The players of the 2018 757 All-Star Classic (Photo: Antowyne Shaw/recruit757) Southside takes on the Peninsula in the annual 757 All-Star Game for HS seniors by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Legendary coaches Darnell Moore and Tommy Reamon organize the annual 757 All-Star game that pits the Peninsula against the Southside. After years at Norfolk’s Powhatan Stadium,…
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Phoebus DE Josiah Silver (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) UNH taps Phoebus for DE Josiah Silver by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Phoebus starting defensive end Josiah Silver (2020 DE 6-2 225) followed up a remarkable junior campaign with a senior year that aided in the Phantoms playing for a Region 3A Championship. Despite falling short of overall expectations,…
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Big River Rivalry (File Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) The 7th Annual Big River Rivalry pits North vs. South in the Richmond area by Andy Hilton, recruit804 The 7th annual Big River Rivalry all-star game is set for Saturday, December 21st at 12 Noon at Randolph-Macon College. Tickets can be purchased online through this link. All of…
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Highland Springs OT Mekhi Becton (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) Former Highland Springs star Mehki Becton looks to be headed to the NFL by Byron Jones, recruit804 Class of 2017 Highland Springs offensive lineman Mekhi Becton will forgo his senior season at Louisville and will not participate in the Cards Music City Bowl game against Mississippi State…
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To celebrate our final week and our two state champions, we have two Buffalo Wild Wings POTW by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’ve had a great season of Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week awards. Many of the best players in the 757 were honored with selections by the fans, and every team that was…
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I.C. Norcom head coach Robert Jackson (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Just a year after taking the job, Robert Jackson hangs up his whistle by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Only a year ago, the I.C. Norcom Greyhounds advanced all the way to the Region 3A Final, then saw head coach Larry Archie dismissed after 13 seasons with the…
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Offensive POTY KeAndre Lambert and Defensive POTY Tony Grimes (Photos: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Maury, Indian River, Salem and Princess Anne are represented well on the All-Region 5A teams by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For the last few years, Region 5B has been loaded with solid teams like Varina and Highland Springs. Region 5A created their own mystique…
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South County celebrates their first football state championship (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruitNovA) South County puts up a good fight to win their first state title by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA HAMPTON – It took 40 years, but the head coach with shorts and no headset finally won a state championship. Gerry Pannoni has been a fixture in…
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Wakefield 2019 (Photo courtesy of Wakefield Athletics) Wakefield grabs two of the top honors for the All-National District Teams by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA The seven-team National District had quite a clumping at the top in 2019 with Justice, Falls Church, and George Marshall finishing the season at 6-4 and Wakefield wasn’t far behind at 5-5.…
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Lord Botetourt RB Hunter Rice (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit804) Lord Botetourt ‘s Jamie Harless expects no sympathy by Byron Jones, recruit804 Saturday’s Division 3 State Final didn’t go as well as Coach Harless and the rest of the Lord Botetourt faithful had hoped for. Hopewell overwhelmed the Cavaliers from the opening kickoff, en route to a…
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