Sports

Essex Tracksters Ready For Home Meets


A sparkling new track and field facility has captured the attention of around 70 student-athletes at Essex High School. That’s the number of participants fifth year coach Steve Coles is training in anticipation of the program’s first home meet in well over a decade. The program’s upgraded facility features an 8-lane, 400-meter, all-weather track, runways for the long jump and […]

Mercer, Self Earn All-State Basketball Recognition


Two members of the Essex High School girls’ varsity basketball team have rececived Class 1 all-state recognition by the Virginia High School League. Senior Jaylah Mercer was a first team selection, while sophomore Morgan Self was a second team choice. The two were key components for a team that finshed 23-1 and won a regional championship for the first time […]

Lady Raiders Win On Walk-Off HR

Rappahannock’s Claire Dameron delivers a pitch during the Lady Raiders’ 2-1 win over Caroline on March 18. Rappahannock won the contest on freshman Mia Tignor’s one-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Lady Raiders Seek Repeat As State Tennis Champs


In their quest to repeat as state tennis champions, the Rappahannock Lady Raiders are off to a roaring start to their 2024 campaign. Rappahannock, which finished a perfect 17-0 a season ago, ran its 2024 record to 4-0 on March 18 following an 8-0 blitzing of Mathews on the Rappahannock Community College Warsaw Campus courts. Other victories were 6-3 over […]

Pitching To Carry Essex Baseball In ’24


With only three position players returning this spring, Essex High baseball coach Reed Harmon says his 2024 team will rely heavily on its pitching corps for success. Last season, the Trojans won the Northern Neck District regular season championship and advanced to the semifinal round of the Region 1A tournament where they were eliminated by Lancaster. Essex finished the 2023 […]

Friday Night College Football Disappoints NFHS


Recently, reports circulated that Fox Sports intends to increase its television coverage of college football games on Friday nights this fall, with the expanded list expected to include top teams from the Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences. In fact, early indications are that Fox plans to have a regular Friday night game involving teams that would be on the […]

Lady Trojans Softball Features Veteran Cast


Coming off a 17-5 campaign and an appearance in the Region 1A softball tournament semifinals, the Essex Lady Trojans are leaning on an experienced group of players this spring with hopes of qualifying for the Class 1 state tournament. “Ultimately our goal is to win the district and region, and host a state tournament game,” Essex coach Meredith Jones says. […]

NFHS Announces Hall Of Fame 2024 Class

Four outstanding former high school athletes, including Joe Mauer, a three-sport standout at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, before his celebrated career with the Minnesota Twins, highlight the 2024 class of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame. Joining the four former athletes in this year’s class are four […]

Sports Quiz By Ryan A. Berenz

1. Name the NHL team that played from 1976-82 before moving to New Jersey and becoming the Devils. (Hint: It shares a name with an MLB club.) 2. What Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver caught nine passes for 131 yards and a touchdown to be named MVP of Super Bowl XLIII? 3. Name the Basketball Hall of Famer and member of […]

Lancaster Repeats In Class 1 Basketball


In a battle of the previous two Class 1 state champions, Lancaster earned a repeat boys’ basketball state championship as the Red Devils overcame a 7-point fourth quarter deficit to post a 65-59 victory over Auburn on March 7 at the Siegel Center in Richmond. Trailing 46-39 after three quarters and 57-50 with three minutes to play, Lancaster scored 16 […]


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