Right off the top, we have hot games on the recruit804 Scoreboard by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 Week one recap: Hermitage outlasts Highland Springs, Norcom upsets Hopewell #1 Hermitage 14, #8 Highland Springs 9 #2 Dinwiddie 70, Denbigh 0 #3 L.C. Bird 33, Meadowbrook 7 #5 Monacan 26, Hanover 14 #6 Thomas Dale 45, Cosby 0…
Coach Loren Johnson and Highland Springs (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) We may see Highland Springs and Hermitage face off again in November Hermitage (0-0) at Highland Springs (0-0), Friday 7:00 p.m. by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 There’s no way to down play what happened to the Hermitage Panthers in the playoffs at the end of last season.…
757 vs. 804 when Norcom meets Hopewell I.C. Norcom (6-5 in 2016) at Hopewell (10-4 in 2016), 7:00 p.m. Friday by John Harvey, recruit804 High school football bragging rights will be on the line Friday, Aug. 25, as Hopewell hosts I.C. Norcom in the latest showdown of Richmond vs. Hampton Roads. Hopewell won 10 games…
recruit804 Fab 30: Ronnie Walker RB Hopewell #1 by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 No one can write anything on paper equivalent to the value of Hopewell starting running back Ronnie Walker to Hopewell High School. Only Ricky Slade, Jr. (Woodbridge) sits above Ronnie Walker in the ESPN 300 for top recruits in the state of Virginia…
L.C. Bird is victorious in Tony Nicely’s debut by Joe Nelson, recruit804 A full crowd, along with the Virginia Union University Band, was in attendance for the season opener between Meadowbrook and L.C. Bird. The heated rivalry was one of the first games of the season and also the first game for Tony Nicely as…
Dinwiddie Head Coach Billy Mills – The Generals are at #2 in our Power 12 (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) Hermitage grabs top spot of the Power 12 heading into week one, Highland Springs has work to do There’s no way we can wait until the third week of the season or even the second week to…
Benedictine DE Chris Collins (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) recruit804 Fab 30: Chris Collins DE Benedictine #2 by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 Similar to Monacan defensive end Martiese Phipps, Benedictine starting defensive end is cut from a different cloth. Collins has everything you’re looking for when scouting for a 3-4 or 4-3 style defensive end. He’s agile and…
L.C. Bird (File Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) L.C. Bird and Meadowbrook open the season tonight by Joe Nelson, recruit804 The much anticipated 2017 season is finally here. Meadowbrook and L.C. Bird will be two of the first teams to see regular season action when they square off Thursday night (Aug 24th). Both L.C. Bird and Meadowbrook…
Monacan DE Martiese Phipps (Photo: Mike Caudill/recruit804) recruit804 Fab 30: Martiese Phipps DE/OLB Monacan #3 Picking Martiese Phipps ahead of Dinwiddie’s K’Vaughan Pope is sure to turn some heads. Brandon and I talked about his rationale, and we’re sold that Phipps has earned the recognition that few others are giving him. Time will tell. –…
Whether it’s with fellow coaches, your players or parents, communication is key Coach Lew Johnston has been a valuable contributor to recruit757’s Coaches Corner for years now. Here’s your chance to be heard. Do you have words of wisdom that you’d share with the coaching community? Please submit your thoughts and opinions and we’ll share…