by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Short-term memory loss is needed for both participants on the back half of this Group 5A South doubleheader between Bethel and Norview. With Norview being the host venue, this contest is essentially a pseudo-home game for the Pilots. But as ESPN College Gameday host Lee Corso would say, “Not so fast…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Now that the conference tournaments are over, we find ourselves closer to the grand stage. Norview High School is the host of the 5A South Region first Round contests, beginning with tonight’s doubleheader. The first of these two games is Hampton versus Green Run. Both teams have had respectable seasons thus…
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by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Six days ago, Nansemond River and Bethel met for a tiebreaker contest at Menchville to determine the PenSouth Conference regular season champion. After a huge defensive battle, the Bruins came out on top and earned the top seed. After a week of tournament action, the two teams won out and met…
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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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