Forrest wins individual state championship in 55m hurdles (3/12/2025) - Mathews High School senior Donovan Forrest won his second career individual state championship in track, placing first in the 55-meter hurdles in last week’s VHSL Class 1 Indoor State Championships.… …
Spring is in the air (3/12/2025) - It’s a sure sign of spring when players come out of the gym and hit the field. Athletes at Gloucester and Mathews high schools started taking to their respective fields… …G.I. Raw Bar Runto be held April 26 (3/12/2025) - The Gwynn’s Island Raw Bar Run is set to take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, offering participants a new running experience in the 11th annual event. For… …
Gloucester Rowing Association to hold Polar Plunge Saturday (3/12/2025) - The Gloucester Rowing Association invites the public to the Gloucester Point Beach on Saturday for its Polar Plunge. The event, a fundraiser for the GRA, will be held from 11… …
Championship wins (3/12/2025) - Ware Academy wrapped up this year’s basketball season with two ISAC Championship wins. The varsity girls defeated Aylett Country Day School, 37-18, and the varsity boys beat Chesapeake Academy in… …Baystar Threshers beat Lions, 5-2 (3/12/2025) - The Baystar Threshers U12 boys’ soccer team defeated the Chesapeake United Lions on Saturday, 5-2. Pablo Ledesma led the Threshers scoring with two goals, while Owen Dautzenberg, Chase Newsome and… …
U14 Swordfish (3/12/2025) - The U14 Swordfish Baystars youth soccer team had its first game Saturday, ending in a 1-1 tie against Reign. The game-tying goal was scored in the last minute by Melanie… …
U10 White Caps (3/12/2025) - The Baystars U10 White Caps opened its spring youth soccer season Saturday at Woodville Park, playing host to the Beach FC U11 Mavericks. After an undefeated fall season in the… …
Hurricanes (3/12/2025) - The Baystars U9 Hurricanes defeated Mayhem United of the Old Dominion Soccer Club, 4-0, Saturday at Woodville Park. Declan Long and Bryce Dautzenberg scored one goal each and Theo Collins… …
Tigersharks (3/12/2025) - The Baystars U11 Tigersharks kicked off the spring soccer season Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Old Dominion Soccer Club Storm. Players shown, from left, are Grayson Mahnke, Ayden Foster,… …
Guerrilla Wrestling (3/12/2025) - Ten wrestlers from Gloucester’s Guerrilla Wrestling Association competed in Saturday’s 2025 VAWA Kids Folkstyle State Championships Tournament at Roanoke College. Wrestlers competing included Cooper Brockenbrough, Cash Garland, Malachi Cabral, August… …
Intramural hoop champs (3/12/2025) - The intramural basketball season wrapped up over the weekend at Mathews Elementary School, with the Rams winning for the boys, and the Monarchs crowned the girls’ champions. In left photo,… …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… …