The smell of the weight room was obvious as soon as the doors to the Portsmouth Christian football locker room opened. PCS is in their second year under head coach Marcus Cutler. The coach couldn’t stop talking about how much his players are getting focused early and developing leadership and strength. This is almost necessary considering the first four games of their schedule are Norfolk Christian, Isle of Wight, Bishop Sullivan, and Atlantic Shores.
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College programs have different methods for assessing players and making a decision on who lands an offer. Coach Bobby Wilder has very specific guidelines for his coaching staff when they’re identifying recruits and making decisions that will affect the team’s personnel for years to come. What’s happening on the inside? What goes on in coaches’ meetings while players are working hard and waiting for a scholarship offer?
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Cox has been a school that’s been just on the verge of a breakout, football wise. They have a lot of great golfers and tennis players. They’ve won championships in a lot of different sports. They’re a school founded decades ago, but their first playoff appearance in Football came in 2008. Head Coach Bill Stachelski has his team ready to make a run that’s never happened before.
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Old Dominion’s team camps have hosted hundreds upon hundreds of local high school players over the years. It’s an opportunity for local teams to get extra work before practice can officially start. For Salem defensive end Trevon Hill, it was also an opportunity to earn a scholarship offer.
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Chalk up more wins for the home team. The 757 Elite Team, represented mostly by Peninsula District stars with a few Southsiders bolstering the lineup, finished strong at James Madison’s passing tournament at the end of last week. It’s the culmination of another successful season for 757 Elite, and it marks great progress for the players that brought the team together.
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Last weekend, Wake Forest commits Daiquan Lawrence (SR DB 5-11 185) and Terence Ricks (SR LB/RB 6-1 195) visited Wake during the program’s one-day camp weekend. The duo relaxed and enjoyed their time on campus, took in some of the camp, and spent some time getting to know the players and staff better. The Deacons’ latest commits from The 757 were left ready to start their college careers already.
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Expectations and enthusiasm are high at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy in 2013. With ten returning starters on offense and nine on defense, the Saints team that made it to the Division 2 VISAA state championship game returns basically intact. That bodes well for Head Coach Lew Johnston as he returns for his third season with the team.
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For Bayside cornerback Jamez Brickhouse, it’s already been a busy July. Jamez picked up his second scholarship offer in a little more than a week, and the rising junior still has a lot of time ahead of him to earn additional offers. His stock is rising and it’s easy to see why.
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Bethel lineman Ricky Walker might just be the most hotly pursued athlete at Bethel since point guard Allen Iverson. Iverson also happened to play football, but he wound up at Georgetown playing basketball for legendary coach John Thompson.
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Green Run running back Anthony Scott was pumped about the opportunity to earn an offer from Virginia Tech. His combine performance was “disappointing”, in his words. A 4.43 forty in the rain had him fuming on Saturday. Despite doing well in one-on-one drills and impressing the coaches in Blacksburg, Anthony Scott was not happy about his camp performance. He’s close to landing an offer, but that’s not good enough for him.
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