yates heeded the call for help. Yates notched four second half goals at New Kent rolled to a 6-0 victory over the Cavaliers in the boys’ soccer match. Will Dickerson scored the first goal for the hosts, notching it at the 29:01 mark of the second half. After another 10 minutes of competitive action, Yates took the scoring duties onto his own two feet. His first goal found the back…
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• Lady Trojans’ tennis remains undefeated with win at Gloucester

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ tennis record remains unblemished after winning on the road at Gloucester on Mar. 23. The team improves to 2-0. New Kent 8, Gloucester 1 Singles: Vincent (NK) def. Miller (G) 6-0, 6-0; Ward (G) def. Carpenter (NK) 6-4, 3-6, 11-9; Pettit-Pokora (NK) def. Oberlin (G) 6-2, 7-5; Bennett (NK) def. Specht (G) 6-0, 6-0; Wood (NK) def. Bishop (G) 6-1, 6-0; Bell (NK) def. Woodall (G) 6-0, 6-3. Doubles: Vincent/Carpenter (NK) def. Miller/Ward (G) 8-5; Bennett/Wood (NK) def. Oberlin/Carruci (G) 8-2; Meredith/Desogus (NK) def. Specht/Bishop (G) 9-7.

• Lady Trojans power their way to win behind offense, Otey’s no-hitter

  

  Coming off a rare loss to rival Poquoson to start the season, New Kent’s Lady Trojans looked to take their frustrations out in their home opener. They did so in Monday afternoon’s contest against the visiting Lafayette Lady Rams. Behind a no-hitter performance from Vyktorya Otey, New Kent coasted to a 14-0 victory over the Lady Rams. New Kent started the scoring early, as Mariah Leonard’s double drove home Kenley Rowe. Kendall White’s double allowed Leonard to score, as the carousel of runs continued in the bottom of the first inning with New Kent leading 5-0 after the opening frame….
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• New Kent rallies from three runs down to defeat Lafayette 11-7

  

  New Kent High School’s baseball team has been a steady force in the Bay Rivers District over the past few years. In Monday afternoon’s home game against the visiting Lafayette Rams, they learned quickly that things wouldn’t come as easily as they had in previous years. New Kent rallied from three runs down in the fifth inning to topple Lafayette 11-7 in the contest, improving their record to 2-0. The game favored New Kent early on as Dylan Bowman and Jaxon Foreman’s hits drove in the first two runs for the Trojans. But in the top of the third, New…
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