Warwick Raiders Sports

Weekend Results

-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.

Weekend Schedule

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!

Swimming Results

-The boys swimming team beat Hampton 49-45 but lost to Woodside 53-41 on Wednesday at Holland Hall.

-The girls swimming team beat Hampton 64-30 and Woodside 52-42 on Wednesday at Holland Hall.

Swimming Results

The boys swim team beat Phoebus 66-21 and lost to Menchville 55-39 on Monday.

The girls swim team beat Phoebus 80-2 and lost to Menchville 55-39 on Monday.

Swimming Results

-The boys swimming team lost to Kecoughtan 55-39 but defeated Heritage 76-12 on Wednesday at Midtown.  Sophomore Drew Gurley won the 100 free (52.71) and 100 back (59.47).

-The girls swimming team also lost to Kecoughtan (54-40) and beat Heritage (80-8).  Transfer Melissa Hubert won the 100 fly (1:02.97) and 500 free (5:35.53); Hubert is the reigning District champion in the latter.  Caroline Cirillo won the 200 IM (2:32.93) and 100 back (1:06.90).

01/03-09 Preview

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!

12/22 Winter Sports Update

-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. 

Winter Sports Schedule

Warwick's winter sports schedule can be found here.  The schedule is current as of 10 November.