by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY — Lafayette’s Trey Neville picked up his third Division I football opportunity when Harvard came calling on Tuesday. Lafayette High football coach Andy Linn confirmed the offer Tuesday afternoon. The junior now has offers from the United States Military Academy at West Point and Princeton University. “It’s a great…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Indian River linebacker Jaquan Yulee will keep fans waiting just a little bit longer. A planned announcement of his college intentions has been pushed back to June 8. “We had a problem with facility availability,” said Indian River head football coach Glenwood Ferebee. Coach Ferebee shared the news that Yulee had…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 New Booker T. Washington coach Darvin Alexander is no stranger to the Norfolk area. Alexander grew up in Norview, where he played basketball for the Oakmont Corrupters recreation team. He later moved on to the high school ranks, joining the Granby football program as a player under former coach Dave Hudak…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Jordan Poole remembers finding out about her back injury last August. Her parents noticed her irregular posture almost a year earlier. She was later diagnosed with scoliosis, forcing doctors to perform emergency spinal fusion surgery. Jordan, is the younger sister of Lake Taylor football standout Marquise Poole. Despite having a…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 The 10th annual Best of the 757 showcase for high school football athletes made its way out to the Virginia Beach Sportsplex on Saturday. Temperatures exceeded 91 degrees as high school football athletes as far as Richmond made every attempt to not let that add to the challenge. Facilitating the Best…
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by Mike Villagrana, recruitNoVA Good Counsel’s Ayinde Eley has seen his recruitment pick up this spring. He now holds four offers from Iowa, Temple, North Carolina, and Syracuse. These are some big time offers and he’s only going to be a junior this fall. Ayinde, who also goes by the nickname ‘Ace’ is a big…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Saturday’s ten-team Marlin 7 on 7 event at Bayside was a great opportunity for young players to showcase. Several teams came in somewhat depleted, with baseball season and outdoor track still wrapping up. That gave new looks to second stringers, and a boost of confidence to underclassmen that needed it. Lake…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Area recruiting just got a lot more interesting, as the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs announced the hire of former Maury coach Jermaine Woods, to an assistant position with the program. Woods comes over after a similar role with the Virginia Tech women’s basketball program. Woods is best known for his…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Recruiting is picking up for Cox quarterback Cole Johnson. The Falcon signal caller added his second scholarship offer when the Temple Owls gave him the nod over the weekend. “Temple visited the school two weeks ago, and again last week with the quarterbacks coach (Glenn Thomas),” said Cox head football…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 “Be happy that you’re a big man, smaller skill positions can’t get as pretty as we can”, said offensive line coach and coordinator of the inaugural Pilot Big Man Challenge Coach Terrell Tevis of Norview High School. Norview was the site of this year’s 1st Annual Pilot Big Man Challenge on Saturday. Tallwood, Maury,…
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