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For Immediate Release - November 8, 2011
Amazingly, It Almost Never Happened!
 A year ago, then Menchville coach John Byron came to Dillon Christopher, a sophomore who played soccer, to ask whether he'd be interested in trying out to be his place-kicker. Christopher had never done it before other than goofing around, but he gave it a shot.
He caught on quick. And when Christopher made a 45-yard field goal against Heritage, it was pretty clear this lefty had the goods.
In this season's third week, he hit a 50-yarder against Denbigh…and missed just wide from 53 a little later. But that's nothing compared to what happened on the final play of the first quarter Saturday afternoon against Kecoughtan.
With a good but not hurricane-like wind at his back, blowing more in the 10 o’clock direction than noon, Christopher drilled a VHSL-record 60-yard field goal. He had probably at least two yards to spare. It broke the pervious record of 58, which was shared by First Colonial's Jeff Heath (1981) and Park View-Sterling’s Chris Dawson (1988).
Previously, the longest in the Peninsula District was 52 yards by Bethel's Ronnie Booth in 1972. The longest in the area was 57 yards by Grafton's Jarod Brown in 2008.
The national high school record is 68 by Dirk Borgognone of Reno, Nev., in 1985.
"I've hit 67 in practice," he said. "Last week (against Bethel), I tried from 68. But things happen. I'm glad it was 60. It’s much better than if it was 59."
Christopher had made a 37-yarder earlier to cut the Warriors' lead to 7-3. He later missed from 50 when the wind was blowing more across than from behind.
Christopher finished the season with seven field goals, second in the district to Woodside's Chris Moller. Only a junior, he's already drawing serious recruiting interest from Virginia Tech. In fact, Christopher said he had guaranteed Hokie assistant Curt Newsome that he would make a 60-yard field goal before he graduated.
Christopher plans to take an unofficial visit to Blacksburg on Nov. 17 when the Hokies play North Carolina on a Thursday night.
And it all started with an invitation.
"I guess everything happened the way it was supposed to," he said.
For Immediate Release - October 6, 2010
Newport News FC night at The College of William and Mary
On October 12th, William and Mary men's team play Nationally Ranked(#3) Wake Forest in a key match up for both teams at 7 PM.
Every team is encouraged to attend since there will be special activities just for our Newport News FC soccer players.
Initially, all players who attend in uniform will receive free admission to the game - the cost for parent members is $5.00.
In addition to free admission for our uniformed players, members of our U10 Boys team will accompany the William and Mary players onto the field during the National Anthem, members of our U10 Warriors & U11 Knights teams will participate in an (8 minute) game on the actual playing field during halftime and members of our U12 Revolution team will serve as ball boys for the match.
For Immediate Release - June 9, 2010
JOEY BONDISH GOES TO WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
 Joseph Bondish IV has accepted a position with Westminster College in Pennsylvania.
Joey was a standout player for Newport News FC and Woodside High School during the past several years and we are proud to announce his college soccer plans.
Congratulations Joey...we wish you the best!
For Immediate Release - May 29, 2010
NNFC Girls Recognized in 2010 Girls Soccer
All District Teams
Jennifer Pandolf, Ashley Pandolf and Jenna Kinney were recognized in the 2010 Girls Soccer All District Teams, Bay Rivers District. They are members of the NNFC Diamonds Team.
For Immediate Release - May 28, 2010
Ryan Carlomany sets club record for juggling and shows off his moves on YOU TUBE
Ryan says..."just beat my record - got 2113; my advice would be to have fun with juggling and be very creative."
Click Here to Experience the Ball Mastery of Ryan Carlomany.
For Immediate Release
Jessie Oder
 Jessie played soccer for Denbigh Baptist and was named MVP, Player of the year for the Metro Conference. She also made 1st Team All State, for 2011.
Jessie played club soccer for the Newport News FC Phoenix and then for the U18 Women's - ACADEMY ELITE
as team captain.
Jessie has been playing soccer since age 5, when she started in the Newport News Parks and Recreation's league.
Jessie is an honor-roll student and National Honor Society member as well as Kappa Zeta member. She graduated from Denbigh Baptist with an Advanced Diploma.
Jessie will be playing soccer in the fall for Methodist University in NC.
