by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Hampton came into the game at 3-4. Gloucester had only one win, as they typically do, but this season’s been different. The Dukes have come up just short against Woodside and Heritage already this season. Thursday night was set to be a turning point for Gloucester. Crabber Head Coach Mike Smith…
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by Nick Bailey, recruit757 The football fans of Portsmouth will be out in droves on Friday night when two top Eastern District powerhouses face off in a cross-city showdown. The Churchland Truckers are sitting at 5-1 and are coming off a bad loss to Lake Taylor. The I.C. Norcom Greyhounds are also sitting at 5-1…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The recruit757/Sportswrap Game of the Week is a neighborhood battle between two Division 6A South opponents who are very familiar with each other. The Grizzlies have never beaten Oscar Smith, but they’ve given them some good games over the years. Grassfield at Oscar Smith is a big, traditional, Southeastern District battle.…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 In the Private School ranks, the playoffs are pretty simple. At four levels of play, four teams make the playoffs. The playoff consists of two state semi-final games that produce two state championship game participants. Unlike the public schools, deciphering this playoff picture is easy! DIVISION I Rank Team Record Rating…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Here are your leaders as of this week. Some teams have played six games, some seven, and some eight. That makes for a little disparity in the rankings, which will all settle out by the end of the season when all teams have played ten games. Stats are reported by the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The recruit757 Scholarship Workshop is back again! September’s event was a big success at Tidewater Performance in Newport News. We’re taking the show on the road! The next big event is Tuesday, October 22 in Chesapeake. You won’t want to miss this one. If you’re a high school football player who’s…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Division 6A South will be bracketed into two halves, giving it 16 teams for the playoffs. Below you can see the total rankings of all teams in 6A South. The top eight teams in the former Eastern Region will be seeded 1-8 to play each other and the teams from the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The playoffs for Division 5A South and Division 6A South work a little differently. There’s still a 16 team field in the South and a 16 team field in the North for both divisions. At this level, the first two rounds of the playoffs have been regionalized so that…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 The Division 4A South Playoff Picture has shifted a bit, but the familiar names are still at the top. 7 of the 8 top seeds are from The 757, giving a lot of the local teams home games to start the playoffs, if they started this week. King’s Fork dropped a…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 It should be no surprise, but Lafayette is still leading Division 3A East. The biggest question is, when will the lowest seed in the bracket get their second win of the season? Current #16 seed John Champe has Division 5A Freedom of Loudoun County on their schedule this week, and their…
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