10/21/2009Athlete of the week: Aaron Evans, Woodside He's been among the main reasons Woodside football is in the thick of things in the Peninsula District. 10/14/2009Two area QB's have stellar performances We've got to give it up to two area quarterbacks: Booker T. Washington's Dominique Marsh and Green Run's B.J. Waters.
10/08/2009Warwick Raiders The Raiders were never able to beat the Hampton Crabbers in football. That changed last Friday when Warwick won 24-21.
09/30/2009Wilonte Roscoe and Craig Brooks, Churchland In football, ask any coach and they'll tell you can never have enough depth. At the position of quarterback, the Churchland Truckers have doubled their strength at the position of quarterback.
09/23/2009Ben Edwards, York High School The last two seasons Edwards has been responsible for a total of 11 touchdowns against Tabb. This past week he ran 24 times for 247 yards and 3 touchdowns.
09/16/2009Derrion Walton, Lake Taylor He is listed at 5 feet 8 inches tall, but no one played any bigger than Lake Taylor’s Derrion Walton against Kecougthan.
09/01/2009Keenan Lambert, Maury High School Maury High School's Keenan Lambert completed 4 passes against Norview. 3 of those 4 passes went for touchdowns.
06/12/2009Ethan Carter, Menchville Gatorade recently honored Ethan Carter as the state of Virginia baseball player of the year.
05/28/2009Erickson Keeton, Nansemond River Leading a very young Warriors squad, Keeton was one of the few bright spots for a team that went down during the Southeastern district playoffs.
05/27/2009Miranda Paul, Kellam The Knights fell short in the Beach District finals to Ocean Lakes. It was Paul's pitching performances that provided a spark during those playoffs.
05/13/2009Schuyler Beecroft, Norfolk Academy The Bulldogs cruised to an easy win over the Crusaders, and Beecroft, who led the conference in goals with 52, never scored! His teammates did plenty of scoring.
04/30/2009Kayla White, Ocean Lakes To be so good, the Dolphins are also a relatively young squad, so having White in the mix really helps them grow as a team.
04/16/2009Tanner Baine, Cape Henry Baine tends to overpower opponents at times, but his head coach Ray Dayton says Baine is working to be more well rounded.
04/09/2009Elisa Trent, Bishop Sullivan Trent is the lone female on the Crusaders all-boys golf team and the first since 1997.
04/03/2009James Taylor, Nansemond River he Nansemond River High School senior has exploded on to the track scene in a big way in just three years.
03/25/2009Alex Ritter, First Colonial Ritter's style is mainly playing from the baseline, but according to Coach Diane Deaton, she has the ability to be very agressive in charging the net.
03/18/2009Mary Morgan, Maury The junior forward knew how to find the back of the net for the Commodores, who are among the favorites in the Eastern District this year.
03/11/2009Ja'Quon Parker, King's Fork The Bulldogs carry a 29-1 mark into the state semifinals on Wednesday when they face unbeaten Petersburg (30-0) at the Siegel Center in Richmond.
03/04/2009Steven Pledger and Andre Dawkins, Atlantic Shores Pledger, a senior, is Big 12 bound for Oklahoma where he will play for former Old Dominion assistant, and Duke Blue Devil guard, Jeff Capel. Dawkins, a junior, decided to commit to the Blue Devils and hopes to spend his college years in Durham.
02/18/2009Karimah Shepherd, Grassfield The Grassfield High School track star has the best long jump and best triple jump in the nation for the indoor season.
02/11/2009Tiffany Harris, Churchland The senior has come a long way since her freshman year when she couldn't get past 12 feet to qualify for the finals of the Eastern District.
02/04/2009Ashley Rycroft, Great Bridge Ashley Rycroft is positioning herself as among the best in the Southeastern District. The junior, who's also part of a club team called the Hurricanes, says competiing for her school give her a change a pace.
01/28/2009Elizabeth Williams, Princess Anne She's made all the difference this season for the Cavaliers, and to know one's surprise, is consider by many one of top sophomores in the country.
01/21/2009Telvion Clark, Granby High School Telvion Clark was all ready to work out and get set for his college years at Virginia Tech. The senior had verbally committed to the Hokies, however, a past love was tugging at him.
01/14/2009Andy Heidelberg Heidelberg was one of the original "Norfolk 17" who helped desegregate the city's schools back in 1959.
12/29/2008Toia Giggetts, Lake Taylor Toia Giggetts is an offensive machine and in the same breath can be imposing defensively.
12/18/2008Marina Lambert, Indian River Now a junior, the 16 year old continues to flourish nationally and has aspirations of olympic gold in wrestling in 2012 from London.
12/11/2008Shawne Alston, Phoebus High Although he got plenty of help from his teammates, we’ll make Phoebus High’s Shawne Alston our final football star to be Athlete of the Week.
12/03/2008 DaQuan Romero, Phoebus DaQuan Romero is busy on both offense and defense and it showed in the state semi-final game against Stone Bridge.
11/26/2008Jerod Askew, Oscar Smith Jerod Askew (#44) was a one man wrecking crew for the state semifinal-bound Tigers.
11/20/2008Lafonte Thoroughgood, Ocean Lakes Dolphins Quarterback Lafonte Thoroughgood has been the leader who has helped make it all possible. That’s why we honor him as our Athlete of the Week.
11/13/2008Tavon Gatlin, Green Run Tevon Gatlin had a solid overall performance in the Stallions' 49-17 rout of Grassfield last Friday in the Eastern Region Division 5 quarterfinals.
