First Colonial (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) 200 of the planned 600 adds to the recruit757 online database are now in place by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Our work on the recruit757 database continues. This work is being done in addition to monitoring social media, reviewing film, updating college coaches and writing news updates for athletes across the…
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Bayside LB Justice Merritt (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Trine University recruiting Virginia Beach by Ricky Thomas Jr., recruit757 Five players from Virginia Beach recently received offers from Trine University. The 5-time champion of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) conference, competing in NCAA’s Division III, is tapping into Virginia’s talent pool. Coming off a 5-5 (2-5)…
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#2 Ocean Lakes WR Myles Alston (File Photo: Mary Ann Magnant/recruit757) Chris Beatty gets a verbal commitment from Myles Alston by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Chris Beatty is working Virginia Beach again. In a few years, we will see high school student-athletes who weren’t even born when Percy Harvin and the Chris Beatty coached Landstown Eagles…
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Deep Run WR Gabe Henderson (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Our football community loses a brave warrior in Gabe Henderson by Byron Jones, recruit804 The 804 Football community mourns the unexpected passing of Gabe Henderson (2021 WR/DB 6-1 190). Henderson drowned following a boating accident on Lake Anna Monday afternoon. According to the Department of Game and…
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Trevor Lawrence (Photo Courtesy of Clemson Athletics) Trevor Lawrence is the big prize of the 2021 draft by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The 2020 NFL Draft is done. Now we can move on to the 2021 NFL Draft. Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence has two years of college eligibility left. We don’t want to rush him out…
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Highland Springs QB Jamareeh Jones (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Highland Springs reloads with another rich crop of seniors landing new offers by Byron Jones, recruit757 Highland Springs has reeled off 19 straight winning seasons and just ended a streak of four straight state championship seasons. The talent that head coach Loren Johnson and the Springers put…
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Coach Lew Johnston (Photo: Sarah Murphy/recruit757) Lew Johnston pens a conversation starter, recognizing the best football athletes he has coached Taken from Lew Johnston’s blog “Coaching the little things”. by Lew Johnston, a special contribution to recruit757 My high school coach, Billy O’Brien, at Great Bridge HS in Chesapeake, VA wrote a book years ago…
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New Kent 2018 (File Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Promoting John McCauley from within gives the Trojans continuity by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Football has been a labor of love for John McCauley. He’s coached youth league football, midddle school and JV. Now the coach will put the high school varsity notch in his belt. “I’ve been a…
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Keandre Scott commits (Graphic courtesy of NC Wesleyan Athletics) Varina LB Keandre Scott ends recruitment, commits to North Carolina Wesleyan by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 Every program has a couple of prospects that are left out of the media and the highlight clips. These are the prospects that do a lot of the garbage work on…
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Highland Springs OT Mekhi Becton (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) NFL teams grab two Highland Springs alums in the 2020 draft by Byron Jones, recruit804 Most high school football programs feel they’ve really arrived when they’ve had a player reach the NFL. A lot of programs in the 804 have done it, but now Highland Springs has…
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