by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Since taking over this summer as Norfolk City Mayor, Kenny Alexander has embarked on a consorted effort to use athletics to drive change amongst the area’s youth population. Alexander, piloted the Norfolk Nighthawks Basketball program that runs weekly on Friday and Saturday evenings in the Berkley and Huntersville neighborhoods. The Nighthawks…
Taqwain Drummond will finish his high school career where he started: Woodside by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Flashing back to 2013, Woodside was home to potentially some of the top athletes in the Peninsula Distrct, with Chris Orlina, Devante Carter and Taqwain Drummond all Wolverines at the time. Following a coaching change, all three players transferred…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Next week will be a busy time for Norfolk State men’s basketball coach Robert Jones. After wrapping up session two of the Spartans’ youth camp on Friday, August 5, Jones and his staff will begin their annual Green & Gold elite boys camp the same day. The two-day camp is open…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 With the summer drawing to a close, youth athletes in Hampton Roads can still participate in a number of basketball camps in the area. Norfolk State men’s basketball head coach Robert Jones will host the second session of the Spartans’ Green & Gold youth camp beginning August 1. The first camp,…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Mass Rivals rolled past the New England Playaz in the Elite 8 to advance to the Adidas Uprising Final 4 against Team Loaded VA 17U. The two traded buckets early but Mass Rivals broke away after a trio of triples by Wabissa Bede, Azar Swain and Aaron Wheeler. A timeout was…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 ESPNU featured BigFoot Hoops’ Las Vegas Classic Summer Basketball Tournament games between Team CP3 vs Team Final and Team Melo vs MOKAN Elite. In this particular bracket, only four teams remained of “The 8” chosen to participate in the tournament. Spring Valley High School was packed from ear to ear for…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Team Loaded VA knocked off Dream Vision in the Sweet 16 to advance to the Elite 8 against Brookwood Elite in the Adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas. After playing from behind 90 percent of the game against Dream Vision, Team Loaded VA 17U got on the board first with two…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Both teams entered the 2016 FIBA Americas gold medal game with undefeated records and for much of the first half it appeared Team Canada was on the verge of upsetting the top-seed USA 18U squad. The USA team and Norfolk (VA) native Matt Coleman eventually held on for a 99-84 victory…
Coming into the Adidas Uprising Summer Championship Sweet 16 game versus Dream Vision, Team Loaded VA 17U had four straight wins. Loaded had a slow start against Dream Vision and didn’t get their first field goal until 3 minutes into the game when Rasir Bolton scored a layup. Although as a team they shot 17.9…
by Jamaar Hawkins Team USA and former Maury guard Matt Coleman blew away Brazil 88-48, to advance to Saturday’s 2016 FIBA Americas gold medal game in Valdivia, Chile. Coleman finished with five points, three rebounds and a steal in 19 minutes of action. The USA team led by 14 at the half after Brazil cut…