Who are some sleeper teams who might have flown under the radar so far this off season?
Who are your top 5-10 teams by region and state?
Lastly who are some players to expect big things out of?

Petersburg grad Chris Fields is a late edition to the Norfolk State basketball family after committing to the MEAC school.

Norfolk State started showing interest during the regular season but wanted to see Chris against bigger competition. The delay in a D1 offer seemed to be a lack of exposure. The Spartans offer came after the EYBL tournament in Tennessee during May.

Fields was voted State Player of the Year as a junior after averaging 18.5 points, 11 rebounds and 4.5 assists. Surprisingly, even after bumping his senior year stats to 25.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 2.9 assists Fields only made 2nd team All-State.

Flint Hill running back Andrew King received an offer from the University of Richmond after the and committed on the spot. The 5-foot-9 rising senior said the Spiders started showing interest in March..

Although he had multiple offers, King said staying close to home was the deciding factor. "Honestly I decided on Richmond because it’s close to home, my grandmother and the rest of my 757 family," King said. "It was only right I stayed home!"

King ran the 100m, 4x1 and 200m dashes for the Flint Hill track team. He won the state championship in the 100m and finished 3rd in the 4x1 and 200. I asked King what type of running back the Spiders are getting.

"A speedster!," he said. "My track speed translates and that paired with my elusiveness and quick twitch makes me a threat to any defense! My speed turns into my power so when needed, I’m ready to bulldoze my way through!"

If I had to select a camp MVP it would be Woodbridge receiver Denzel Lambert who made acrobatic catches and caught everything thrown his way. Lambert brings length (6-foot-3, 175) and athleticism to the wideout position and he is a potential gamechanger in the passing game.

Among the top lineman prospects Albermarle senior Naquavious Giles (6-foot-5, 315) stood out as a prospect to watch. Giles was agile despite his mammoth 6-foot-5, 315 frame. He surprised with his movement in the drills and he won the matchups with the defensive lineman. Giles has been busy on the camp scheme and is hoping a strong senior season will lead to his first D1 offer.

If it wasn't for, Lambert then Albermarle senior Noah Grievous (5-foot-11, 191) would have been my camp MVP. Grevious impressed the camp coaches with his routes, precise cuts and catching ability. Grevious won every head-to-head battle I witnessed and did well in each phase of the camp. He has offers from New Hampshire, Elon and VMI.

Running back Andrew King (5-foot-10, 185) made a great showing and received an offer from the Spiders who have been tracking King since the early Spring. King enters his senior season as the primary running back for Flint Hill School.

Broadway senior Ryder Post (6-foot-4, 220) was one of the top performers at the camp in both the offensive and defensive portion sets. Post is getting recruited as a Tight End and he displayed strength and good hands. Post is a D1 prospect and he currently has an offer from Virginia Military Institute.

Did he transfer?

Coach has undergone more surgery today for cancer, lets all pray for a speedy recovery.

Loren Johnson | Highland Springs HS VA Football Coach | 5 State Championships in 7 Years | Legacy

Coach Billy Mills | Dinwiddie HS VA 2 Time State Champions | Recruiting and College Camps

Hey all, Tim from the Virginia Tech site here. I went into the film room on recent Hokie commit Keylen Adams, the top player in the 757:

1. King William dropped Essex (a big money game for years) and replaced them with Hanover. These two played in the regular season for every year since 1994 (with exception of the spring 2021 and fall 2021 seasons). They will meet in a pre-season scrimmage.
2. Eight schools are in Region 1B and there's only two non-district games between Region 1B teams. Cumberland vs. Altavista and Cumberland vs. William Campbell; I guess this is because it's such a far-flung region????
3. The Northern Neck District has flipped its district scheduling. End-of-regular-season games between traditional rivals (Essex-Rappahannock, Lancaster-Northumberland, Colonial Beach-Westmoreland) are now district openers.
4. Nandua and Arcadia (I know they are 2A!) are playing home games at 6 pm. I wonder if that will start a new trend among other small schools?
5. Are Middlesex, Charles City and Mathews (if they have a team) now eligible for postseason play? None of the 3 play 2A King William which has produced a schedule with just 2 Class 1 foes: traditional rivals West Point and King & Queen.

Lafayette had scheduled playing in football this fall St Christopher’s of Richmond. Their a division 1 private school, what is the power points for playoff calculations of this team? I’ve never seen Lafayette schedule a private school so I haven’t a clue what they will be considered ; class 2,3 or 4.

