GHS post-season honors (3/12/2025) - Gloucester High School basketball players Jacob Ford and Autumn Cookson recently received Region 4A and Peninsula District honors. Ford was named first team all-region and first-team all-district and Cookson was… …
Lady Dukes’ softball returns (3/12/2025) - The Gloucester High School varsity softball team returns for the season with a home scrimmage against York tomorrow and will play its first official game of the season against Kecoughtan… …
Scrimmages (3/12/2025) - The Gloucester High School girls’ varsity soccer team played two scrimmages this past week. The Lady Dukes fell to Grafton, 2-0, last Thursday and tied with Tabb, 0-0, Tuesday night.… …
Start to the season (3/12/2025) - K.J. Wolford, at right, races down to the field, fighting for possession of the ball during last Thursday’s home scrimmage against Grafton where the Dukes defeated the Clippers, 2-1. Gloucester… …
4 MHS wrestlers place at state tournament (3/6/2025) - Throughout the year, the Mathews High School wrestling team lost only one regular season match, falling to Franklin High School. After that loss, they made a comeback and won the… …GHS wrestlers take third in the state (3/6/2025) - The Gloucester High School wrestling team took third place overall in this year’s VHSL Class 5 state wrestling championship tournament, held Saturday at Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach. Several… …
Lady Dukes beat Smithfield, fall to Manor in region games (3/6/2025) - The Gloucester High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Smithfield, 38-24, to face Manor in the Class 4 Region A semifinals, where the Lady Dukes ended their season with a… …
State sendoff (3/6/2025) - In what is fast becoming a tradition at Mathews High School, the entire student body turned out on Friday morning to cheer on the athletes before they head to state… …
Blue Devils fall to Northumberland in regional semifinals (3/6/2025) - The Mathews High School varsity boys’ basketball team ended its 2025 season in heartbreaking fashion last Wednesday as they fell to the host Northumberland Indians in the VHSL Region 1A… …Post-season honors (3/6/2025) - The Mathews High School basketball teams had three first-team selections and one second-team recipient this year in the All-Tidewater District honors. Clockwise from left: for the MHS varsity boys, seniors… …
1,107 deer in Gloucester, 510 in Mathews taken in 24-25 season (2/26/2025) - During the 2024-25 deer hunting season, Gloucester hunters reported killing 1,107 deer, including 447 antlered males, 137 male fawns, and 523 females. This was a slight increase from the 2023-24… …
MYC board installed (2/26/2025) - Mathews Yacht Club celebrated the installation of the 2025 board on Feb. 7. Katy Breuer, on the left, was installed as the first female Commodore in the history of the… …
His first catch of the year (2/26/2025) - Fly fisherman Randy Drake, above, reeled in this largemouth bass from one of the piers near the Ranger Station at Beaverdam Park on Monday. He used a fly that mimicked… …
Baystars fundraiser (2/26/2025) - Baystars Sports raised funds for the homeless animals at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society during its Bird Day Bash Tournament, held Nov. 16, 2024 at Woodville Park in Hayes. Shown delivering… …MHS boys place 2nd at regional indoor track meet (2/26/2025) - The Mathews High School boys’ indoor track team placed second in Monday’s VHSL Class 1 Region A meet at the Boo Williams Sportsplex, while the MHS girls took fourth. The… …
VHSL state wrestling meets moved to Saturday (2/26/2025) - Last week’s snowstorm, that hit the area on Wednesday evening, delayed plans for this year’s VHSL state wrestling championship tournament. The tournament, which was originally planned for last weekend, has… …
‘Cardiac Kids’ beat Eagles in regional play, 57-54 (2/26/2025) - The Mathews High School boys’ varsity basketball team, dubbed the “Cardiac Kids” by assistant coach C.K. Ambrose, lived to fight another day as they pulled an amazing comeback victory Monday… …
Signup underway for Birding Classic 2025 (2/19/2025) - The Virginia Birding Classic 2025, in which teams search the state’s public lands for as many species as they can find in 24 hours, is open for registration. The classic… …
Peninsula Lightning wins its pool in national festival (2/19/2025) - The Peninsula Lightning U19 field hockey team won its pool championship at the National Indoor Festival held over President’s Day weekend at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. The team finished… …VHSL announces transgender policy change (2/19/2025) - The Virginia High School League announced that its Executive Committee voted on Feb. 10 to bring the VHSL in compliance with President Trump’s Executive Order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s… …
MHS girls beat Cavs, fall to Pointers (2/19/2025) - In the final week of regular season play, the Mathews High School varsity girls’ basketball team split a pair of games, beating the visiting King William Cavaliers last Thursday and… …
Mobjack rowers compete in Hampton Roads Erg Pull (2/19/2025) - Mobjack Rowing Association’s winter training youth team traveled to Catholic High School in Virginia Beach to compete in the 26th annual Hampton Roads Erg Pull on Saturday, Feb. 8. Hosted… …Plans up in the air for regional track meet (2/19/2025) - Inclement weather has plans up in the air for the VHSL Class 1/2 Region A Indoor Track and Field Championships, which was originally scheduled for today, Thursday, Feb. 20, at… …
Lady Dukes 1-2 in last week of season (2/19/2025) - The Gloucester High School varsity girls’ basketball team suffered two losses and gained one win during its last week of regular season gameplay. The Lady Dukes fell, 51-38, to Heritage… …
Last games (2/19/2025) - The Gloucester High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams played their last games of the regular season Tuesday night at home against the Woodside Wolverines. The boys lost to… …