by John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Lafayette High’s football team has turned in several standout performances this season, but coach Andy Linn called Friday night’s 59-0 victory over No.9 seed Hopewell in the 3A East quarterfinals at the top of the list. Offensively, the John Douglass and Derrick Harris rushed for more than 100…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 (Includes next week’s pairings) It’s the playoff edition of the Freedom Ford scoreboard. For our local teams, the seeding held tonight. Ocean Lakes, Oscar Smith, Lake Taylor, Salem, and Lafayette rolled. Norview hung on tight for their win, while Heritage and King’s Fork posted strong performances. We have a few games…
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by John Harvey, recruit757 3A East Round 2 #10 York (7-4) at #2 Loudoun Valley (8-3) 2 p.m. Saturday PURCELLVILLE – Win and advance. That’s the mindset of every football team this time of year as coaches and players understand that their season could end each week. York High coach Doug Pereira made sure his team…
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by John Harvey, recruit757 3A East Round Two #12 Petersburg (5-6) vs. #4 Poquoson (9-2) 2 p.m. Saturday at Poquoson Middle School POQUOSON – Last year, Ethan Bryce scored a pair of receiving touchdowns for Poquoson High School’s football team during a 21-20 come-from-behind victory over Petersburg in the first round of the 3A East…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 4A South #4 King’s Fork (9-2) vs. #12 Booker T. Washington (6-5) 7:30 p.m Friday The Bookers might have thought they’d never get this far. When Coach James Flowers took over the program in the spring of 2013, he inherited a team that had turned in on itself. Booker T. finished…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 6A South #4 Kecoughtan (9-2) at #1 Ocean Lakes (11-0) 7 p.m. Friday Kecoughtan has had a resurgence this season. Under head coach Alonzo Coley, the Warriors made the playoffs for the first time since 2002. They managed a comeback win against Western Branch last week, but they haven’t seen…
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by Marsel T. Mason, recruit757 1A East #5 Colonial Beach (9-2) at #4 Surry County (10-1) 7 p.m. Friday Running back Lamar Lucas is the special talent in the backfield that has carried the Drifters offense most of the season. Colonial Beach proved that they perform just as solid without him by letting him rest…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 #3 Cox (9-2) at #2 Oscar Smith (10-1) 7 p.m. Friday Cox has had a record setting year. They’ve had their best season ever, reaching nine wins for the first time in school history. They won their first playoff game ever last week in their win over Bayside. Their offense…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Indian River is back on their roll, and they have linebacker Jaquan Yulee to thank for his contributions to that. This week’s Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week is linebacker and fullback Jaquan Yulee, who had 16 tackles, an interception, and a fumble recovery for a TD in his team’s…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Bishop Sullivan Catholic has it’s first senior to commit to college in the 2015, and the Elizabeth City State Vikings are the school that swooped in and grabbed the commit. The Carl Turner connection paid off. Coach Carl Turner is now an assistant at ECSU, after coaching Bishop Sullivan to a…
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