by Andy Hilton, recruit757 With Steve Monninger at the helm, Norfolk Academy Football has taken a turn for the better. It’s show on the football field this season as the Bulldogs contend for a playoff berth, and it’s showing now in recruiting. Two of Monninger’s seniors have now committed to play in the Ivy League…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Oscar Smith’s Andrew Brown and Bayside’s Quin Blanding have already had their jersey presentations. This week, three more local athletes get their All-American jerseys from the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the USMC Semper Fidelis Bowl. Lake Taylor defensive end/tight end Jalyn Holmes has been at the top of the recruiting…
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Broadwater Academy on the Eastern Shore of Virginia has locked in a playoff spot this year. They’re the lone representative from The 757 in the Division IV playoff picture. Division IV has the simplest playoff picture of all the levels of VISAA with one week left to play. Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot has clinched home-field advantage for…
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The Division III playoff picture is clear cut, with the exception that there’s room for the four teams involved to switch seeding. There are no teams from The 757 in the playoffs. Atlantic Shores, Isle of Wight Academy, HRA, Norfolk Christian and Portsmouth Christian have all been mathematically eliminated. Four teams in Division III have…
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In the Division II playoff race, Bishop Sullivan, Potomac, and Nansemond-Suffolk have clinched the top 3 playoff spots, but not necessarily in that order. The VISAA playoffs include only four teams at each level. BSC can clinch the #1 seed with a win over Norfolk Academy and can do no worse than the #2…
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The Division I playoff possibilities are the most complicated in all of the VISAA at this point. Collegiate and Liberty Christian have clinched first-round home games, but both of them have reasonably good opponents this week. If both of them win, the most likely outcome is that Collegiate will stay #1, LCA #2. If…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Oscar Smith breezed by Division 4 playoff contender King’s Fork, while Ocean Lakes manhandled Landstown. That was enough to shuffle the ratings a little this week, and now Oscar Smith is ahead. Facing winless Princess Anne won’t help the Dolphins power rating any this week. The playoffs for Division 6A South…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The adjusted Division 5A South playoff format is very advantageous for the teams in The 757. There are 28 teams in Division 5A South. 16 will make the playoffs. Principals in the Division agreed to separate the Division for the first two rounds of the playoffs in order to limit travel. …
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 By virtue of their win in a showdown with Heritage, Phoebus has leapt ahead in the Division 4A South playoff race. Don’t cry for the Hurricanes. They’re still a solid #2. The rest of the playoff bracket is loaded, especially since Dinwiddie, Denbigh, Lake Taylor, Norcom, Churchland and Tabb all won…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The playoff picture is coming into focus, but there are still a few wildcards looming out there. After a 62-0 thrashing of New Kent, their second straight 62-0 victory, Lafayette is firmly in command of the division. Poquoson moved up the rankings with a big win over Smithfield from Division 4A South. Petersburg made…
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