by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – The Lady Vikings hosted their first varsity basketball game of the season Monday, Dec. 6. The Vikings faced a hungry Nandua Warriors team looking to bounce back from a loss to the Salisbury Dragons. The Vikings won 45-23. The Vikings jumped on the...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – Northampton varsity girls basketball season has returned. Last Friday, Dec. 3 the Yellow Jackets hosted the Lancaster Red Devils in front of an energetic home crowd. The Yellow Jackets lost 37-3. In the first half, the Yellow Jackets fell behind...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – The Nandua Warriors varsity boys basketball team opened its season at home last Thursday, Dec. 2. The Warriors battled the Salisbury Dragons in an intense game that came down to the wire. In the end, the Warriors came up short 60-63. Early in the...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
This article has been corrected from its original version. The original incorrectly identified the team pictured in the photo above as Nandua Middle School in the caption, when it is in fact Northampton Middle School. By Adolphus Ames – A middle school...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – The Nandua Warriors held a scrimmage Tuesday, Nov. 30, against the Snow Hill Eagles. The game ended in a tie. The final score was 59-59. The Warriors dominated early on with their fast-paced offense and smothering defense. In the second quarter,...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – On Saturday Nov. 13, Northampton cross-country runner Lizania Morales ran 23:54 at the VHSL State Cross Country meet. Morales placed 42 out of 95 runners.
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – On Nov. 20, the boys U15 Eastern Shore Football Club soccer team trav- eled to Williamsburg, Va., to play in a tournament called Champions Shootout. The team faced Carolina United, Orange Fire, and Churchland. The Eastern Shore players won all of...
by James Ritch | Dec 8, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — An Exmore man is in jail with bond denied after he was charged in connection with a shooting in Melfa early Saturday. According to Sheriff Todd Wessells, on December 4, 2021 at approximately 12:37 a.m., the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office received a...
by James Ritch | Dec 8, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office identified a gunshot victim found Monday in a field in Oak Hall as 43-year-old Maurice Lamont Fiddermon, of Temperanceville. According to Sheriff W. Todd Wessells, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a body in...
by James Ritch | Dec 7, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to add three days to winter break, which will now begin Monday, Dec. 20, with students returning to school Monday, Jan. 3. “I feel like it’s important, the way the (COVID-19) pandemic is....
