NCAA moves closer to opening up athletics by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Earlier this week, the NCAA announced that member institutions “can participate in on-campus voluntary athletics activities” beginning June 1. This currently applies to football and basketball only at this point. The NCAA also announced that a decision on other sports would be forthcoming. The…
Princess Anne 2019 (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Offers continue to roll in at Princess Anne as the stars align for a Cinderella season by Andy Hilton, recruit757 How do you define a Cinderella team? Typically, it’s a team that comes from seemingly nowhere. If Princess Anne could suddenly dominate the Beach District and make a significant…
Coach Alonzo Coley (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Former Kecoughtan head coach Alonzo Coley returns back to the PD this time with Phoebus by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Just a day before Christmas, Kecoughtan head coach Alonzo Coley felt it was time to take a sabbatical from the game of football. He stepped away on December 24 and…
Coach Lew Johnston (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Lew Johnston wants to see GOOD preparation Taken from Lew Johnston’s blog “Coaching the little things”. by Lew Johnston, a special contribution to recruit757 Two topics have come up in conversation in the last few days. I will take up one of them today. I’ll see if I want…
East Carolina cuts their athletic programs to the minimum of 16 by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Thursday was another sad day in sports. East Carolina University athletic director Jon Gilbert announced the closure of the men’s swimming and diving, women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis and women’s tennis programs. “This is one of the most agonizing…
Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757 We have two months to squeeze in football camps before preseason practices would start by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The past few months have been brutal. Set aside the threat of Coronavirus. Let’s address the effects of being locked down and “socially distanced”. Spring football activities have been crushed. There have been no…
#3 Warwick DB Messiah Russell (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Gardner-Webb taps Warwick for DB/WR Messiah Russell by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Starting defensive back Messiah Russell (2021 DB/WR 6-2 186) continues to keep the Raiders afloat in the recruiting department. The Warwick product has been courted by VMI and James Madison University over the past couple of…
Nansemond-Suffolk RB George Pettaway (Twitter Photo) George Pettaway’s recruitment continues to roll by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Nansemond-Suffolk Academy running back George Pettaway (2022 RB 5-10 170) continues to reel in big offers as his junior year approaches. On Tuesday, Pettaway added offers from Buffalo and the University of Florida. In a Wednesday morning conversation, Pettaway…
Deep Creek WR/DB Jalen Jones (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Jalen Jones grabs an offer from William and Mary by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On Friday, Jalen Jones (2021 WR/DB 6-0 170) got the news that he’s been working so hard for. William and Mary offered him a football scholarship. Tribe defensive backs coach Ras-I-Dowling, himself a Deep…
A three phase plan is recommended for national use by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has released guidance for its 51 member state high school associations to consider in re-opening high school athletics and other activity programs across the nation. The guidance document was developed by the NFHS…