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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.
-The boys indoor track team took 4th place with 68.5 points at the Peninsula District Indoor Track & Field Championships on Tuesday. The Raiders qualified 9 athletes in 13 individual events plus one relay team for the Eastern Region Championships. Warwick was led by 2nd place finishes from Arshade Yates in the pole vault, Desmond Fogg in the 1600m and 3200m, and the 4x800m relay team of Javon Walker, Darius Williams, Deshonte Parker, and Arshade Yates. Brandon Delk picked up a 3rd place in the shot put and Javon Walker took 3rd in the 500m.
-The girls indoor track team finished in 8th place with 10 points at Districts on Tuesday. Olivia Abbott finished 4th in the 1000m.
-Jonquay Byrd might be the spark that Warwick needs. In his first game of the year, Byrd scored 28 as the Raiders (5-13, 3-11 PD) beat Gloucester 54-51. Byrd's 28 are the most scored by a Warwick player this year.
-LaQuanda Younger scored 16, Tenisha Williams scored 15, and Jaelynn Pearson scored 10 as Warwick beat Gloucester 56-32 on Friday night. The Lady Raiders (15-3, 11-3 PD) were without 3rd-leading scorer Doneisha Eley.
-Myles Spivey, Javon Walker, Darius Williams, and Desmond Fogg teamed to run 8:23.55 in the 4x800 at the Virginia Tech High School Invitational on Friday night. That time was good enough for 7th place and qualified the relay team for the Eastern Region Championships. Freshman Ian Barrett ran a District-qualifying time of 37.53 in the 300m on Saturday.
-The girls swimming team took 3rd place at the Peninsula District Championships on Saturday at Midtown. Caitlin Shipman won the 100 breast in a Regional-qualifying time of 1:13.82. Caroline Cirillo was the other individual winner for the Raiders, winning the 100 back in 1:04.21.
-The boys swimming team finished in 5th place at the Peninsula District Championships. Individual winners were Andrew Gurley in the 200 IM in 2:03.80 and Brad Hancock in the 500 free in 5:04.65.
After a slow sports week because of semester exams, a number of Warwick teams are back in action this weekend.
I'll be blogging from Blacksburg on Friday and Saturday; 11 athletes from the indoor track team will be competing in the Virginia Tech Invitational.
The boys and girls basketball teams host Gloucester on Friday night. In their last meeting back in December, the boys lost 61-55 despite 24 points from Breven Lyons and a season-high 14 from LJ Carney. Since that game, the Raiders have lost 9 of 11 and 5 straight. The ladies beat Gloucester 57-18 to kick off an 11-game winning streak. The Lady Raiders have won 11 of 13 since that December 14th matchup.
In possibly the biggest event of the weekend, the boys and girls swimming teams will be competing at the Peninsula District Championships on Saturday at Midtown Community Center. The meet begins at 9am.
Best of luck to all Raiders athletes competing this weekend!
-The boys indoor track team won their 2nd-straight 10-team meet on Monday behind strong performances from Marquis Hill (TJ), Brandon Delk (SP), Javon Walker (500m), Desmond Fogg (3200m), and Myles Spivey (3200m).
At the Suffolk Stars Invitational this Friday and Saturday, the boys placed 9th out of the 33 scoring teams. Javon Walker won the 500m in a Regional-qualfiying and District-leading 1:07.44. The boys are now off for two weeks before the Virginia Tech High School Invitational on January 28th and 29th.
-The girls indoor track team finished 5th at the 2nd 10-team meet of the year on Monday, with Lerice Bynum qualifying for the State championship meet with her 5-2 clearance in the high jump.
In the New Year, I'm going to try to do a little schedule preview for each week.
Boys & Girls Basketball- This is a busy week for the Raiders with 3 games in 4 days. Warwick plays at home on Tuesday against Bethel and Wednesday against Heritage (make-up game from 12/17). The Raiders travel to Kecoughtan on Friday night.
Boys & Girls Indoor Track- After the Christmas break practice schedule was absolutely destroyed by the snow, the Raiders hope to get back to normal this week...unless anyone wants to do more 800s on an 80-meter track or 400s on a 100-meter track.
Wrestling- The wrestlers have a three-team match on Wednesday against Hampton and Menchville at Menchville at 6pm.
Boys & Girls Swimming- The swimmers take to the pool at Midtown on Wednesday at 7pm against Heritage and Kecoughtan.
Best of luck to all Raiders athletes in 2011!
-The boys basketball team lost 53-47 to Denbigh on Tuesday to drop to 2-5, 1-5 PD. Next up is a first-round date with Atlantic Shores at 10am on 12/27 at the Hampton University Convocation Center. Thankfully, Duke sophomore guard Andre Dawkins graduated from Atlantic Shores last year. If the Raiders win, they'll play at 7pm on 12/28; if they lose, they'll play at 10am on 12/28. The PD game against Heritage that was snowed out has been rescheduled for 01/05.
-The girls basketball team beat Denbigh 56-32 behind 27 points from LaQuanda Younger; 21 of Younger's points came on 3-pointers. The Raiders (4-2, 4-2 PD) took a 28-10 halftime lead and never looked back. The Raiders don't have another PD game until 01/04 against Bethel; they come back and play the next night in a make-up game against Heritage. The girls team is playing in the Northumberland Christmas Tournament. Their first game is 12/28 against Lancaster at 4pm and the second game is 12/29 against Northumberland at 6pm.
-The Raiders indoor track teams have had a great deal of success in the early season. The girls are led by senior Lerice Bynum and freshmen Lacey Elliot and Ryneisha Alston. Bynum has cleared 5 feet in the high jump and already qualified for the Eastern Region Championships. Elliot and Alston lead a strong group of underclassmen for the Raiders; the middle school track program in Newport News is definitely helping the high school teams out.
On the boys side, a core cross country group that took 4th at Districts has been joined by a few football players and newcomers to form the best Warwick team since the 02-03 season. Junior Javon Walker has the PD's top time in the 1000m and also runs a leg on the District-leading 4x800m relay team along with Desmond Fogg, Darius Williams, and Myles Spivey. Marquis Hill's 20-02.50 foot mark in the long jump is leading the District and Eric Poindexter has qualified for the Eastern Region Championships with his 6-foot clearance in the high jump. The boys have won multiple medals in the season's first two invitationals and won the first regular season meet convincingly on Monday without many of their top athletes.
-If any swimmers or wrestlers have updates, please let me know in a message and then I'll be in touch.
Warwick's winter sports schedule can be found here. The schedule is current as of 10 November.
The Daily Press' Dave Johnson did a nice article on Cardon Johnson today that can be found here.
Johnson points out that Johnson will become Warwick's first 1000-yard rusher since Lonnie Starks in 2002 if he gains 109 yards total in his last 2 games. For the new-school Warwick fans out there, Lonnie was one of the best all-around athletes to ever come through Warwick. Starks was a 6'6" high-jumper who only stood about 5'9". Lonnie won the indoor and outdoor Peninsula District championship in the high jump his senior year and took 3rd at the VHSL AAA state indoor meet that year as well. Lonnie also had a few 21+ feet long jumps to his credit.
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