Churchland at Grafton (Photo: Thomas Matzke/recruit757) Churchland and Lake Taylor meet again by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Region 4A Final: Churchland (10-2) at Lake Taylor (10-2) Friday at 7:00 Last Meeting: For those that don’t follow Churchland and Lake Taylor, their last matchup against one another wasn’t as long ago as you would think. These two…
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Maury head coach Brandon Plummer (Video Still: Antowyne Shaw/recruit757) Defeding Class 6 State Champion Landstown and defending Class 5 State Champion Maury shake off the rust in a preseason tilt by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Preseason basketball is usually a time for teams to work out some kinks. Athletes play the game year-round, but getting the…
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2019 All-Big South Conference Award Winners (Photo Courtesy of the Big South Conference) Hampton is working their way into Big South prominence by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Hampton Athletics department knew that heading to the Big South from the MEAC was a leap up and it would take an adjustment. In the Pirates’ first year…
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Phoebus DB Corey Wilson (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Phoebus DB Corey Wilson snags West Point offer, eyes Region 3A Championship against Hopewell by Brandon Mitchell, recruit757 Three-star Phoebus defensive back Corey Wilson (2020 DB 6-1 190) has proved to be one of the most productive components on the back half of the Phantoms’ defense this year.…
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Norfolk State #35 RB Kevin Johnson (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Norfolk State athletes earn honors, NC A&T and SC State share top spots by Andy Hilton, recruit757 By almost any measure, NC A&T had a stellar season. The Aggies were ranked first in the MEAC in scoring offense, total offense, rushing offense and fourth down conversions.…
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Salem RB Kaelon Black (Photo: Lance Hinton/recruit757) Salem sweeps the top awards for the All-Beach District Teams by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Beach District held a few surprises this year. First Colonial and Kempsvile broke losing streaks. Princess Anne hit a high water mark for wins. 2019’s biggest story might have been the dominance of…
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Andy Hilton, Brian Parsons and Nathan Epstein (WAVY Video Still) The VHSL Regional Finals include six teams from the 757 by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Last week’s games gave us plenty of reasons to be excited. Can we expect to kick it up another notch for the regional finals? I sat down with Nathan Epstein and…
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Oscar Smith #50 Caleb Jones and LB Malcolm Britt (Photo: Joe Barnes/recruit757) The Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week is Caleb Jones of Oscar Smith High School by Andy Hilton, recruit757 This week, we had six teams from the 757 win playoff games. That means every program got a nominee for the recruit757/Buffalo Wild…
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Life Christian lineman Marquez Taylor (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) St. Francis offers Life Christian DL Marquez Taylor by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 Life Christian continues to generate a substantial amount of collegiate interest with the year winding to its conclusion. Marvin Reed committed to North Carolina Central last week while Khalil Miller announced his commitment to West…
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#5 Catholic ATH Niko McKay (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Virginia Union gains a commitment from Niko McKay by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Niko McKay (2020 WR/CB 5-10 170) is the youngest son of Catholic High School alum Les McKay. His older brother Dmitri McKay played college ball at Elizabeth City State and Norfolk State. Now that his…
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