To celebrate our final week and our two state champions, we have two Buffalo Wild Wings POTW by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’ve had a great season of Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week awards. Many of the best players in the 757 were honored with selections by the fans, and every team that was…
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I.C. Norcom head coach Robert Jackson (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Just a year after taking the job, Robert Jackson hangs up his whistle by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Only a year ago, the I.C. Norcom Greyhounds advanced all the way to the Region 3A Final, then saw head coach Larry Archie dismissed after 13 seasons with the…
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Offensive POTY KeAndre Lambert and Defensive POTY Tony Grimes (Photos: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Maury, Indian River, Salem and Princess Anne are represented well on the All-Region 5A teams by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For the last few years, Region 5B has been loaded with solid teams like Varina and Highland Springs. Region 5A created their own mystique…
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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…
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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.…
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Lord Botetourt RB Hunter Rice (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit804) Lord Botetourt ‘s Jamie Harless expects no sympathy by Byron Jones, recruit804 Saturday’s Division 3 State Final didn’t go as well as Coach Harless and the rest of the Lord Botetourt faithful had hoped for. Hopewell overwhelmed the Cavaliers from the opening kickoff, en route to a…
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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…
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Hopewell wins the 2019 Class 3 State Title (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit804) Henderson leads Hopewell to second title in three years by Byron Jones, recruit757 After failing to successfully defend their 2017 state title in 2018, Coach Ricky Irby and company immediately got back in the lab and began working to reclaim their crown. Their mission…
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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…
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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…
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