#15 Stone Bridge RB Nick Mell fights for yardage (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Stone Bridge stayed within striking distance but could never catch Highland Springs by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA “We felt like we matched up well with them,” said Stone Bridge coach Mickey Thompson at the post-game press conference following the Class 5 state championship game…
#4 Barry Hargraves and #10 Chris Daniels of Phoebus (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Class 3 Championship Preview: Jeremy Blunt, Phoebus attempting to win first State Championship since four-peat ending in 2011 by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Phoebus (13-1) vs. Heritage (13-1) Noon, Saturday at Armstrong Stadium, Hampton University The journey for Phoebus to advance to the Class…
Highland Springs (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) For Highland Springs Head Coach Loren Johnson, football is a means to an end by Byron Jones, recruit804 From sunny South Florida to Eastern Henrico, Loren Johnson has always used the game of football as a means to an end. Upon graduating from Miramar High School in Broward County, Florida…
Stone Bridge QB Mason Tatum and Highland Springs QB D’Vonte Waller (Photos: Sheridan King/recruitNoVA and Andy Hilton/recruit804) Class 5 State Championship Preview: Highland Springs, Stone Bridge set to lock horns for the third time in four years by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804/recruitNoVA Highland Springs (14-0) vs. Stone Bridge (12-2) Noon, Saturday at Armstrong Stadium, Hampton University…
Manchester head coach Tom Hall (Photo: Brandon Mitchell/recruit804) Manchester head coach Tom Hall has paid his dues and now it’s time to collect by Byron Jones, recruit804 In 1998, Tom Hall was interviewing for two coaching vacancies. One at Buffalo Gap High School, located in Swoope, VA and the other was at Manchester High School.…
Freedom QB Quest Powell and Manchester QB Brendon Clark (Photos: Andy Hilton/recruitNoVA and Sheridan King/recruit804) Both Freedom and Manchester go to their first ever State Championship game by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA/recruit804 Manchester (14-0) vs. Freedom-Woodbridge (13-1), Armstrong Stadium, Hampton University, Saturday, 4:30 p.m. How They Got Here: Freedom defeated C.D. Hylton (42-7), Hayfield (29-19), W.T.…
After seven years at Liberty, Turner Gill steps down by Andy Hilton, recruit757 After guiding Liberty Football into Division I FBS, Turner Gill announced his retirement on Monday. Gill finished his seventh season as Liberty’s head football coach with a win over Norfolk State Saturday, and that will be the final game of his coaching…
Region 3B Offensive Player of the Year Daron Colbert of Culpeper (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruitNoVA) Culpeper got a clean sweep of the top honors by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Culpeper County won the region, so it’s no surprise they swept the top honors of Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of…
New ECU Head Coach Mike Houston (Photo by Andy Hilton/recruit757) ECU looks to native son Mike Houston to turn the tide of Pirates Football by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Mike Houston has been a successful coach wherever he goes. East Carolina now looks to Houston to reinvigorate their football program. With one game left in the…
#7 Phoebus RB Anthony Turner (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Phoebus now sails into the Class 3 State Championship game HAMPTON – For Phoebus coach Jeremy Blunt, chasing a state football championship has been an arduous and sometimes devastating task. In spite of entering Armstrong Stadium on Saturday with a 71-14 career coaching record over seven years,…