by Nathan Epstein, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) NORFOLK (WAVY) – Contrary to the standard “one game at a time” coach’s talk, Bobby Wilder is putting the pressure on his Old Dominion football team. “We’re in elimination mode right now,” said Wilder at his weekly press conference. The Monarchs (4-5, 2-3 Conference USA)…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Oscar Smith High School Boys Basketball, regular season and Monitor Merrimack Conference Champions, are striving to play as a unit this season and put a strong emphasis on being a family. After losing to Colonial Forge in the post season, the Tigers are looking to improve in the paint and defensively…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 With his team heading towards its seventh consecutive postseason appearance, Bayside linebacker Teradja Mitchell was able to take a slight break from the gridiron this past weekend to visit the campus of West Virginia and the Mountaineers football program. “We left for {West Virginia} very early Saturday morning and came back…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 After falling in the Group 6A state championship game by one point last season, Bethel High School, is back along with nationally-ranked seniors Alexsis Grate, Nyra Williams, and teammate N’Dea Roberts for their last year of high school. The Bruins have moved to the Group 5A PenSouth Conference but their goal…
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by Deotis Speller, recruit757 Jupiter Wilson is a man of many talents. Before playing football for the University of North Carolina, Wilson was a star athlete for the Hickory Hawks and just a few years ago he became the school’s head football coach. But after the Hawks’ varsity boys basketball team failed to hire a…
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by Deotis Speller, recruit757 Jupiter Wilson is a man of many talents. Before playing football for the University of North Carolina, Wilson was a star athlete for the Hickory Hawks and just recently became the school’s head football coach. But after the Hawks’ varsity boys basketball team failed to hire a head coach in the…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 The Old Dominion Men’s Basketball program opened up its 2015-16 campaign with an 85-43 dismantling of Christopher Newport this past Thursday. The Monarchs held a 44-17 halftime lead before cruising to the game’s final margin. Former Kellam guard Trey Freeman was among five ODU players in double figures, finishing with 12…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Bay Rivers grabs the award for the third week in a row and a Warhill player has now won the award twice this season! Congratulations to Warhill athlete Bryce Koob on winning the Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week award! Koob had 251 rushing yards and two touchdowns…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Here are the final power ratings for the 2015 season in private school football (VISAA). You’ll see that we had five local teams make the playoffs, including Bishop Sullivan in Division II, Atlantic Shores and Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in Division III, and Isle of Wight Academy and Broadwater Academy in Division IV.…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 In previous years Oscar Smith was solely a “football school”, Oscar Smith Head Boys Basketball Coach, LaVar Griffin, is confident in his ability to restore the boys basketball program. After winning the regular season and conference title last year, Griffin’s expectations of the team, especially Senior guards Donald Hicks and Dez…
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