Oakton Head Coach Ryan Smith (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruitNoVA) Oakton Head Coach Ryan Smith is optimistic about the Cougars by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Ryan Smith is playing catchup with his new team. As the recently minted football coach at Oakton High in Vienna, Smith started the off-season months behind his peers. “I was hired two months…
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Churchland (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Year two is all about Churchland head coach Dontrell Leonard increasing confidence in his team by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 The growing pains associated with the game of football are a part of the game that can’t be avoided. This is a part of the game that can’t be brushed under the…
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Starting this fall, players can play up to four games and still retain a redshirt by Andy Hilton, recruit757 By NCAA rule, student-athletes can take a redshirt year to extend their college career. A redshirt essentially gives a student-athlete five years to play four seasons. Until now, it was rare for a player to enter…
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#23 Flint Hill RB Jordan Houston (Photo: Flint Hill Athletics) Flint Hill RB Jordan Houston holds nearly 20 college scholarship offers by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA What started as a whimper is now at a roar. Jordan Houston slowly started drawing college offers as a high school freshman. Our recruitNOVA Private School Player of the Year…
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Salem RB Kaelon Black (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Salem RB Kaelon Black is thrilled with his offer from the Hokies by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Wednesday night was a great night for camp at Christopher Newport University. The Captains coaching staff hosted Virginia Tech, and that drew a crowd of around 200 campers to the event. There…
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North Stafford OLB/DE Chase McGowan (Photo: Chaz Bowman) Interest and offers are rising for Chase McGowan by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA Fresh of of receiving an offer from Lehigh University of the Patriot League in late May, North Stafford DE Chase McGowan (2019 DE/LB 6-1 230) has picked up an offer from Delaware. Late last week,…
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#8 V.J. Johnson with Bishop Sullivan teammate Armani Chatman (Photo: Mary Ann Magnant/recruit757) Recruiting is starting to pick up for Bishop Sullivan’s V.J. Johnson by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’ve known V.J. Johnson since he starred in the recruit757 Futures Game for Middle School Athletes not that many years ago. Now he’s coming into his junjor…
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Mount Vernon ATH Kofi Kwarteng (Photo: Andy HIlton/recruitNoVA) The heft of a senior leadership role will fall on the shoulders of Kofi Kwarteng by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA The Mount Vernon football players were in full force at last Saturday’s Major 7-on-7 Shootout on the stadium field at the west and auxiliary fields on the east…
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NEWS FLASH: The NCAA will no longer require a Division I player to get a release in order to transfer by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The NCAA announced a big change in the transfer rule for Division I prospects, and we have local ties to the ruling. The rule change affects players looking to transfer from…
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Bethel at the Battlefield Shootout 7v7 (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Per Coach William Beverley, Bethel is aiming to change team dynamics heading into regular season by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Certain situations that teams go through can bring out the best in them or it can bring out the worst in them. The Bruins had high hopes…
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