Sports
Youth basketball starting up soon
The Middlesex County Parks and Recreation Department (MCPR) will open its annual registration for the 2023-24 winter youth basketball season for girls and boys ages 2-15.
The registrations times offered at the Tom Carter Memorial Gymnasium behind the Cooks Corner...
Fall Family and Friends Festival set for Sunday at Y in Hartfield
by Joe Heyman -
The crisp autumn air and vibrant fall foliage can only mean one thing: it’s time for the Fall Family and Friends Festival! On Sunday, Oct. 22, our community will come alive with excitement and entertainment as...
Pickleball becoming more and more of a smash hit in Virginia
by Kaitlyn McMahon -
Terms like volley llamas, flabjacks and dillballs sound like a bad joke, but are actually terms used in pickleball, a sport that’s a smash hit in Virginia.
In fact, there were three upcoming pickleball tournaments in October...
MIDDLESEX GETS BIG HOMECOMING WIN
MHS blanks Charles City Panthers, 27-0;
prepares for “Battle of the Chargers” Friday
On homecoming night Friday, the Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger football team (1-6, 1-1) got its first win of the season, 27-0, against the Charles City Panthers.
The...
Rescheduled homecoming set for Friday
The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger football team (0-6, 0-1) lost a Tidewater District Conference game to the West Point Pointers, 43-14. The away defeat came during a rare Thursday night matchup on Oct. 5.
The Chargers had two touchdowns...
MHS volleyball downs Mathews, K&Q and Essex
Team improves to 13-2
The Middlesex High School varsity volleyball team improved to 13-2 with recent victories over Essex, King and Queen Central and Mathews.
Middlesex defeated Essex in 3-0 sets with scores of 25-9, 25-8 and 25-11 on Oct. 2;...
Middlesex boys capture runner-up honors at five-way cross country meet
Middlesex High School’s boys cross country team captured runner-up honors in the Oct. 4 five-way meet at Mathews, scoring 59 points. The Blue Devils finished first with 15 points, Rappahannock third with 73 points, Westmoreland fourth with 106 points...
Christchurch athletes excel
Christchurch’s gridiron Seahorses (4-0, 3-0) remain undefeated after taming the 3-4 Rappahannock County Panthers 50-7 Friday in “Little Washington” in central Virginia. Christchurch will next try to out-joust Quantico’s Knights (0-6, 0-5) at Dischinger Field in Christchurch this Saturday,...
Christchurch football team undefeated
Christchurch School’s (CCS) eight-man football team is celebrating its first year with decisive victories, and is undefeated with a 3-0 record in the Virginia Independent School Football League (VISFL).
The Seahorses opened the season with statement wins over Broadwater Academy...
Middlesex runners help christen new course
Cross country teams from Middlesex, Essex, King William, Rappahannock and West Point had a chance to participate in the inaugural meet last week at the new course behind St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School in Locust Hill. The 5K...
