Apparently, many of our peeps love to gamble. And go camping, make snarky remarks about the actions — or inaction — of local government, and have fun with international news.

This year’s entries for the 2023 Peeps Show came from art and history students in high and middle school, children with the help of parents, adults with the help of children, and artists well into their sixth and seventh decades who referred to themselves “a child in an adult body.” We even received submissions from as far as Washington state.

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City Cruises kicked off its 2023 season Tuesday with a substitute vessel working in the place of the Spirit of Norfolk.

The Spirit of Mount Vernon sailed from Washington, D.C., last month and is moored at the Norfolk waterfront near Town Point Park.

As the company celebrates its 45th season in the city, general manager Jolene Price-Thompson said City Cruises Norfolk is excited to continue the strong tradition on the waterfront and bring people on board.

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Glance at Kennedy Harris’ area-leading scoring average of 31.4 points this season and you’d be right to think there is some selfishness to her game.

Among the times Hampton High coach Shanda Bailey felt Harris showed too little “me” for her team was the start of the Crabbers’ 75-63 win over Pulaski County in the Class 4 state championship game. Unusually, four Crabbers scored first-quarter baskets before Harris.

“I was trying to get everyone involved to see how they’d play, and trying to see how the other team played,” Harris said.

The feeling out process ended when Bailey and others reminded Harris “We’ve got a state championship to win.” Harris says, “I couldn’t miss after that.”

That was almost literally true as Harris made 9-of-11 field goal attempts from late in the first quarter to halftime, spotting the Crabbers a 20-point lead at intermission. When the Cougars sliced the margin to five points with 4 minutes remaining, Harris responded with a basket and 8-of-8 free throws in the state championship-clinching 14-7 run to finish with 35 points.

The performance clinched All-Tidewater Girls Basketball Player of the Year honors for Harris in a close call with Zakiya Stephenson, the star of Princess Anne’s Class 5 state champions. Harris bracketed a six-game postseason, in which she averaged 29.5 points, with 35-point games, and never scored less than 20 in between.

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For the past four years, Trevor Smith has the been face of the Woodside High boys basketball program.

And in his final season, he accomplished his biggest feat as he helped lead the Wolverines to the Class 5 title, the program’s first state championship since 2005.

“He’s always going to give you everything he’s got,” said Woodside coach Stefan Welsh, who as a player led the Wolverines to back-to-back titles in 2004 and ‘05. “He plays every game like its Game 7 of the NBA Finals.”

In the final game of his high school career, Smith showed up big as he scored a game-high 17 points — including 15 in the second half — to lead the Wolverines to a dramatic comeback to win the state title.

Smith is the 2023 All-Tidewater Boys Basketball Player of the Year, and he is the first Peninsula-area player to win the award since The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press began selecting teams together in 2000.

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Note To Readers:  A reminder that Parade magazine is now only found along with your e-edition of either The Virginian-Pilot or Daily Press each Sunday morning.  Print copies of Parade magazine ceased after the November 13th issue.