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All-Tidewater Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Woodside’s Silas Barksdale ‘elevated his play in the playoffs’
NEWPORT NEWS —The true measure of a star athlete is what they do in the big games, and Woodside junior Silas Barksdale showed up. The 6-foot-11 center was at times unstoppable and undefendable as he averaged 17 points and 15 rebounds during the postseason, including a 17-point, 14-rebound performance to help the Wolverines beat L.C. Bird to win their second consecutive Class 5 boys basketball ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.
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 ...
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