by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 The 10th annual Best of the 757 showcase for high school football athletes made its way out to the Virginia Beach Sportsplex on Saturday. Temperatures exceeded 91 degrees as high school football athletes as far as Richmond made every attempt to not let that add to the challenge. Facilitating the Best…
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by Mike Villagrana, recruitNoVA Good Counsel’s Ayinde Eley has seen his recruitment pick up this spring. He now holds four offers from Iowa, Temple, North Carolina, and Syracuse. These are some big time offers and he’s only going to be a junior this fall. Ayinde, who also goes by the nickname ‘Ace’ is a big…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Saturday’s ten-team Marlin 7 on 7 event at Bayside was a great opportunity for young players to showcase. Several teams came in somewhat depleted, with baseball season and outdoor track still wrapping up. That gave new looks to second stringers, and a boost of confidence to underclassmen that needed it. Lake…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Area recruiting just got a lot more interesting, as the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs announced the hire of former Maury coach Jermaine Woods, to an assistant position with the program. Woods comes over after a similar role with the Virginia Tech women’s basketball program. Woods is best known for his…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Recruiting is picking up for Cox quarterback Cole Johnson. The Falcon signal caller added his second scholarship offer when the Temple Owls gave him the nod over the weekend. “Temple visited the school two weeks ago, and again last week with the quarterbacks coach (Glenn Thomas),” said Cox head football…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 “Be happy that you’re a big man, smaller skill positions can’t get as pretty as we can”, said offensive line coach and coordinator of the inaugural Pilot Big Man Challenge Coach Terrell Tevis of Norview High School. Norview was the site of this year’s 1st Annual Pilot Big Man Challenge on Saturday. Tallwood, Maury,…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Kings Fork running back Deshaun Wethington exploded onto the Hampton Roads scene two years ago, running for more than 1,500 yards while leading the Bulldogs to the 4A south semifinals. Wethington followed that up with another memorable season in 2014, despite missing most of the postseason with an injury. The junior…
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Coach Lew Johnston has a blog of his own called “Coaching the little things” that you can check out. It’s a great resource for information, plus Lew is an expert in coaching the classic “Wing T” offense. Thanks to Lew for his contributions to recruit757.com and to the community! – AH by Lew Johnston, a special…
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written by Jamaar Hawkins-One of top scorers in South Hampton Roads last year played at a high school in Portsmouth, but it wasn’t IC Norcom, winners of the last two 4A state championships. Despite averaging more than 15 points per game this past season, Wilson’s Quivon Crittenden continues to fall under the radar of college…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Justin Chase has seen his recruitment pick up this week. To close out the spring evaluation period, NC State has offered the Great Bridge lineman. A week ago, the 6-5 275 pound Chase was talking of narrowing his options and committing before the end of the summer. An ACC offer might…
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