Key players have graduated, but young starters from last year’s team provide the basis for success by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Team: Booker T. Washington (Norfolk, VA) Classification/Conference – 3A/27 2015 Record – 3-7 (no playoffs) Head Coach – Darwin “D.J.” Alexander Mascot – Bookers (Maroon, White, Gold) Following last season’s 3-7 finish, Booker T. Washington…
It may have been hot for practice on Thursday, but football is BACK! by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Since mid-December we’ve been waiting for football to come back around. Truth be told it never left. All of the off season workouts, the one-day prospect camps, the combines that took many student-athletes to different states to get…
Record high temperatures meant adjustments for teams getting practice sessions in by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Heat advisories were the order of the day, as they’ve been all week. Temperatures rose to near 100 degrees and heat indexes were projected to be near 120 degrees on Thursday afternoon, just when many local football programs planned to…
Three seniors departed for Division I college football. Menchville Football is showing growth. by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Team: Menchville (Newport News, Virginia) Classification/Conference: 5A/10 2015 Record: 1-9 (No Playoffs) Head Coach: Ray Savage, Jr. Mascot: Monarch (Purple and Gold) The Menchville Monarchs enter this season with Ray Savage, Jr. notching a full season under his…
Bethel athlete Janaz Jordan has college ready size. Virginia Tech has extended an offer. by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Bethel has been waiting for Janaz Jordan to show up in the way they’ve always known he could. Jordan has had a lot of potential brewing inside of him over the last few seasons and it’s finally…
Dismissing other options, Tayvion Land commits two years early by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Sometimes, you know when it feels right. Rising sophomore defensive back Tayvion “Tank” Land decided today that it was time to confirm his college commitment. He proved himself in his freshman year at Ocean Lakes, and he has impressed college coaches this…
Bishop Sullivan wide out Tylan McElhenie sees his recruitment heat up by Andy Hilton, recruit757 There are instances where it takes a little longer for a player’s talent to catch the attention of college coaches. For Bishop Sullivan wide receiver Tylan McElhenie, it might feel like it took forever, but in reality… college scholarship offers…
It’s been a busy off season, but Kecoughtan is rather quiet. For now… by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Last season the stage was set for Kecoughtan. The Warriors were coming off of a 9-3 season that watched them take out Bethel, Woodside, and Phoebus High School all in one year. No one in the Peninsula District…
Just as camp season is winding down, Dominique Sumter makes one more push with Marshall by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Dominique Sumter (SR/MLB 6-1 210) has been a man of action throughout the off season. If his off season started after the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Camp and ended today it would be safe to say…
