UVA Safety Quin Blanding (Photo: UVA Athletics) Bayside grad and top defender Quin Blanding will return for his senior season by Andy Hilton, recruit757 University of Virginia Athletics announced on Monday that safety Quin Blanding will forego the NFL draft and return for his senior season. “After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to…
Highland Springs OT Mekhi Becton (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Highland Springs lineman Mekhi Becton is a hot property by Andy Hilton, recruit804 Highland Springs lineman Mekhi Becton (SR OT 6-8 340) has been a known quantity for a while now. His recruiting exploded after his junior season, and Becton entertained all suitors including schools like Pitt,…
Manchester ATH Frank Boyd (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) Manchester’s Frank Boyd grabs POTY honors by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 We just wrapped up another amazing season in the 804. At the beginning of the season it was hard to predict what team would end up where and which players would progress the most. This has been a…
ODU Football tops EMU, to win their first bowl by Andy Hilton, recruit757 In their first ever bowl appearance, and on foreign soil to boot, the Old Dominion Monarchs topped Eastern Michigan by a score of 24-20. The Monarchs were powered by a defense that shut out EMU in the first half and were sparked…
Thomas Dale RB Max Oxendine (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) All players benefit when more college coaches come to visit by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 The Knights have become a fixture in Group 6A over the last three seasons and this past season was no different. Over the last three seasons, to include the one that just ended,…
Salem QB Noah Beckley (Photo: Mike Caudill/recruit757) Players of the Year and Coach of the Year all hail from Salem, just outside Roanoke by Andy Hilton, UltimateRecruit Congratulations to all of the players selected for the 4A All-State Teams! The teams were selected by coaches from Group 4A and typically were selected for an All-Region…
Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757 The VHSCA game ended on a game tying field goal by Jim McGrath, recruit757 HAMPTON — In a game as wild and wooly as the weather surrounding it, the Red and Blue teams of Virginia squared off at Darling Stadium on Sunday for the VHSCA All-Star Game. The players traveled from all…
L.C. Bird RB Shedrick McCall takes the ball as Southampton DE Tyran Hunt pursues (Photo: Sarah Murphy/recruit757) Virginia Beach’s I-64 Bowl is won by the road team by Jim McGrath, recruit757/recruit804 VIRGINIA BEACH – For one more weekend, high school football is alive and well in Virginia, as a trio of All-Star games are taking…
#60 Aaron Wright of Deep Run and Matt Sok of Glen Allen tackle Manchester RB Frank Boyd (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Game four in the Big River Rivalry is won by the North by Andy Hilton, recruit804 For the fourth annual Big River Rivalry, the day started out overcast and blustery. By the end of the…
Lindell Stone of Woodberry Forest (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) 2016 VISAA Division I All-State Teams by Andy Hilton, UltimateRecruit Player of the Year: Lindell Stone, Woodberry Forest Coach of the Year: Clint Alexander, Woodberry Forest First Team Offense: QB: Lindell Stone, Woodberry Forest RB: Caleb Grimes, Benedictine WR: Terrell Jana, Woodberry Forest; Gus Lee, Paul VI;…