by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 4A South Final Monacan (11-2) at Lake Taylor (13-0) Lake Taylor makes it first appearance in the 4A South Championship Game after a dominant run through the regular season. The Titans (13-0) have outscored its last five opponents, 190-26. After defeating Kings Fork 35-6 in the semifinals, Titans head coach Hank…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For Oscar Smith, it’s been a long football season. They’ve won a ton of games, but they’ve done it without their star defensive end. For Josh Sweat, the season has been even longer. Instead of joining his teammates on the field on Friday nights, he’s been on the sidelines. Josh and…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 This week, we had a double dip for the Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week award. Thanksgiving got in the way of our usual Thursday POTW presentation last week. We had Salem players win the award two weeks in a row, so why not do a double presentation?…
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WAVY TV-10’s Brian Parsons reports from Virginia Beach, where the Ocean Lakes Dolphins are confident going into Friday night’s 6A South title game vs. Oscar Smith. Both teams are nationally ranked. According to several Dolphins, failure is “not an option.” -AH by Brian Parsons, a special contribution to recruit757.com VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Region…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The football season is over for Bayside senior defensive back Tayvon Burris. Now it’s time to focus on recruiting… and the indoor track season. Burris (SR DB 5-11 160) has been landing college interest and he picked up a few scholarship offers recently. Interestingly enough, he’s garnering more interest for college…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The last two recruiting classes of local players made a big difference this year. Virginia Tech may have struggled in 2014, but extending their streak of bowl appearances to 22 is a huge accomplishment. It’s hard to imagine that getting done without the help of the freshmen on the roster,…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The teams in Conference 1 or the Coastal Conference, have finalized their selections for the All-Conference Teams. The Coastal is made up of all of the 6A teams in Virginia Beach, plus Granby. Here are your All-Conference 1 teams for 2015 as selected by the coaches of the conference: Conference…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 If there was one sure fire recruit in the 2014 class, it had to be Quin Blanding. The Bayside grad committed to Mike London and the UVA Cavaliers early, then lobbied hard to get other top recruits to join him. The 2014 class ended up being a great one…
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by Nathan Epstein, WAVY-TV 10 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WAVY) – It’s been about as up and down as you could imagine for David Watford, but after four seasons playing for the University of Virginia, David Watford has decided to finish his college career elsewhere. According to multiple reports, Watford has been granted a release and will…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 45 years of coaching was enough for Bubba Hooker. After four years at Bethel High School, he’s decided to hang up his whistle. Hooker succeeded Jeff Nelson in 2011 as an interim head coach when Nelson suffered leg injuries that required surgery and a lighter work load. Nelson went on to…
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