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Middlesex JV hoop girls down Mathews, 23-21

With a strong fourth quarter, the Middlesex High JV Lady Charger basketball team overcame a 4-point halftime deficit and rallied for a 23-21 overtime win against visiting Mathews on Tuesday, Jan. 3. “It was a very intense game,” said MHS...

MHS grapplers go 2-1 at Northampton meet

The Middlesex High School (MHS) wrestling team was 2-1 at a tri-meet at Northampton High School on Virginia’s Eastern Shore Tuesday, Jan. 3, by defeating Northumberland’s Indians, 63-12, King & Queen Central’s Royal Tigers, 72-6, and losing to Northampton,...

MHS-CCS Boys basketball showdown looms

Chargers to take on Seahorses Jan. 7 in quest for county bragging rights by Larry Chowning - MHS will travel to Christchurch School (CCS) on Saturday, Jan. 7, to take on the Seahorses in CCS’s Yarbrough Gymnasium in a special...

Rockfish Tourney winners named

First place winners in the annual Carlton Brownley Bush Park Mobile Home Community Rockfish Tournament include, from left, Linwood Green, Russ Hixson, Walter Green and Dennis Eddleton. The Dec. 3 tourney was in honor of Gene Andrews, who passed...

Wrestlers McMeechan, Graulich pace MHS

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex High School (MHS) wrestling team finished 2-3 at the Lancaster Duals Invitational meet on Friday, Dec. 23, during the Red Devils annual Christmas tourney. The Chargers defeated Northumberland’s Indians, 66-12, and tied the Tabb High...

CCS’s Schaefer named VISAA Coach of Year

Christchurch School (CCS) Head Soccer Coach Matt Schaefer has been named Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) Division II Coach of the Year, CCS announced recently. Coach Schaefer is in his 20th year coaching at Christchurch. He teaches math, does dorm...

Middlesex grapplers disarm W&L Generals

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger wrestling team defeated the Washington & Lee (W&L) Generals and fell to the Franklin High School Broncos in a tri-meet in Saluda’s John Clements Memorial Gym on Wednesday, Dec....

Middlesex boys basketball team wins two of three

by Larry Chowning - The Middlesex High School (MHS) boys varsity basketball team (4-2, 2-0) defeated King William, 73-64, on Friday, Dec. 9. The Chargers also downed Carver, 60-53, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. MHS lost to Lancaster, 67-35, on...

Winless MHS hoop girls hope to better record

The Middlesex High School (MHS) varsity girls basketball team lost 39-21 to Warhill High School, an AAA school in Williamsburg, on Monday, Dec. 12. The visiting King and Queen Central Tiger girls defeated the Charger girls 57-20 on Friday, Dec....

CCS considering going to eight-man football

by John E. Dehm - Over the past few years Christchurch School (CCS) has made a strategic effort to sustain and improve its 11-man football program. Unfortunately, the numbers have continued to decrease while incidence of injuries have continued...

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