by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Kody Ellmer of Kellam High School is this week’s winner of the Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week award! He’s been piling up yardage this year in the Kellam offense. The Knights lost three games by close margins to open the season. On Friday night, they broke through. Kody…
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by Ally Griswell, Bayside High School The Bayside Marlins are off to a hot start at 4-0. This week, Coach John White and Bayside will face Cox High School (4-0) in a game that will deal one team their first loss of the season. I sat down with Coach White to discuss the season so…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For the East Carolina Pirates, it might have been the perfect day to have Hampton Crabber Elijah Conliffe (JR DE 6-6 270) visit them. Sure, it was pouring down rain, but the Pirates upset the Virginia Tech Hokies, another program that’s been pursuing the athletic defensive lineman. Conliffe took Saturday as…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Just a little more than a day after his team’s convincing 50-32 win over Bishop Sullivan, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy linebacker Cole Christiansen has made a verbal commitment to attend and play football at West Point. For the uninitiated, that’s the United States Military Academy at West Point, otherwise known as Army. The…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Indian River at Grassfield was selected as one of the three recruit757/Friday Night Flights Games of the Week. It ended up being one of the least competitive games in the bunch. The two teams locked horns early, but Indian River pulled away before halftime. Indian River scored first, but it…
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by Nathan Epstein, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) NORFOLK (WAVY) – Gerard Johnson rushed 20 times for 119 yards and a touchdown and Norfolk State, who trailed 14-7 at halftime, stormed back in the second half to take a 24-14 win over rival Hampton in the annual “Battle of the Bay.” Latrell Scott’s…
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by Brian Parsons, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) NORFOLK (WAVY) — On a wet, windy afternoon at S.B. Ballard stadium, Appalachian State scored 28 second quarter points on way to handing the Monarchs their first shutout loss 49-0. Taylor Lamb threw a career-high four touchdown passes for the Mountaineers (2-1), who like ODU,…
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by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Williamsburg Christian Academy guard Xavier Green has verbally committed to play college basketball at Old Dominion University. The 6-foot-5 wing announced his decision on Sunday following an official visit to the Monarchs campus this weekend. ODU was a great fit because the passion they had for me,” Green…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 It’s time to vote for the B-Dubs Player of the Week! We’re ready to acknowledge some of the top players in the region for their performances from this weekend. After the voting ends on Monday at 6 p.m., we’ll announce a winner for you and present the award later in…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Darling Stadium was the host of both rain and Bethel versus Heritage this afternoon. This match up put together two teams that were looking to break a 2-2 record and continue to progress through the Peninsula District. The Bruins were able to prevail when it seemed as though early off Coach…
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