by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Following a 15-year hiatus, Norfolk State and Old Dominion will renew their basketball rivalry, with an exhibition game set to take place on December 29, 2015 at ODU’s Ted Convocation Center. While the schools were able to agree on the terms for this year’s matchup, there was no guarantee of a…
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by Jerard Elliott, recruit757 On Friday, the Hampton University Pirates hosted a 7 on 7 tournament with a great amount of local talent. For this annual competition, teams from several districts were in attendance, including the Peninsula, Southeastern, and Eastern districts. Players from Kecoughtan, Indian River, Granby, Jamestown, and the winners, Lake Taylor, all put…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 After spending nearly a decade as an assistant coach under longtime First Colonial girls basketball coach Larry Bowman, Billy Stokes will take over the Lady Patriots program, following the retirement of Bowman during the offseason. Stokes, a 1998 graduate of Princess Anne, previously coached at his alma mater before leaving to…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Standing at 5-foot-8, Maury quarterback Kevin Mills Jr. will never be tallest guy in the Commodores’ huddle. But that likely won’t stop the rising sophomore from becoming one of the better signal callers in the former Eastern District next season. “It was a great experience moving up from JV to Varsity…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Oscar Smith outside linebacker Kanyia Anderson came out of the Tigers’ football program at a great time. Smith won the 6A State Championship in 2011. Anderson led a defense that went 14-1 and gave up an average of a little over 15 points a game that year, his junior…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Woodrow Wilson High School was the host of their own 757 Challenge 7-on-7 Saturday afternoon. Saturday proved to be an extremely warm day for the seven teams that showed up to compete for 7-on-7 bragging rights so hydration was imperative and preached all afternoon. Woodrow Wilson, Maury, Churchland, Deep Creek, Lakeland,…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Southeastern District has been ruled by the Oscar Smith Tigers for over a decade. Smith hasn’t lost a district game since 2006, when Hickory got the best of them. They’ll shoot for their ninth season running the table, but one team has picked up a lot of steam and will…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Warwick has been sort of an afterthought in recent years when it comes to Peninsula football. Twenty-one games have passed since Warwick’s last victory over a team that finished the season with a winning record, a 2012 win over Heritage (NN). Since the end of the 2011 season, Warwick has compiled…
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by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 It was 2012 when Jacari Lee first stepped onto the Woodside High School practice field. Woodside High School was fresh off of a three-year stint in which they were rolling through competition with relative ease. The Wolverines went 30-6 over that three-year span but Grassfield and Ocean Lakes made it so…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Just as the Beach District looks to be dominated by 6A State Champion Ocean Lakes, the Eastern District could be dominated by 4A State Champion Lake Taylor. There will be challengers, but the Titans are certainly looking to repeat. With only eight teams, the former Eastern District offers a regular season…
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