Cheerleading: As physically demanding as all other sports As long as there have been high school varsity sports, there have been debates whether cheerleading is a true sport. The naysayers claim there is nothing athletic about cheerleading. Meanwhile, the proponents of cheerleading point to the…
Hampton Roads local high school football teams doesn’t take a summer vacation, they participate in the Battlefield Shootout 7-on-7 Football Tournament hosted by York High School football head coach, Doug Pereira and staff in Yorktown, Va. The 7-on-7 Football is a fast growing sport that…
High school sailing, numbering nearly 500 sailing programs nationwide, is the fastest growing segment of the sport and is governed by the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA). ISSA (hssailing.org) is the home for real-time results of high school sailing regattas. This website includes scores and participation…
The 40-yard dash is the epitome for measuring players’ speed for football. Every football athlete is looking for a way to shave, if even, a millisecond off their recorded time. As teams and players gearing up for 7-on-7 competition during spring season, no event at…
Jamestown High School Varsity Student Athlete Inspires Team Grace Mackert is a senior at Jamestown High school with special needs who began running cross country during her sophomore year. Her parents, coach, and team give her the support and opportunities to meet her potential in…
Trying to become the best student athletes they can be, requires never being satisfied with status quo, and always working harder to improve their craft. As a high school athlete, then you may already know that strength not only helps one perform better, but it…
“He gave you your first pair of sneakers…. Or cleats They weren’t your size, they were kinda off But you kept them as a win and not a lost because he got you some Or maybe you explained they weren’t and he took you to…
On Saturday, Dec. 16 at 12:30 p.m., Spotlight High was at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia for the 4th Annual 757 All Star Football Classic 2017 for top high school football players in Hampton Roads. The team was composed of seniors from Southside versus…
To have some tough student-athletes is an opportunity to get to the next level and win championships. Winning is contagious and that is why coaches are always looking for the next tough kid in his/her school hallway. The first question that comes to a coach’s…
The Heritage boy’s volleyball team capped off an undefeated run through the regular-season schedule with a 23-1 under head coach Marilyn Seymore-Mays. In the 4A State Semi-Finals they just didn’t match up with Midlothian. The Trojans rallied in the third set to complete a sweep…