Virginia Tech loses a key player, but the end result means more opportunities for Oscar Smith grad J.C. Coleman and First Colonial’s Tony Gregory. On Tuesday, Virginia Tech officials acknowledged that Hokie running back Michael Holmes had been dismissed from the school after he was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.
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On Monday night, a little over 100 sports fans gathered together for the Chesapeake Sports Club’s July meeting to hear the high school football coaches of Chesapeake talk about their programs and their philosophies of coaching the young men of the city. It was a great opportunity to get a preview of the season, and a look into the lives of the coaches that mold our young men.
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Little mystery is left for the Urquharts on National Signing Day 2014. Cornell Urquhart is the latest 2014 804 athlete to commit. The 6-4, 255 defensive end from Benedictine has verbally committed to play football at James Madison University in the fall of 2014. Cornell brings an impressive combination of size and athleticism to the defensive end position for the Dukes. He has the uncanny ability to disrupt plays before they begin and the speed to chase done ball carriers from behind.
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Grafton went through quite a quarterback conundrum last year. Senior Jett Johnson was supposed to be the answer, but he broke his leg in a September game against Bruton. Back-up quarterback P.J. Jackson struggled, and also went down to injury. That put then sophomore third-stringer Evan Sperling into the signal caller’s role, where he led the Clippers to a late run of wins and a playoff appearance. Sperling might be the answer for the fall of 2013, but his days of playing quarterback are numbered.
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It’s a dead week in the VHSL, meaning that no athletes are formally practicing, no coaches are coaching, and facilities are quiet. All except for the graduating seniors that are celebrating their successful high school athletic careers with a VHSCA All-Star Game. All week long in Hampton, the state’s top Class of 2013 athletes are competing in Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Softball, Baseball, and Football. The Football All-Star game caps the week on Friday night at Darling Stadium. Here’s a look at the rosters.
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Phoebus has a lot of talent. One of the unsung heroes of the offensive and defensive line is Jamal Earls (SR OL 6-3 245). The big man has the size, skill, and pedigree to earn a college offer. So far, his camp exploits have gotten him a lot of interest, but no offers. He’s determined that his time will come.
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The VHSL’s new classification system starts this fall, and not everyone’s thrilled about it. Some teams move to new classifications, there are no more districts or regions, and all teams are thrown into a 32 team bracket at the end of the season to determine a state champion at every division level. Locally, everyone has maintained their previous district schedules, but that leaves some teams in smaller districts scrambling for games to fill out their regular season schedule.
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Now that Spring Evaluation is done and camp season is well underway, we’ve added another huge group of talented local players from The 757 to our database. We have our eyes on the rising stars in Hampton Roads. Many of the players that are newly listed will ascend into bigger roles in the fall. Below are 108 players that we’ve added to the recruit757 database in the past week. We already have another long list of players that will be added in the next week.
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Andrew Brown is now making a name for himself at Nike’s The Opening in Oregon. Prior to his trip out west, he spent his Saturday announcing his college committment and celebrating that announcement. He verballed to Mike London and the UVA Cavaliers. Take a look at the video below, and learn a little more about Andrew’s character, why he committed to the Hoos, and how he made his announcement to the media, including ESPN, who was interviewing him via webcast.
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Green Run coach Jeff McGowan has a new group of studs that could take them far this fall. One of them is one of the Beach’s less heralded prospects: defensive end Shaun James. James is a converted basketball player who’s still getting his feet wet on the gridiron. James held four offers going into the weekend. Now, it looks like a failed 7 on 7 tournament led to his fifth offer.
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