Congratulations Jessie!
For Immediate Release - May 19, 2010
Newport News FC Players Well Represented At All District Awards
Congratulations to all of these players and especially Meredith McDowell for being named Player of the Year!
1st Team Metro Conference
Jessie Oder (Denbigh Baptist)
Peninsula Player of the Year
Meredith McDowell, Menchville
All District 1st Team:
Leslie Coates, Denbigh
April Stone, Warwick
Rachel Ward, Woodside
Meredith McDowell, Menchville
Brittany Starek, Denbigh
2nd Team:
Lauren Cheatham, Denbigh
Cassie Kuykendall, Menchville
Anna Webb, Menchville (U17 team)
Honorable Mention:
Jordan Holt, Menchville
Shelby Philpott, Warwick
Taylor Robinson, Heritage
Christina Major, Denbigh
For Immediate Release - May 19, 2010
Newport News FC Players Help Guide York High School
Into Bay Rivers Tournament as Second Seed
Newport News FC players Alex Meade and Lucas Farrants were named key players by Coach Tommy Hipple of York High School in a recent article from Daily Press. The team is seeded #2 in
a District that is widely considered the strongest in the State and has a chance to make it to Regional play. Read the
complete article
here.
For Immediate Release - March 26, 2010
Newport News FC Presents...
Spring Break 2010 Skills and Small-Sided Game Camp
Don't miss this chance to
gain an edge on the competition!
This camp is open to every age level...U10 - High School.
Pre-registration is mandatory and space is limited.
Pay for one session and get the second session
free...that's two camps for the price of one!
What is Unique about this Camp
Camp participants will have two sessions a day to attend, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The morning session will be 100% skill training. Morning session skill topics include developing first touch, inside and outside of the foot passing, shooting, crossing, instruction on kicking for power and placement, dribbling to beat an opponent, heading, shielding, and tackling techniques. The afternoon session will be 100% small-sided game play and instruction. Afternoon session topics will include tactical teaching and play in 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4 match related and match condition playing environments.
Please visit our Camps
page for payments, locations, and times.
For Immediate Release - February 23, 2010
England Trip
Eurotech Soccer Tours is sponsoring a
Premiership Tour Program to Scotland and England featuring Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Manchester, Chester (Wales), London and Training Camps
with Celtic FC and Bolton Wanderers FC August 6-16th, 2010. For more
information please
click here.
For Immediate Release - February 23, 2010
NEWPORT NEWS FC CELTIC
The Newport News FC Celtic lowered the boom on the
Yorktown FC Cannons, 6-0, to win the U13 title Feb. 6 in the Hampton Roads
Indoor Soccer Championships at Julie Conn Gym in Newport News.
In the tournament final, Irvin Sanchez and Sasha
Blazanovic led the champs with two goals a piece.
More than 100 recreation, travel, and high school
teams annually compete in the indoor championships in 10 age groups in January
and February.
Among the other recent winners were the VIP Vipers
of Hampton in the U10/U11 division and East End in the U12s. In their title
games, the Vipers edged the NNFC Knights 3-2 while East End beat Team Chivas
5-4.
The one-day tournaments run through the end of the
month. For information on the remaining one-day tournaments, go to
NewportNewsFC.com or call Al
Cousineau at 757-753-3968.
For Immediate Release - February 23, 2010
From the Daily Press - STAR TRACK: JORDAN HOLT
 Jordan Holt of
Newport News has committed to play women's soccer for Christopher Newport in
the fall. Holt, a Menchville High senior, has played club soccer for the Newport
News FC Phoenix for five years, leading her team to numerous championships as a
co-captain. She has played for Menchville's varsity since ninth grade after
playing for the Monarchs'' junior varsity as an eighth-grader. Holt has been
playing soccer since age 5, when she started in the Newport News Parks and
Recreation's league. Holt is an honor-roll student and National Honor Society
member who enjoys Young Life and church activities. In volleyball, her secondary
sport, Holt was named to the All-Peninsula District first team of the past two
years as a setter for Menchville, one of the league's top teams. She was a
second-team Daily Press All-Star in 2009. At CNU, Holt plans to pursue a degree
in early childhood education. She hopes to coach high school soccer.
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