by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 #7 Cox (4-0) at #6 Bayside (4-0) Monday 7:00 Cox and Bayside faced off twice last season with the Falcons winning both matchups. This time, both teams enter the Beach District showdown undefeated, in a game that has been postponed due to inclement weather. Bayside quarterback Donte Lampley, a South Carolina…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Portsmouth, Norfolk and Hampton schools are closed today, and that means no after school activities in those school systems. Several games that were moved from Friday have now been pushed to Tuesday. Virginia Beach, Suffolk and Chesapeake schools are still on, so we still have Monday night football. Because of scheduling,…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Bethel (3-2) vs. Hampton (4-0) at Darling Stadium, Tuesday 7 p.m. The Bethel Bruins and Hampton Crabbers had been working all week for a cross-town rivalry game at Darling Stadium on Friday night. A ton of rain and the approach of Hurricane Joaquin changed that. The game was pushed…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Booker T. Washington (1-3) at Churchland (2-2) Tuesday 6 p.m. Booker T. is looking for a win after losing to Granby. Churchland is looking to win consecutive games for the first time in 13 regular season contests, after blanking Maury 19-0 in its last ballgame. The rains threatened last week, and…
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by Nathan Epstein, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) HAMPTON, VA — The Hampton Pirates came roaring back in the second half, but it was too little too late. Khris Gardin returned four punts for 203 yards, and his 71-yard touchdown dash sent North Carolina A&T past Hampton for good in a 45-31 win…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Ohio State had a close call against Indiana, but still managed to stay #1 in the coaches poll. Texas Christian jumped up after thumping Texas. Ole Miss fell to #13 after a loss to Florida and Notre Dame fell to #15 after losing to Clemson. The Tigers jumped six spots to…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On a night where teams were trying to squeeze in games before the potential arrival of Hurricane Joaquin, the Lake Taylor Titans came into Powhatan Stadium and blew away Granby. On the ground, in the air… it didn’t matter. Titan quarterback Tyrek Hughey didn’t have the throw the ball much. The…
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by Chris Hopkins, recruit757 It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but it was another win for Salem. The Salem SunDevils improved their record to 4-1 with a win over Green Run (1-4) on Thursday night in the rain and muck. Woodside transfer Davonte Williams along with stalwart senior running back Malik Butts provided the…
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by Brian Parsons, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) NORFOLK (WAVY) — After suffering its first shutout loss, it was back to drawing board for Old Dominion, and the players took the loss to Appalachian State hard —- so hard, that on Sunday they held a closed door players only meeting. “I thought they…
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by Nathan Epstein, WAVY-TV 10 (a special contribution to recruit757) NORFOLK (WAVY) — After an impressive win over Hampton University on Saturday, Coach Latrell Scott will lead his Norfolk State (1-3) football team to DC this weekend to take on Howard (0-4). Norfolk State opened up with a killer schedule, losing to three FBS teams…
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