South County celebrates their first football state championship (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruitNovA) South County puts up a good fight to win their first state title by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA HAMPTON – It took 40 years, but the head coach with shorts and no headset finally won a state championship. Gerry Pannoni has been a fixture in…
Wakefield 2019 (Photo courtesy of Wakefield Athletics) Wakefield grabs two of the top honors for the All-National District Teams by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA The seven-team National District had quite a clumping at the top in 2019 with Justice, Falls Church, and George Marshall finishing the season at 6-4 and Wakefield wasn’t far behind at 5-5.…
Lake Taylor 2019 Class 4 State Champions (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Put some respect on Lake Taylor’s name! Titans outlast Tuscarora 34-14 to win Class 4 Championship by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Hank Sawyer is not necessarily known for his dance moves, however; Aretha Franklin would’ve approved of the two-step he choreographed on the sideline late in…
Stone Bridge RB Jared Cole fights for tough yardage (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Stone Bridge coach Mickey Thompson is unhappy about sportsmanship at the end of Saturday’s game by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA For those that saw the end of Saturday’s VHSL Class 5 State Championship game, you might have realized that there was a heated exchange…
Maury lineman Paul Hutson lifts Keandre Lambert in celebration (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Maury rides a fast start and a clock choking finish to win their first title in football since 1939 by Jim McGrath, recruit757 HAMPTON – And in the end, they were perfect. Maury High, a team that had not won a football championship…
Oscar Smith RB Tyvon Norfleet (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Oscar Smith may have wanted vengeance on Westfield. They get undefeated South County instead. by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Class 6 State Championship – South County (14-0) vs. Oscar Smith (13-1), 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA Playoff Road to the Championship: South County –Def. Falls Church…
Stone Bridge RB Jared Cole and Maury WR/DB KeAndre Lambert (Photos: Joe Barnes/recruit757 and recruitNoVA) Stone Bridge has demons to purge from 2018, 2016 and 2015; while Maury looks to stir spirits from 1939 by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Class 5 State Championship – Stone Bridge (12-1) vs. Maury (14-0), Noon Saturday, Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA…
Championship Saturday is a trip down memory lane by Byron Jones, recruit804 Thirteen years ago, I was a senior and one of six captains of the football team at Rockbridge County High School in Lexington, VA. Coming into the season, we all believed we had a shot to make some noise in the post season.…
Lake Taylor RB/LB Malik Newton (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Hank Sawyer, Lake Taylor searching for championship redemption while Tuscarora hoping to win its first by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757/recruitNoVA #1 Lake Taylor (12-2) vs. #2 Tuscarora (13-1): 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Liberty University Last Meeting: First ever meeting between Lake Taylor and Tuscarora. How We Got Here…
Photo: Andy Hilton Eight of the 15 programs in the Northwestern District are in VHSL Class 4 by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA The Class 4 All-Northwestern District football teams are of course, distinctly different from the Class 3 teams. There are eight Class 4 teams in the 15-team Northwestern District. Those teams are: Culpeper, Fauquier, Handley,…