Sports

Last week’s opener canceled due to deluge; gym also flooded The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger football team (0-0) will take on the Northumberland Indians (1-0) today, Thursday, Sept. 3, on Bristow-Boxley football field at the Syd Thrift Athletic...

Things look bright for this year’s Middlesex High School (MHS) girls cross country team, which finished strong last year. “It was a fantastic season for us,” reflected MHS Head Girls Cross Country Coach Jennifer Harrow. “We took first in the...

Winners in the Aug. 23 Piankatank River Golf Club Championship Tournament include: Net — Hunter Hogge, 157, first day, 79, and second day, 78. Men’s flight gross — Jerry Duke, 169, first day, 86, and second day, 83. Net...

Livestrong, a free, 12-week program for those surviving and fighting cancer, begins this month at the Mathews Family YMCA in Hudgins. Classes will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 15-Dec. 10. The free program will focus on building muscle mass...

Middlesex Chargers to take on Surry Cougars at Bristow-Boxley Field The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger football team will open its regular season on Friday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. against the Surry County High School Cougars on the Bristow-Boxley...

This year’s Middlesex High School Lady Charger varsity volleyball team has 11 players returning from last year’s squad that went to the State Class 1 finals, where they finished as runner-up to Giles. Last season the Lady Chargers (25-3) were...

Christchurch School (CCS) will host the Jason Soucek Memorial Soccer Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4 and 5, in memory and honor of CCS graduate and Middlesex County resident Jason “Juice” Soucek, a member of the CCS Class...

Hartfield-based Piankatank Ladies Golf Association recently announced its Play Day Even Holes Net results. First flight winners include, first, Becky Crannis-Curl, 37; Gina Custis, 39; and Kay Stout, 43. Second flight winners include, first, Gloria Matthews, 38; second, Mary...

Chargers look sharp in Aug. 14 scrimmage; open at home Aug. 28 vs. Surry The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger football team conducted its first scrimmage of the year against the Eastern Shore of Virginia’s Nandua High School on Friday,...

The East River was the setting for another successful Wharf to Wharf (W2W) Swim at Williams Wharf in Mathews, as more than 60 swimmers gathered Saturday, Aug. 15, for the one-mile open water event. Hosted by the Mathews Outdoor Club...