Sports
UVA Bows In ACC Championship Game To Duke In Overtime
Duke has its first outright Atlantic Coast Conference football championship since 1962. Now it wants a little more. Blue Devils coach Manny Diaz wasted little time Saturday night advocating for his team to make the 12-team College Football Playoff after Duke beat No. 16 Virginia 27-20 in overtime on Saturday night. “The ACC champion should go to the College Football […]
Raiders Put End To Essex’s Reign, 19-16
In a game where there was little room for error, the defending Class 1 state champion football team from Essex High School was unable to overcome its flaws and blemishes against Rappahannock. On an afternoon when seemingly everything that could go wrong did go wrong, Essex dropped a 19-16 decision to the Raiders in the Region 1A championship game that […]
Essex Sweeps Top Honors In All-District Football
Northern Neck District champion Essex has swept the top honors in the 2025 all-league selections that were announced this week. Essex earned five spots on the 16-player first team offense and five on the 16-player defense. Senior running back Jaden Holmes was named the district’s Offensive Player of the Year. During the regular season, Holmes rushed for 1,533 yards and […]
Basketball Season Set To Open
Ready or not, high school basketball season is upon us. The Essex Lady Trojans return six players from last season’s team that finished 15-7 and advanced to the Region 1A semifinal round where they bowed to eventual regional champion Westmoreland. “I feel we’ll have a strong team,” Essex coach Jonathan Mercer said. “I was very impressed with our scrimmage (a […]
Rappahannock To Host Buffalo Gap Sat.
Two seasons ago, Buffalo Gap was a one-win team. Saturday afternoon in Warsaw, the Bison will be playing for a berth in the Virginia High School League Class 1 state championship. Standing in their way will be the Rappahannock Raiders who claimed the Region 1A championship by upending Essex 19-16 Saturday afternoon in Tappahannock. Buffalo Gap (7-6) sprung a surprise […]
Trojans Grind Out 40-14 Victory
Essex rode a relentless rushing attack and a stout first half defensive performance to a 40-14 Region 1A football semifinal victory over Northumberland Friday night in Tappahannock. The result propels the unbeaten Trojans (12-0) to the Region 1A final where they will host Rappahannock Saturday afternoon. Rappahannock defeated Northampton 55-18 in the other semifinal. In posting their 21st consecutive victory, […]
Hill, Bowen Pace All-Tidewater Picks
A pair of juniors have been named the top football players in the Tidewater District. King William’s multi-purpose K’Sean Hill was chosen as the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year, while Middlesex’s Jakub Bowen received the Defensive Player of the Year award. Hill rushed for 1,486 yards (10.1 yards per carry) and scored 21 touchdowns for the Cavaliers, who finished […]
Raiders Rout Jackets
Rappahannock’s Kenneth Madison ran for a career-high 372 yards and matched a career high with 6 touchdowns as the Raiders crunched second seeded Northampton 55- 18 in a Region 1A football semifinal game contested Friday night in Eastville. The Raiders’ C.J. Kelly added 113 ground yards and a pair of scores as Rappahannock advanced to the Region 1A title game […]