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Ware girls and boys hoops teams have MC players

Taking a number of special precautions, Gloucester-based Ware Academy is continuing its modified girls and boys basketball seasons, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Both teams feature players that live in Middlesex County. The girls team includes, front, from left, Katelyn...

MC superintendent: Consider seasons for golf, cc, cheer, v’ball

School board members withhold comment on Gretz plea to look at allowing some sports by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) heard a report Monday, Jan. 11, at a meeting conducted in the St. Clare Walker Middle...

Riverside offering “Glide Fit”

Get ready, get fit and glide into a fitness activity that is the first of its kind on the Middle Peninsula. Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center – Middle Peninsula will offer a new Glide Fit program at its Gloucester location. Picture...

Locust Hill retiree is a die-hard Gator fan

Retired Colonel Keith A. Beverley of Locust Hill proudly displays his affection for the University of Florida with the “GATOR FL” personalized license plate on his Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. There is also a depiction of the Gainesville, Fla.,...

Ware continues to field hoops teams

Player residing in Middlesex, Sienna Rowe, is standout on girls team Gloucester-based Ware Academy varsity boys and girls basketball teams, which have some players who live in Middlesex County, competed in their first games of the season recently against...

December sports nixed

Middlesex schools cancel team sports for now; will re-evaluate things in Jan. by Larry Chowning -  Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Peter Gretz announced last week that MCPS will not be participating in Virginia High School League (VHSL) winter...

No sports in December for Middlesex schools

by Don Richeson -  Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) will not participate in any Virginia High School League (VHSL) sports this month. The restriction also applies to all out-of-season conditioning programs. MCPS families received the announcement via email Tuesday, Dec....

Tighter COVID-19 rules for spectators, not those playing on field or court

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi -  The Virginia High School League issued a statement last month clarifying spectator and participant limitations affected by Gov. Ralph Northam’s amended Executive Order 67. On Nov. 13, Gov. Northam reduced the social gathering limit from 250...

Piankatank River Golf hole in one

Piankatank River Golf Club member John Holt celebrates his Nov. 25 hole in one at the Hartfield club’s course. The Gloucester resident was playing golf with his buddies and fellow PRGC members, Joe Becht and Scott Witthaus.  Holt’s hole...

Impressive Rappahannock rockfish displayed

Charlie Scott, 12, a visitor from Columbia, S.C., caught these nice rockfish on Nov. 25 while trolling on the Rappahannock River near Urbanna. He was fishing aboard the “Maryrose” with his “Papa” (grandfather) Captain Percy Blackburn of Urbanna. Charlie...

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