by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Darling Stadium had a Saturday game on the schedule to close out the first week of the playoffs. Phoebus and Tabb squared off to the beat of a chilly afternoon. Tabb had moderate success under their implemented Wing-T offense, yet it wasn’t enough to cool off the Phantoms. Phoebus enjoyed a…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Norfolk State senior guard Jeff Short has been named to the 2015 Lou Henson Award preseason watch list, according to CollegeInsider.com. Short will be one of 30 players in contention for the award given annually to the top mid-major player in Division I Basketball. The senior, who was first-team All-Meac last…
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by Elizabeth McGrath, recruit757 Colonials Outlasted, Outmatched in Playoff Coach Remus James and his Colonials earned a playoff berth and faced Bay Rivers opponent York Falcons (7-3), under the leadership of Doug Pereira, at Bailey Field. For the recruit757 fan base, Colonial Heights’ Colonials (4-6) represent the 804’s Central District of the VHSL 3A Region,…
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by Chris Hopkins, recruit757 Ocean Lakes opened defense of their 6A State Title with a convincing win over Western Branch, 49 – 21, at Kellam High School Friday night. The Dolphins showed many different looks throughout the evening, rotating quarterbacks and spreading the ball to a number of running backs. Consequently, the Bruins defense was…
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by James Benn, recruit757 The Grassfield Grizzlies fought back and overcame key fourth quarter mistakes on Friday night to defeat the Woodside Wolverines in Double OT 34-27. Woodside got the scoring going early with a Tyhier Tyler 15-yard quarterback keeper to take the early 7-0 lead. After 2 exchanges of possession, Woodside shanked a punt…
Detailsby Tamara Brown, recruit757 Kecoughtan High School’s long time coach Ivan Thomas retired last season after 6 years at the school. The Warriors were 127-60 under Thomas, including a run to the Group AAA state semifinals in 2012. 6″3 SG, Taqwain Drummond, who was the team’s 3rd leading scorer suffered an ACL injury against Wakefield…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 3A East – #8 Tabb (5-5) vs. #1 Phoebus (9-1) 2 p.m. Saturday at Darling Stadium Darling Stadium will be the host of another one seed versus and eight seed when the Tabb Tigers match up against the Phoebus Phantoms on Saturday afternoon. The Phoebus Phantoms come into Saturday’s match up…
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by Jim McGrath, recruit757 3A East – #5 Colonial Heights (4-6) vs. #4 York (6-4), 2:00 PM Saturday, Bailey Field (Yorktown) Simply put, Colonial Heights is a team in trouble as they head to Yorktown for Saturday’s matchup against York. The Central District team is without its star running back Darien Canada. Canada, who joined…
Detailsby Elizabeth McGrath, recruit757 Hampton’s Team Prepares for Second Opponent to Championship The prediction for Maury in the Eastern District was finishing seventh of the eight teams. The Maury Commodores finished their regular season 4-6, a marked improvement from 1-9 the past season under Coach Chris Fraser. On the Southside, Maury surprised opponents throughout the…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Bethel came out to Indian River ready to pull out all the stops in an effort to take out the Indian River Braves at home. To no avail, the Braves were able to live up to their higher seeding. The Braves dismantled the Bruins 47-7 Friday evening in what was Coach…
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