Sports

Trojans earlier knocked MHS out of playoffs The Essex High School Trojans football team upset the number one seed Rappahannock High School, 41-0, Friday at Warsaw in the Region A championship final. Essex knocked the Middlesex Chargers out of the...

Middlesex High School (MHS) Lady Charger volleyball team standout Karlie Morris was named to the first-team All State for the second consecutive year. Previously Morris, a senior, was voted the Region 1A  player of the year and she was...

Christchurch School Director of Athletics and Co-Curriculars John Dehm announced this week that Christchurch will mark its return to 11-man football in fall 2025, after a highly successful two-year run of fielding eight-man football teams.  Christchurch is enjoying a growing enrollment,...

Christchurch School announced this week that it has joined the Virginia State High School Clay Target League with the school’s first trap shooting team.  The team met every Sunday throughout the fall at the Dunbrooke Hunt and Gun Club in Tappahannock...

Middlesex High School’s (MHS) volleyball team led the first-team All-Region 1A selection with four of its players — Karlie Morris, Addy Heasley, Libby Oliver and Hailey Bruce. All four Lady Chargers were earlier named to the first-team All-Tidewater District. Lady...

The Middlesex High School (MHS) football team ran into a wall of Trojan offense and defense on Friday in the Region A semi-final football tournament at Essex High School as the Trojans crushed MHS, 72-0. The weather was cold and...

The leaves are falling fast and the temperature reminds folks that winter is right around the corner. This season’s Friends of Dragon Run (FODR) members hike will be conducted at the group’s Powcan property in Essex County near Millers...

Middlesex downs Northampton 36-34 in away quarter-final matchup The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger football team (7-3, 4-0) upset Northampton High School, (8-3) in the quarterfinals of the Region A football tournament in Eastville Friday, 36-34. The win was a surprise...

One of the most successful seasons of the Middlesex Lady Charger volleyball program came to an end on Tuesday in the semi-finals of the State Class One Tournament at Warsaw when the Rappahannock Raiders prevailed 3-1. Middlesex won the...

Eleven Middlesex High School (MHS) runners — six boys and five girls — participated in the Class One state cross country meet Saturday at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. This is reportedly the first year in recent memory that MHS...