Thanks

Aug 10 scrimmage @ Warren County
Aug 17 scrimmage vs Turner Ashby
Aug 25 vs Riverheads
Sep 1 vs East Rockingham
Sep 8 @ Staunton
Sep 15 @ Amelia County
Sep 29 @ King William
Oct 6 @ Clarke County*
Oct 13. @ Madison County*
Oct 20 vs Luray*
Oct 27 vs Page County*
Nov 3 @ Strasburg*

Pretty underrated grueling schedule for the Falcons. They will certainly be battle tested. Big Red Machine coming to town WEEK 1 is pretty awesome, and traveling to King William (likely Region A favorites). Plus the Bull Run is always competitive.

Five games I have scheduled

1. Salem at Liberty Christian Academy
2. Phoebus at Oscar Smith
3. Highland Springs at Maury
4. Maury at Dinwiddie
5. Trinity Episcopal at St Michaels

That schedule looks brutal. Kudos to the coaching staff, AD, and Principal for making that happen. Several yearly good opponents on that schedule. Definitely will be battle tested. This should fix the power point numbers that’s be an issue the past few years.

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With the release of the schedule, what games have you the most excited for the season? Give me your Top 5 or 10 games, any Class.

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It is early but I am bored. So I am going to throw up my Shenandoah district rankings. I think Gap is the only school still in division 1 this year. I know Riverheads and Stuarts Draft is division 2 and I am pretty sure Waynesboro and Wilson are division 3. I am not sure about Staunton and Fort Defiance this year division 2 or 3? That aside, here are my early district rankings. I am most confident about the top two teams being 1st or 2nd and my last place team being last but anything can happen with injuries, players not showing up, etc.

1- Riverheads. Yes, they lost some key guys, as they do every year but, they have two 280 pound plus dominate senior lineman, and will have not trouble filling in the gaps. The Cook-Cash kid gets the most attention but these two up front get it all going. Cook-Cash should be back on both sides of the ball this season for his senior season. They also have a deep stable of backs, a young linebacker who I think played TE also. The key for me as to whether this is a 7-3,8-2 type team or 9-1, 10-0 is the health of the 2 big linemen and Cook-Cash.

2-Stuarts Draft. I think they were young last year. Quarterback was young, good athlete, if he and the team can improve the passing game a little they should be better. They play great defense. They just are not as big or strong up front as Riverheads, and they do not have an athlete like Cook-Cash, no other district school has that combination.

3-Fort Defiance. 3 through 6 is tough for me. I choose Fort as I really like their QB. He is a good athlete, can run and throw. They improved last year protecting the QB from the year before. They have some talent on the team and I think some really good younger assistant coaches.

4-Wilson. They are usually always big and strong. They return a pretty good RB/LB and maybe also the quick/fast little RB. They lost a really good QB and WR though.

5-Staunton. Lost their multiple year QB. Overall I think they were young last year. Their offensive and defensive lines last year were much improved over the last few years. They have playmakers, need to find a QB. This pick was tough for me as I could place them 3 through 6. Something seems to happen to them later in the year, injuries, kids leaving, etc.

6-BG. Always hard picking my team. They lost some studs at skill positions. QB/DE, 2 RB/LB, T/DE, and a really tall weapon at TE/WR. The good news is they return 4 of 5 OL if they come back and are not moved to other positions. The key here will be finding some RB's and LB's that can stay healthy and be playmakers.

7-Waynsboro. They lost their multiple year, tall, QB. A talented RB who was not able to play much last year with injury. I know they have a really fast kid or 2 if they come back. For me, if they do not change their offense up, they will continue to struggle in the grind it out Shenandoah.

Friday night football games at Monacan and Lloyd C. Bird high schools could look very different. The grass football fields at the two county schools are slated to be replaced with synthetic turf., with other high schools to follow.

Josh Davis, chief operations officer for Chesterfield County Public Schools, announced the turf field initiative during a joint work session between CCPS and the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 8. The initiative calls for replacing existing grass football fields at each of the county’s 10 high schools with synthetic turf at a cost of $2 million per field.

Officials say the new fields will be available for community use and will accommodate a variety of youth sports, including football, lacrosse, soccer and field hockey.

“We’re excited about this opportunity to do this in partnership between the schools and the county,” Davis said in a recent interview. “It’s really going to benefit our students, community and perhaps even our visitors.”

County expected to replace high school football fields with synthetic turf - Chesterfield Observer

River City Sportsplex's 12 multipurpose synthetic turf fields, above, are about to get company: the county plans to replace grass football fields at each of its 10 high schools with artificial turf. JAMES HASKINS CLARIFICATION: While the Chesterfield County School Board and Board of Supervisors...

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