by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On a team that’s demonstrating increasing numbers of explosive athletes and college prospects, Knowledge Wallace fits right in. Wallace is a bit smaller at 5-9 and 140 pounds, but he’s no less athletic. College coaches are going to be critical of his size, but he’s not fazed by that. Wallace is…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Bishop Sullivan defensive back Sheridan Jones has seen his stock skyrocket in recent weeks. After picking up his first offer from Florida last week, Jones added another SEC offer from the University of Tennessee Volunteers on Thursday. They came to our pro day at Bishop Sullivan a couple weeks back and…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Peninsula products’, Dominique “Dom” Carter and Tajh Eason, decided to further their basketball careers at the University of Virginia College at Wise. The future Cavaliers obtained partial academic and basketball scholarships. “Tajh and Dom are both great examples of student-athlete because they get it done in the classroom and on the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Not every athlete wants the same thing out of the college experience. Did you know you could study the oceans, ships, related business, science and technology plus play college football at the same time? Now your academics still have to be strong, but you can study in Marine Trades at SUNY…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Rising senior Ellis Brooks of Benedictine gave his verbal commitment to Duke in late March. He retracted that this morning and announced his decision via Twitter. “(I am) hereby reopening my recruitment after careful consideration with my family,” said the message. Attached to that was a notepad graphic that…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 In 2014 Coach Sam Scarborough was in a bit of a conundrum. There was a quarterback competition in the works between Bobby Price (SR/QB 6-3 185) and Scotty Watson (JR/QB 6-2 170). Watson was a transfer out of Salem High School and Price was bought up in the farm system (so…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We report regularly on local players that are seeing their recruitment explode. One local who’s on the cusp of a breakout is defensive end Miles Posey. The name won’t be familiar to high school football fans because Posey is still an eighth grader. Yes, at 6-2 and 210 pounds, Miles…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 For the first time in Hampton Roads, some of the area’s finest middle school basketball talent will gather at Kecoughtan High School to take part in the Hampton Roads Futures Classic presented by Recruit757. The event, which will feature both a girls and boys game, will take place on Wednesday, June…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Lake Taylor head coach Hank Sawyer has another Titan with a scholarship offer. College attention is no rarity at Lake Taylor. There’s been a strong line of players landing college scholarship offers at the Norfolk school. You can now add Roman Bond to that list. Bond (JR OT 6-3 255) has…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Although high school basketball season has long since ended, the search for college homes continues for some Hampton Roads seniors. Oscar Smith, which made it to the Group 6A state championship for the first time in school history this year, saw a group led by first-team all-state guard Donald Hicks sign…
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