Coach Greg Gibson and Western Branch (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) After 8 years at Western Branch, Coach Greg Gibson steps down by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On Wednesday, Western Branch head football coach Greg Gibson has resigned from his position. The Bruins were a playoff team in 2018, qualifying as an eight seed in the Region 6A…
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recruit757 and the Sportswrap discuss Saturday’s State Championship games by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Saturday brings us the end of the high school football season, and this year we have two teams from the 757 playing “at home” and a third hitting the road with a state title on the line. I sat down with Nathan…
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Kings’s Fork (Video still: Antowyne Shaw/recruit757) Both the boys and girls programs at King’s Fork are on point by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Last week, the King’s Fork basketball programs came out of the gate blazing. Friday’s double header against Nansemond River resulted in landslide wins for the Boys and Girls teams. The King’s Fork boys…
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Lake Taylor (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Lake Taylor sweeps the top honors in Region 4A by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Lake Taylor has made it all the way to the state championship game and they could go all the way this year. It should be no surprise then that the Titans have swept the top honors for…
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Salem RB Kaelon Black (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Kaelon Black will take his talents to Harrisonburg by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Salem running back Kaelon Black (2020 RB 5-10 185) will keep his talents in-state with a commitment to James Madison. Since his sophomore year, Black has been racking up gaudy statistics in Salem’s defense dominated, run-first…
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Oscar Smith RB Tae’ron Richardson (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) The Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week is Tae’ron Richardson of Oscar Smith High School by Andy Hilton, recruit757 This week, we had three teams from the 757 win playoff games. Every program still in the post-season got a nominee for the recruit757/Buffalo Wild Wings Player…
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Goochland 2019 (Photo: David Hawk/Goochland Athletics) Goochland leads the way on the All-Region 3B teams by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Goochland may have gotten knocked out of the VHSL playoffs this weekend, but they’ve achieved a lot this weekend. Coach Alex Fruth led his squad to a state semifinal appearance in a year where they moved…
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Ricky Rahne is welcomed at Old Dominion (Photo courtesy of ODU Athletics) Ricky Rahne will be the next head football coach at Old Dominion by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Old Dominion University has announced that Penn State offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne will be the second ever head coach of the Monarchs. Previous head coach Bobby Wilder,…
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Varina ATH Isiah Paige (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit804) Isiah Paige praises Kent State but re-opens his recruitment by Byron Jones, recruit804 2020 ATH Isiah Paige (5-8 170) re-opened his recruitment Sunday evening. His announcement to de-commit from Kent State came via twitter. “First I would love to thank god for giving me the opportunity to play…
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Greyhound to Jayhawk: Norcom DB Karon Prunty commits to Kansas by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Karon Prunty (2020 DB 6-2 180) has had a long journey over the last three years of his football career. At the high school level, he started off at Oscar Smith before moving to Norcom at the end of the 2017…
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