Tigers stay unbeaten with tough win by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Oscar Smith 56, Green Run 51 The Tigers remain unbeaten winning a back and forth affair with previously one-loss Green Run. Freshman guard Cam Thomas led Oscar Smith with 19 points and three rebounds. Senior forward TJ Taylor, a Virginia State commit, added 15 points…
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UVA Safety Quin Blanding (Photo: UVA Athletics) Bayside grad and top defender Quin Blanding will return for his senior season by Andy Hilton, recruit757 University of Virginia Athletics announced on Monday that safety Quin Blanding will forego the NFL draft and return for his senior season. “After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to…
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Annual Girls Hoop Tourney makes return to Peninsula by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 The annual Boo Williams Christmas Classic will tip-off Wednesday evening at the Boo Williams Complex in Hampton. Some of the top high school girls programs and prospects will flock to the Peninsula for the three-day affair concluding on Friday. Here’s a look at…
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Impressive performance by Jones leads Comets by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 In the opening game of the annual Norfolk Scope Holiday Classic, Granby ran away from Kellam for a 65-33 win on Monday. Granby led from start to finish against Kellam, taking a 23-point lead into the fourth quarter after outscoring the Knights 22-7 out of…
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Highland Springs OT Mekhi Becton (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Highland Springs lineman Mekhi Becton is a hot property by Andy Hilton, recruit804 Highland Springs lineman Mekhi Becton (SR OT 6-8 340) has been a known quantity for a while now. His recruiting exploded after his junior season, and Becton entertained all suitors including schools like Pitt,…
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Manchester ATH Frank Boyd (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) Manchester’s Frank Boyd grabs POTY honors by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 We just wrapped up another amazing season in the 804. At the beginning of the season it was hard to predict what team would end up where and which players would progress the most. This has been a…
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Bethel LB Jaevynn Holmes-Reid (Photo: Sarah Murphy/recruit757) Bethel sees college offers flowing by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Since the arrival of Coach William Beverley last season, recruiting at Bethel has been the best it has ever been. Throughout the course of the season we watched Jeremiah Owusu, Janaz Jordan, Zuri Godfrey, Bernard West, Navarro Price, Markel…
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Oscar Smith QB Shon Mitchell (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Shon Mitchell and Dazz Newsome headline the All-757 teams by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Here are the 2016 All-757 teams. We look at every one of the football programs in the 757 area code. This is not the best of a group of twenty or thirty teams. There…
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Tigers, Stallions clash at Scope Holiday Classic by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 The annual Norfolk Scope Holiday Classic will tip-off Monday with four, exciting preliminary matchups. The event will span three days with the championship taking place on Wednesday. Perhaps the top matchup of the opening round will see undefeated Oscar Smith take on one-loss Green…
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Titans will try to rebound from early losses by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Lake Taylor started the season with state championship aspirations following last season’s runner-up finish. After dropping three of its last four contests, the Titans will look to press the reset button against Cox in the Norfolk Scope Holiday Classic. With a talent-laden roster…
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