by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Lake Taylor running back and cornerback Dazmine Palmer was just a freshman when Lake Taylor defeated Stone Bridge 20-14 in 2012 for the first of two State Championships in football over the past three seasons. Now that the 2014 championship campaign over the Salem Spartans is complete, Daz finds himself starting…
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by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Williamsburg Christian Academy’s Xavier Green received his sixth Division I scholarship offer to the University of Cincinnati. The 6-foot-6 junior swingman picked up the offer last weekend while playing for Team Loaded 757 during last weekend’s AAU tournament in Dallas. Green has impressed college coaches with his versatility…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Fresh off a visit to Old Dominion that resulted in his first college offer, Norview defensive back Elijah Blue took the short trip across the Hampton Roads bridge tunnel to visit Hampton University for the Pirates spring day last weekend. “I enjoyed my visit today. I saw a lot of stuff…
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Coach Mike Villagrana was brought on board earlier this year to handle the Northern Virginia region, and provide new insight and expertise from the angle of a college coach. We attended the ODU Spring Game on Saturday, and Coach V had a chance to assess the talent, schemes, and development of the program. It…
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by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – The college football offers continue to come in for Lafayette High football player Cheyton Pine. Ram football coach Andy Linn announced Saturday that Pine had recently received an offer from Marshall University. This marks the fifth Division 1-A offer in the last four months for the Lafayette High…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Yet another ACC school has offered Beach phenom Khalan Laborn. Laborn had a huge impact with Cox High School in his sophomore season as a running back, wide receiver and defensive back. In the off season, Laborn has transferred to Ocean Lakes and started playing for the 7-on-7 powerhouse…
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written by Jamaar Hawkins – Oscar Smith senior Nigel Ribeiro – South Hampton Roads’ most prolific scorer in boys basketball last season – has committed to play at Grambling State. Ribeiro, a 6-foot guard, was first-team All-Tidewater last season. He led South Hampton Roads in scoring with 22 points a game. He also averaged 9.4…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 I talk to high school football players all the time. Rarely, if ever, do I hear from a student-athlete that tells me they’d like to go to a quaint liberal arts school, play football for the enjoyment of it, and get a degree in the process. At 17 or 18…
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As recruit757 grows into ultimaterecruit.com, you’re going to see more and more stories on the website, including some from outside the region. Here, recruit804’s Keith Chisolm gives us an update on Samuel Stark of Thomas Dale High School. – AH by Keith Chisolm, recruit804.com After not making the playoffs two years ago, the Thomas…
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by Keith Chisolm, recruit804.com After not making the playoffs two years ago, the Thomas Dale Knights stormed back to the post season this past year, eventually losing to the VHSL Division 6 South runner-up Colonial Forge. A large part of that resurgence was a focus on already tough defense led by junior linebacker Samuel Stark…
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