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The Lady Raiders are 1-2-1 in PD play and 2-4-1 overall. Warwick is tied for 6th with Bethel in the Peninsula District with 5 games remaining. A May 6th matchup with the Bruins could be vital to Warwick's hopes of making the playoffs.
The Warwick boys soccer team, under first-year coach Michael Norton, is currently 1-3 in District play and 2-4 overall. After earning their first District win against Woodside on April 19th, the Raiders suffered a tough loss against Hampton last Friday. Leading 2-0 at half and 3-2 with 10 minutes to play, the Raiders gave up 2 goals in those last 10 minutes and lost 4-3. With 5 games to go, Warwick is tied with Hampton for 8th place in the PD. 3 of the remaining 5 games are against teams on the top half of the District standings, including the final regular season game against first-place Kecoughtan.
With one match remaining in the regular season, the Lady Raiders are 4-3 in District play. Warwick's next match is against Kecoughtan tomorrow.
The Warwick boys tennis team, coached by Thomas Lomax, is experiencing a great deal of success. With one match left in the regular season, the boys are 7-1 and have not lost since March 17th. The Raiders' one loss was 5-4 to Menchville, who is currently undefeated, to start the season.
With 6 games left in the Peninsula District regular season, the Lady Raiders are in 6th place in the District standings. Warwick (6-7, 6-7 PD) is a half-game behind Woodside, with whom they split two games, for 5th place. The Lady Raiders have outscored opponents 96-89, which includes a 19-0 victory over Phoebus and two wins by 17 runs.
After starting the season 9-1, including a first-game win over rival Menchville, the Raiders have lost 3 of their last 5 and are now 10-4, 8-4 PD. Coach Barker's boys dropped both of their games to District-leading Woodside, lost 13-3 to Menchville, and lost a one-run game to Denbigh. With 6 games left in Peninsula District play, the Raiders are in a 3-way tie for 3rd behind Woodside and Menchville.
Unfortunately, the Raiders will be without standout Brandon Delk for the rest of the season. Delk, a closer/shortstop and Warwick's best hitter, partially tore a ligament in his pitching elbow during the Bethel game. Dave Johnson's story about the injury can be found here.
Luckily, Coach Barker still has catcher Ben Delgado, who was featured in an article in Sunday's Daily Press, and Longwood-signee and pitcher Brandon Vick.
Senior Lerice Bynum took a bronze medal in the high jump in Friday's Eastern Region meet, finishing 3rd with a personal-record 5' 2" clearance. This advances her to next weekend's AAA State Championship meet at the Boo Williams Sportsplex.
The boys 4x800m relay team of Myles Spivey, Darius Williams, Desmond Fogg, and Javon Walker took 4th place on Friday night, running a season-best 8:20.03.
Despite leading by 3 with a quarter remaining, the Lady Raiders (21-4) could not hold on to defeat Woodside and win their first PD tournament title in 27 years. LaQuanda Younger scored 24 and Doneisha Eley added 10 points on the night. Next up is a Monday night game at Phoebus at 6pm against Grassfield, the number 3 seed from the Southeastern District.
The Lady Raiders played their way into Friday night's Peninsula District tournament final by defeating Hampton 66-60 behind 40 points from LaQuanda Younger. Warwick trailed by 1 at half and by 2 with one quarter remaining, but fought back to pull out the win and move to 21-3 on the year.
Q scored 105 points in her 3 games against the Crabbers this year. She now has 1400 points in her 70 high school games and 485 points on the year.
The Lady Raiders will play Woodside in Friday night's final at Woodside at 5:30pm. No matter the result, Warwick will be the 2nd seed from the PD in the Eastern Region tournament.
Breven Lyons scored 18 in his final high school game and the Raiders played with a ton of heart in a 58-47 loss to Bethel. Warwick ends the season with an 8-15 record. Congrats and good luck to seniors Devon Asbury, LJ Carney, Melvin Hazleton, Breven Lyons, Jelani Saunders, Doryan Soto, Donnell Staton, and Daniel Wray!
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