South County celebrates their first football state championship (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruitNovA) South County puts up a good fight to win their first state title by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA HAMPTON – It took 40 years, but the head coach with shorts and no headset finally won a state championship. Gerry Pannoni has been a fixture in…
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Wakefield 2019 (Photo courtesy of Wakefield Athletics) Wakefield grabs two of the top honors for the All-National District Teams by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA The seven-team National District had quite a clumping at the top in 2019 with Justice, Falls Church, and George Marshall finishing the season at 6-4 and Wakefield wasn’t far behind at 5-5.…
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Lord Botetourt RB Hunter Rice (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit804) Lord Botetourt ‘s Jamie Harless expects no sympathy by Byron Jones, recruit804 Saturday’s Division 3 State Final didn’t go as well as Coach Harless and the rest of the Lord Botetourt faithful had hoped for. Hopewell overwhelmed the Cavaliers from the opening kickoff, en route to a…
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Lake Taylor 2019 Class 4 State Champions (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit757) Put some respect on Lake Taylor’s name! Titans outlast Tuscarora 34-14 to win Class 4 Championship by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Hank Sawyer is not necessarily known for his dance moves, however; Aretha Franklin would’ve approved of the two-step he choreographed on the sideline late in…
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Hopewell wins the 2019 Class 3 State Title (Photo: Brian Knight/recruit804) Henderson leads Hopewell to second title in three years by Byron Jones, recruit757 After failing to successfully defend their 2017 state title in 2018, Coach Ricky Irby and company immediately got back in the lab and began working to reclaim their crown. Their mission…
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Stone Bridge RB Jared Cole fights for tough yardage (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Stone Bridge coach Mickey Thompson is unhappy about sportsmanship at the end of Saturday’s game by Andy Hilton, recruitNoVA For those that saw the end of Saturday’s VHSL Class 5 State Championship game, you might have realized that there was a heated exchange…
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Maury lineman Paul Hutson lifts Keandre Lambert in celebration (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Maury rides a fast start and a clock choking finish to win their first title in football since 1939 by Jim McGrath, recruit757 HAMPTON – And in the end, they were perfect. Maury High, a team that had not won a football championship…
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Malik Newton and the Titans leave Norfolk for Lynchburg on Friday (Photo: Antowyne Shaw/recruit757) Lake Taylor High School sent off their football team with a celebration by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Friday was a day of celebration at Lake Taylor. For the fourth time in six years, the Titans head to Liberty University on what Coach…
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Oscar Smith LB Malcolm Britt and RB/WR Romon Copeland (Photos; Sarah Murphy and Joe Barnes/recruit757) Oscar Smith heads to the Class 6 state title game and they sweep the top honors for All-Region 6A by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Oscar Smith Tigers have had one hell of a year. They hired a new head coach.…
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Oscar Smith RB Tyvon Norfleet (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) Oscar Smith may have wanted vengeance on Westfield. They get undefeated South County instead. by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Class 6 State Championship – South County (14-0) vs. Oscar Smith (13-1), 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA Playoff Road to the Championship: South County –Def. Falls Church…
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