Maury head coach Brandon Plummer (Video Still: Antowyne Shaw/recruit757) Defeding Class 6 State Champion Landstown and defending Class 5 State Champion Maury shake off the rust in a preseason tilt by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Preseason basketball is usually a time for teams to work out some kinks. Athletes play the game year-round, but getting the…
Norfolk Academy C Mark Williams (Video Still: Waltron Moody/recruit757) Mark Williams opts for Duke by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Before the 2018-19 season, we featured Norfolk Academy big man Mark Williams and his summer workout routine. Williams transferred to IMG Academy over the summer and he hasn’t wasted any time in making a college decision. After…
Maury head coach Brandon Plummer (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Brandon Plummer is named Coach of the Year for 2018-19 season by the VHSL by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On Monday morning, Maury athletic director Ed Boyd released confirmation from the VHSL that Maury Boys Basketball head coach Brandon Plummer has been selected as the 2018-19 Boys Basketball…
Dorian Finney-Smith holds his 4th annual Community Love Day in Portsmouth Dorian Finney-Smith (Antowyne Shaw Video Still) by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Former I.C. Norcom star Dorian Finney-Smith rose through the ranks. He left Portsmouth to play college ball at Virginia Tech before transferring to Florida. He was undrafted, but picked up by the Dallas Mavericks…
Boo Williams Guard Cameron Thomas (Photo courtesy of Boo Williams) Summer season ends with a splash by Justin Russell, recruit757 The 2019 Nike EYBL season wrapped up last week with the much anticipated Nike Peach Jam. The Peach Jam brings out college coaches and scouts from just about every major program in America. John Calipari,…
Greenbrier Christian Football (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Kevin Washington comes home to coach Greenbrier Christian by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Greenbrier Christian athletic director Dan Moore wasted little time in finding a new head football coach. It wasn’t much more than a month ago that Tommy Austin transitioned into the head coaching position at Bishop Sullivan Catholic.…
All-757 Boys Basketball Player of the Year Michael Christmas (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) State championship wins force a split between Landstown and Maury for top honors 2019 brought Maury their first state championship basketball team since 1927 and it took second year head coach Brandon Plummer to do it. Jack Baker is a coaching legend in…
Along with another state championship, Princess Anne’s Brianna Jackson grabs the Player of the Year award Princess Anne brought their sixth straight Girls Basketball state championship home to Virginia Beach, and along with that come plenty of awards for the All-757 teams. The Cavaliers not only placed three athletes on the first team and an…
Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757 With the MEAC tourney done and March Madness underway, we honor our local stars by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The MEAC Basketball tournament once again brought a festive atmosphere to Norfolk, and there’s a lot to celebrate even though the hometown Spartans came up short of winning it all. recruit757 Video Correspondent Waltron…
Sparta Science Testing (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) The Today Show demonstrates the edge that Sparta Science provides by Andy Hilton, recruit757 At our Saturday recruit757/Sparta Science Showcase at Redskins Park, recruit757 and Sparta Science merged to give our athletes a new measure of combine performance. The value in the event is to provide athletes with a…