by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Nigel Ribeiro arrived at Oscar Smith focused solely on winning the school’s first state championship in basketball, after years of dominating the gridiron. Although the Tigers fell just short of the state tournament, Ribeiro doesn’t worry about people who still wonder if Oscar Smith is nothing more than a “football school.”…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Add the Spartans to the list. Michigan State is on the board with Jaquan Yulee (JR MLB 6-2 245) and Devon Hunter (SO FS 6-3 210). The Indian River duo has drawn a lot of interest lately, with the most recent flurry of activity coming from schools like Michigan, Ohio State,…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 There are a lot of changes happening for Khalan Laborn. He’s just moved to Ocean Lakes and his recruiting shows no signs of slowing down. Laborn (SO ATH 5-11 185) is now into double digits for scholarship offers. His junior year starts this fall, so he’s not even heavily into the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Kellam linebacker Stephen Copeland (JR LB 6-0 230) is on the verge of an avalanche of college offers. He’s putting in the work and making the right connections. Now he only needs an offer to fall his way. Copeland has seen interest from Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisville, Stanford, and…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 The hordes of middle school students packed the auditorium to welcome home former Lake Taylor High School standout Jalyn Holmes. Along with former teammates Mike Tyson, Daquan Davis, Aaron Chandler, in addition to Norfolk State wide receiver James Church and Youngstown State linebacker Travis Williams, the football standouts spoke to the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 To the victor goes the spoils. For Lake Taylor Head Coach Hank Sawyer and Ocean Lakes Head Coach Chris Scott, one of the perks of being the state champion is being able to speak as an expert. Both Coach Scott and Coach Sawyer will speak at Virginia Tech’s Coaches Clinic that…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’ve had two years under the new reclassification by the VHSL, and there’s been plenty of complaining about the new set up. There are now six classifications and six state championships in every sport, and plenty of people are happy about greater opportunities to win the state. Many schools, especially those…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’ve had two years under the new reclassification by the VHSL, and there’s been plenty of complaining about the new set up. There are now six classifications and six state championships in every sport, and plenty of people are happy about greater opportunities to win the state. Many schools, especially those…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 After seeing 60 players come out to tryout, Wide Receiver University has selected two teams for the summer. Both squads will practice and participate in no less than five college 7-on-7 events this summer, giving players in our region college exposure. Here’s the roster for WRU Team Two: QB: Ryan Kluck…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 On the heels of the news of Ocean Lakes looking to schedule up this fall, we checked on the possibility of Lake Taylor playing Ocean Lakes. Oh, what could have been. The Titans lost every non-conference/non-district game on their schedule from 2014. It’s marked the end of a two-year cycle…
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