by Tamara Brown, recruit757 During the teams’ Peninsula District meeting, Bethel hosted Hampton and lost by double digits to the Crabbers, but came away victorious in the next two meetings. Saturday’s contest was arguably the best amongst the four meetings this season, with Hampton exhorting a measure of revenge, with a thrilling 45-42 win to…
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by Daniel Payton, recruit757 Lake Taylor claimed the Conference 17 postseason title with a 64-48 win over Kings Fork Friday night. Kings Fork led early in the contest, with Lake Taylor scoring its first points of the game on a basket by Dereon Seabron with 5:15 left in the 1st to bring the score to…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Oscar Smith came into Friday’s Monitor-Merrimac conference championship game on the heels of an improbable overtime victory against Western Branch, thanks to LaShawn Rodgers’ three-pointer at the end of regulation. The conference title game was a rematch with Woodside, a team the Tigers had previously-defeated during the teams’ lone regular encounter.…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Lake Taylor vs Kings Fork, 7:30pm Conference 17 boys title game Coming off a perfect 10-0 regular season conference finish, the Lake Taylor boys have cruised through their first two Conference 17 tournament games. The Titans entered the 2015 season as conference favorites. The Titans did little to disappoint, dropping only…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Green Run capped off an unblemished Atlantic Conference schedule with a 50-47 victory over Norview in Wednesday night’s title game. Despite trailing after three quarters, Green Run used late free throws by guard Deshaun Wade to overtake the Pilots, improving it’s 2015 record to 23-1. The Stallions must now await the…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Norfolk Collegiate traveled to Hampton Roads Academy to face the Navigators for the TCIS Regular Season Championship Title Thursday night. Coming into the matchup, HRA was on a 13 game-winning streak. It was also Senior Night for the host as they acknowledged seven graduating athletes, Clay Wingfield, Bryan Hart, TJ Carlos,…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Top-seeded Oscar Smith trailed Western Branch, 55-52, in Wednesday night’s Monitor-Merrimac conference semifinals as time ticked down in regulation. Tigers head coach LaVar Griffin called a timeout to draw up a play, which he hoped would free star guard Donald Hicks for the game-tying shot, drawing shades of the senior’s game-winning…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 After falling to Granby 70-63 at home in the team’s regular season matchup, Woodside faced the Comets in the Monitor-Merrimac tournament semifinals Wednesday night. In their first meeting, Wolverines were without seniors, Chris Orlina and Juwan Davis while freshman shooting guard, Antwan Epps scored 27 points in the Comets’ victory. In…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 No one can say the playoffs snuck up on anyone. Although the regular season was a blur we’ve come to the point of the year where those who have played well enough throughout the regular season get to reset their record. For Warwick and Menchville High School this couldn’t come at…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Ambassadors guard Olivia Brown nailed the game-winning free throw with 2 seconds left in overtime to secure the 59-58 win for Norfolk Christian. Teammate Kiara Norman put the game into the extra session, making 2 of 3 free throws as time expired in regulation. Brow and Norman combined for 35 points…
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