by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Gloucester Dukes hosted the Woodside Wolverines in the second regular season game of the year. The Dukes won the tip and started off hot and went on a 7-0 run before the Wolverines scored their first bucket. Gloucester’s sophomore point guard, Demariyea Sills was the primary factor of the Dukes offense.…
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by Ashley Dillard, recruit757 Led by guard Cam Bacote’s game-high 21 points, Bethel eased to a 62-52 win over rival Warwick.This was Bethel’s first home game of the season and they definitely showed up. However, this was not an easy win for the Bruins. Both teams started out cold until; Warwick’s Ray Rawles made a…
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by Deotis Speller, recruit757 Defense was the story of the night for the Norview Pilots. After a tough opening loss to the Lake Taylor Titans on Tuesday, Norview responded with a convincing 62 – 45 win against the Bookers from Booker T Washington. After the 1st quarter ended, Norview was ahead by the score of…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 6A Semifinals #3 Thomas Dale (9-4) at #1 Oscar Smith (12-0) 1:00 Saturday Oscar Smith should remember their last meeting with Thomas Dale vividly. It was during the 2009 postseason, where the Knights upended the Tigers 20-17, in a sloppy overtime game that kept the Tigers from winning the state championship…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 It’s been four years since the Phantoms have sniffed a state championship. Currently Phoebus is on the verge of a championship run and finds itself two games away from hoisting the championship trophy. Friday was a day in which spirit was high at Phoebus. On the eve of their Semifinal game…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 BYU head football coach Bronco Mendenhall has been hired as the new head football coach at the University of Virginia. Mendenhall has been the head coach at BYU for the past ten seasons and has led his team to a bowl game in every one of those ten seasons. The 49-year-old…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Most of the region’s private schools that play football are in the TCIS. Here are the All-TCIS teams, according to the football coaches of the TCIS: Player of the Year: Cole Christiansen, Nansemond-Suffolk Coach of the Year: Lew Johnston, Nansemond-Suffolk FIRST TEAM OFFENSE: QB: Corey Vickers, Greenbrier Christian RB: Brandon Gaddy,…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For two years out of the last three, the best football player in the state of Virginia has been from the 757. According to Gatorade anyway. Wayne Davis of Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk is this year’s Gatorade football player of the year for the state of Virginia. Davis follows…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 4A Semifinals #1 Courtland (11-2) at #1 Lake Taylor (13-0) 2:00 Saturday For the second consecutive season Lake Taylor will host a Group 4A state semifinal game. Those that were at last year’s contest, a shocking last-minute comeback win by the Titans over Monacan, caught perhaps one of the greatest finishes…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 3A Semifinals #4 Magna Vista (11-2) vs. #1 Phoebus (12-1) 2:00 pm Saturday Darling Stadium HOW WE GOT HERE: In order to be the best you have to beat the best. This is a phrase widely understood and respected throughout the entire sports world. Last week the Warriors of Magna Vista…
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