by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For Indian River sophomore Devon Hunter, it’s two offers in two days. His stock continues to rise. Just a day after landing an offer from the University of Tennessee, Hunter has landed an offer from the University of Wisconsin. For Hunter, it’s offer number 17. It not only marks another great…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Despite what the new VHSL Classification says, the public schools in Norfolk and Portsmouth still make for a tidy scheduling arrangement. Granby may be the only Group 6A school in the bunch with a whole lot of Group 4A teams, but when it comes to football there are a lot of…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 For Indian River athlete Devon Hunter (SO ATH 6-3 210), the opportunities for exposure don’t stop. The rising sophomore has such a head of steam in recruiting, it’s hard to imagine things slowing down for him. The Nike DC Camp came in late April at the start of the Spring Evaluation…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Virginia Tech is on a roll in The 757. Oscar Smith running back Deshawn McClease had quite a few choices when it came to his college recruitment. Offers rolled in from schools like Charlotte, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Old Dominion, Temple, Louisville and Wake Forest. Recently, McClease had favored Maryland. Ultimately,…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The VHSL reclassified prior to the 2013 football season, and it provided great water cooler conversation, not for the regular season match ups, but for the playoff implications. Now that we’re one year into it, we’re aware that many schools with losing records will make the playoffs. In some cases, 2-8…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 It was a big day at Virginia Tech. The Hokies hosted over 200 campers at their second one-day camp of the summer, and The 757 crew showed up big. Players from Ocean Lakes, Landstown, Kellam, Hampton, Phoebus, Norview, King’s Fork and more represented the region. Ocean Lakes sophomore Tahj Capehart (SO…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’re inching closer to the start of the football season. The VHSL has now released the schedule for the fall, and there are a lot of matchups that we can look forward to. Since local football programs are still playing a district schedule for all intents and purposes, we’ll take the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Head coach Juan Jackson had a good run here in The 757. In his last gig, he coached the Warwick Raiders, producing a number of college players and taking his teams to the playoffs every year for his last three years. Jackson returned to the region to coach at the HRYF camp…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 You’re already seeing every photo we publish and every article we write. We love to give you the best coverage of football in The 757 all-year-round. Why subscribe to recruit757? Over the past four years and six months, recruit757 has evolved. We’ve grown from a site that featured just a few…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The game has a new venue as of this year, but it didn’t stop The 757 from showing well. Instead of being in Hampton, has it had been for over 20 years, the VHSCA All-State games are in Lynchburg for the next three years. The East-West Football game was played on…
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