by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 As a reserve guard on Norcom’s 2014 state championship team, Travis Fields sat out most of the season with a thumb injury. With the graduation of All-State guards Antonio Parker and Troy Locke, Fields took on much more of a leadership role for this year’s team. “Last year, I was one…
Less than 24 hours after completing a 400-meter race at the Drake relays in Iowa, Olympic Gold Medalist LaShawn Merritt was back home in Hampton Roads, attending a signing day ceremony for Deep Creek senior guard Jorge Concepcion III. Concepcion will attend the University of Northwestern Ohio, a NAIA program, next fall. “I’ve been knowing…
Bryant and Stratton College has acquired a 38-16 record in Carlton Clemons first two seasons as head coach of the Bobcats. Making the transition from assistant boys’ varsity and head boys’ junior varsity basketball coach at Booker T. Washington High School and now Bryant and Stratton coach has been smooth yet with its challenges. Coach…
by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Williamsburg Christian Academy’s Xavier Green received his sixth Division I scholarship offer to the University of Cincinnati. The 6-foot-6 junior swingman picked up the offer last weekend while playing for Team Loaded 757 during last weekend’s AAU tournament in Dallas. Green has impressed college coaches with his versatility…
written by Jamaar Hawkins – Oscar Smith senior Nigel Ribeiro – South Hampton Roads’ most prolific scorer in boys basketball last season – has committed to play at Grambling State. Ribeiro, a 6-foot guard, was first-team All-Tidewater last season. He led South Hampton Roads in scoring with 22 points a game. He also averaged 9.4…
by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Justin Hayes has stepped down as boys basketball coach at Warhill High School. Hayes has been the only coach in the program’s history, joining girls basketball coach Norm Brungot as the longest tenured coaches at the school. After eight seasons on the bench at Warhill, Hayes believed it…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Following Princess Anne’s improbable second-half comeback over L.C. Bird to claim the program’s sixth state championship in eight seasons, Cavaliers head coach Darnell Dozier was asked to pick his favorite players from his many championship teams. Dozier paused briefly, before rattling off names such as Elizabeth Williams, Sharese Grant, Kim Rodgers,…
by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Here are your 4A All-4A South teams for Boys’ Basketball: Player of the Year: Travis Fields, I.C. Norcom Coach of the Year: Leon Goolsby, I.C. Norcom First Team: Travis Fields, Norcom Romello Anderson, Heritage Grayson Midulla, Glen Allen Evan Sperling, Grafton Keith Stagg, Kings Fork Travius Smith, Lake Taylor Robert Smith,…
by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Here are your 4A All-4A South teams for Girls’ Basketball: Player of the Year: Megan Walker, Monacan Coach of the Year: Adam Layton, Midlothian First Team: Amesha Miller, Kings Fork Taylor Edwards, Wilson Megan Walker, Monaca Caroline Averette, Midlothian Shannon Atkinson, Smithfield Gianna Smith, Lake Taylor Zhara Tannor, Midlothian Alex Parson,…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Nigel Ribeiro arrived at Oscar Smith focused solely on winning the school’s first state championship in basketball, after years of dominating the gridiron. Although the Tigers fell just short of the state tournament, Ribeiro doesn’t worry about people who still wonder if Oscar Smith is nothing more than a “football school.”…