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• Carter’s walk-off home run pushes New Kent softball to win over Gloucester

  

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ softball team has not dropped a regular season contest at home since May 10, 2023. And thanks to Sierra Carter, that streak lives on for at least one more day. A walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning by Carter sent New Kent to a 9-8 victory over the visiting Gloucester Lady Dukes in Friday evening action in the Bay Rivers District thriller. The visitors took advantage of Lady Trojan miscues and errors in the top of the first. The Lady Dukes pushed across four runs across the plate before New Kent could…
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• Lady Trojans continue perfect season with triumph over Lafayette

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans’ tennis team continued their winning ways, defeating the Lafayette Lady Rams in Bay Rivers District action on Apr. 23. New Kent remains undefeated with a record of 8-0. New Kent 8, Lafayette 1 Singles: Vincent (NK) def. Valdovinos (L) 6-2, 6-0; Carpenter (NK) def. Lichtel (L) 6-2, 6-2; Bennett (NK) def. Hennessy (L) 6-0, 6-1; Mulero (L) def. Wood (NK) 6-4, 4-6, (10-4); Doucet (NK) def. Taraouat (L) 7-5, 6-0; Bell (NK) def. Peterson (L) 6-0, 6-4. Doubles: Vincent/Carpenter (NK) def. Valdovinos/Lichtel (L) 8-1; Bennett/Wood (NK) def. Mulero/Taraouat (L) 8-3; Meredith/Hunt (NK) def. Hennessy/Peterson (L) 8-3.

• New Kent Lady Trojans’ tennis rolls to seventh consecutive win

  New Kent’s Lady Trojans remains undefeated on the season after defeating the Lakeland Lady Cavaliers in an Apr. 20 non-district contest. New Kent improves to 7-0 on the season. New Kent 8, Lakeland 1 Singles: Barden (L) def. Vincent (NK) 6-1, 6-1; Pettit-Pokora (NK) def. Ackiss (L) 6-1, 6-4; Bennett (NK) def. Newualize (L) 6-0, 6-0; Wood (NK) def. Minngia (L) 6-0, 6-0; Layne (NK) def. Sullivan (L) 6-2, 6-2; Doucet (NK) def. Erwin (L) 6-4, 6-2. Doubles: Vincent/Desogus (NK) def. Barden/Ackiss (L) 8-6; Bennett/Wood (NK) def. Minngia/Sullivan (L) 8-1; Meredith/Bell (NK) def. Newualize/Erwin (L) 8-3.

• Bay Transit Microtransit launches in New Kent

  

• Newport News man’s high-speed chase in New Kent results in 10-year prison term

  A Newport News man will spend 10 years in prison for leading a high-speed chase that spanned two counties and nearly injured several New Kent deputies. Adrian Gerard Offer, 36, of the 500 block of Woodall Court, learned about his term of incarceration as part of Monday morning proceedings in New Kent Circuit Court. On Feb. 12, Offer’s case went before a jury. At that trial, New Kent Commonwealth’s Scott Renick played video of the pursuit with sheriff’s deputies and Offer. The video from Nov. 27, 2024 showed that a New Kent deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on…
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• New Kent boys’ soccer triumphs again, notches highest win total since 2019

  

  The constant improvement for New Kent’s boys’ soccer team is becoming evident. Friday night’s contest against the visiting Nansemond River Warriors proved to be a step in the right direction for the Trojans. A late goal from Owen Agee along with a Diego Jimenez penalty kick proved to be decisive scores as the Trojans went on to a 2-1 victory in the non-district contest. For most of the game, neither team could find the back of the net due to great goalkeeping and defense. For New Kent, Noah Barnett’s goaltending efforts did not allow for a score until a late…
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