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Meet the 2024 All-Tidewater boys basketball teams
First team Player of the Year Silas Barksdale Woodside, 6-11 junior center • Scored 17 points with 14 rebounds — including 10 offensive rebounds — to help the Wolverines (27-1) beat L.C. Bird to win their second consecutive Class 5 state title. • Class 5 Player of the Year • Class 5 Region B Player of the Year • Peninsula District Player of the Year • Averaged 17 points and 15 rebounds during ...
High school scoreboard | No. 4 Western Branch hands top-ranked Great Bridge its first loss in baseball
Baseball 757Teamz Top 15 #4 Western Branch 6, #1 Great Bridge 0 Gavin Biernot, a VMI commit, struck out eight in a complete-game three-hitter as the Bruins handed the top-ranked Wildcats their first loss of the season. Seth Sadler and Joshua Wright had two hits and and two RBIs each. #6 Grassfield 5, Nansemond River 4 Pudgy Snoh had two hits and Charley Higginbotham picked up the win in relief ...
Four-star OL Jaylen Gilchrist names top schools
Four-star offensive tackle prospect Jaylen Gilchrist has named his top schools. Gilchrist, a member of the class of 2025, plays high school football for Salem High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Gilchrist is ranked as the nation’s No. 81 recruit and the third-ranked prospect in Virginia. Gilchrist is the fourth-ranked interior offensive lineman in the class of 2025. Gilchrist’s top schools are South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Penn State and Maryland. The four-star is currently projected to commit to South Carolina, per 247Sports. The 6-foot-4, 290-pound interior offensive lineman has experience playing on both sides of the ball. Gilchrist has experience playing both offensive tackle and offensive guard at the high school level. RelatedGeorgia football interested in Arizona State QB Jaden RashadaSEC football recruiting rankings after Georgia's latest commitmentGeorgia football spring transfer portal tracker The Salem High School standout announced his top seven schools via social media: Final 7 , where should home be ? pic.twitter.com/RVca2DqU4E — Jaylen Gilchrist (@7_5ive) April 13, 2024 Georgia football currently is in the middle of the pack in the SEC in the class of 2025 recruiting cycle. However, Kirby Smart and company are building momentum and are poised to rise up the recruiting rankings.
Norview baseball gives adaptive athletes a chance to play
NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- Sports provides great platforms to do great things. Thursday saw the Norview baseball team take advantage of that, helping adaptive athletes prove that handicapped does not mean incapable. Mariah Stewart specializes in smiles, as in putting smiles on the faces of her adaptive physical education students at...
Top-ranked Kellam girls soccer team continues dominance in first half of 2024 season
The Kellam High School girls soccer team has been a force to reckon with in Hampton Roads in recent history, and so far this year has been no different. Coach Mario Hurdle and the Knights currently boast a 7-0-1 record and have remained No. 1 in the 757Teamz Top 15 poll for all of the 2024 season. “I just tell them try to get better every game and see progress,” Hurdle said. “What’s been ...
UNLV’s Boone twins’ latest stop in basketball journey is Portsmouth Invitational Tournament
Keylan and Kalib Boone have spent almost all of their basketball careers attached at the hip so it makes sense they were both invited to participate in the 70th annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament kicked off Wednesday night. The twin brothers came to Portsmouth after starring for UNLV this season, when they were No. 2 and No. 3 in scoring for the Rebels. Keylan, who is playing for ...
Portsmouth’s Kylie Swider Commits to Transfer to Stonehill
Portsmouth’s Kylie Swider is, in her words, “coming home.”. The graduate transfer has committed to play her fifth year of college basketball at Stonehill in Massachusetts. She made the announcement on social media.
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