by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 One of top middle school basketball players in the country resides in the Hampton Roads area. We profiled Jordan Poole following the first annual Recruit757 Basketball Junior Showcase. Poole was one of the top performers at the event, earning first-team All-Showcase honors. She followed that performance with a spectacular showing at…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 This weekend, players from Hampton Roads have flocked across the country to participate in for many, their last AAU Showcase event of the summer. The Recruit757 Basketball team will be courtside at the AAU National Showcase in Louisville, KY. Here’s some news from Day 1 of the event: The Suffolk Venom…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Just this past winter, the Princess Anne girls’ basketball program captured the school’s second consecutive state championship with a comeback win over LC Bird. The title was also the Cavaliers’ sixth in school history, perhaps beginning the dynasty chatter from the Cavalier faithful. Princess Anne head coach Darnell Dozier established himself…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Following a 15-year hiatus, Norfolk State and Old Dominion will renew their basketball rivalry, with an exhibition game set to take place on December 29, 2015 at ODU’s Ted Convocation Center. While the schools were able to agree on the terms for this year’s matchup, there was no guarantee of a…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 After spending nearly a decade as an assistant coach under longtime First Colonial girls basketball coach Larry Bowman, Billy Stokes will take over the Lady Patriots program, following the retirement of Bowman during the offseason. Stokes, a 1998 graduate of Princess Anne, previously coached at his alma mater before leaving to…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Norview head coach Jonathan Wilson, in his near-decade long tenure as coach of the Pilots, has rejuvenated a basketball program that had not won an Eastern District championship since 1991. Wilson, who played on that 1991 Norview team, was named Atlantic Conference coach of the year last season after leading the…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Chesapeake native Alonzo Mourning (Indian River HS), is among the seven individuals that have been chosen for selection into the 2015 Virginia Hall of Fame class. According to a press release by the Virginia High School League, athletes are eligible for consideration 10 years after completion of their high school careers…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Recruit757 Basketball will kick off its high school summer camp series on August 22, 2015 with the first annual High School Girls’ Showcase. The following weekend, on August 29th, will be second year of the High School Boys’ event. Both showcase events will be held at Landstown High School in Virginia…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Eddie Ford is the man who will bring the AAU National Championships to Louisville, KY for the second consecutive year. Ford is the same kind of person who clears his winter schedule, just to travel to Stillwater, OK to visit his son, Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Travis Ford. But basketball…
by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 The 21st of June marked the first day of summer. For Norfolk Collegiate, the 3rd of June marked the final day of attendance for students. While many students are using this as an opportunity to wind down from the strenuous school year, Kyonze Chavis thought otherwise. The 6’6”, 190 pound shooting…