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SabreMail - August 11, 2008 |
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10-Day Preview Ready To Go The Sabre's third annual 10-Day Hoo Preview is set for its 2008 return this week and this edition is bigger and better than ever! Starting tomorrow, The Sabre will take you through every aspect of the Hoos' football team, covering every unit while also catching up with several individual players. We also have several columns in the works, including special "user takes" from your fellow Sabre-ites and Sabre Roundtables featuring media members that cover the Cavs. Over the course of 10 days, you'll receive more than 35 stories on your Virginia Cavaliers. Here are a few samples of what you can expect:
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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting Virginia received an unofficial visit on Saturday from one of its top remaining 2009 class line prospects, 6-5, 265-pound Catholic Memorial (West Roxbury, MA) standout Brennan Williams. Brennan's father, Brent Williams, confirmed the weekend visit but we were unable to reach the younger Williams for further comment. We'll continue to try to reach Brennan and hope to put out an article this week. Williams has narrowed his list of schools to six - Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Michigan, Virginia and Wake Forest. The Wolverines - Williams' childhood favorite - could be the program to beat, but we'll see if Virginia was able to impress with the recent experience. Speaking of top remaining line targets, one of the biggest - literally and figuratively - is Meadowbrook (Richmond, VA) star Morgan Moses. Moses, who stands 6-7, 340 pounds, was spotted at Virginia's Meet the Team event Sunday. Clemson, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia, among others, have offered Moses, who is not expected to make a decision until December or January. We'll see if anything has changed with the Monarchs product and we'll see how his most recent experience in Charlottesville went. Today, stay tuned for more on Virginia commit Jake Snyder. The 6-4, 235-pound defensive end recruit and his Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA) teammates begin preseason practice today. The Wildcats are a truly talented team and certainly could be a team to watch in the Central Region. We'll also check back in on Forest Park (Woodbridge, VA) outside linebacker/wide receiver recruit Brandon Scott, a player the Virginia staff had been eyeing in the spring. The 6-5, 215-pound prospect has not received a Division 1A offer, but head coach Charlie Chandler believes that could change quickly if Scott turns in some top performances early on in the 2008 season.
2010 class Virginia's astounding 2009 class recruiting success should enable the staff to start to focus a little bit more on 2010 recruiting. The staff sits at 19 commitments for 2009, so there certainly aren't many spots remaining to fill. This week, we'll provide a feature profile on one of the state's top rising junior prospects in Brookville (Lynchburg, VA) defensive end/tight end Zack McCray. Virginia is one of six programs that have verbally offered McCray, who is the cousin of 2009 class star Logan Thomas.
Basketball recruiting Attempts to follow up with Montrose Christian (Rockville, MD) wing forward Tristan Spurlock were unsuccessful, but we'll continue to try to reach him for further news on his recruitment. The 6-8, 216-pound prospect told TheSabre.com last week that he could be ready to make a college commitment within the next few weeks, so we'll see if that comes to fruition.
Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please check out the Sabre Edge Sign Up and Information Page. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
St. Xavier's Muldoon Narrows List to Four
Top WR Evaluates Options
Hairston Updates Recruitment More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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UVA Bookstores Lends A Hand UVA Bookstores, the official Wahoo gear sponsor of TheSabre.com, is lending a hand to two Virginia non-profit organizations this fall. In Richmond, Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia is the sponsored group and in Waynesboro, the Waynesboro YMCA is the featured organization. Both groups will be raising funds by selling the 2008 UVA Bookstore Football Fan T-shirt as well as the 2008-2009 UVA Bookstore All-Sports T-shirt for just $10 each. Every t-shirt sold will help defray the costs for the more than 80% of Central Virginia clients unable to fully pay for nourishing home delivered meals (Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia) or will help go towards youth basketball scholarships as the YMCA turns no one away due to the inability to pay. In order to support these great causes by buying T-shirts, you'll need to make the purchase through specific channels. To support Richmond's Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia, T-shirts need to be purchased at the Meals on Wheels Office (1600 Willow Lawn Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23230, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Call Kristin Stokes or Kathleen Seal at 804-673-5035) or online at www.uvabookstores.com/mow. To support the Waynesboro YMCA, T-shirts need to be purchased at the Waynesboro YMCA (648 South Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia 22980, 540-942-5107) or online at www.uvabookstores.com/ymca. Thank you for supporting Sabre sponsor UVA Bookstores in this community fundraising effort!
Olympic Profiles Virginia Athletic Media Relations has been catching up with Cavalier Olympians on Virginiasports.com. So far, profiles have been posted on the following: Cavalier Olympians: Rogulj's Third Time Might be the Charm (swimming) | Cavalier Olympians: Rojas Living the Dream on the Diamond (softball) | Cavalier Olympians: Nelson's Quest for Gold (track and field) | Cavalier Olympians: Shoop Realizes a Dream (rowing). Check out the stories on these successful Hoos!
Blog Banter: Second Annual Ranking of the UVa programs "It hurts so bad because you put so much into it. I look at all of our sports. It is really really hard to win. At the end of every year, when you look at how many great teams did come up short in the end, it is to some extent frustrating." Women's lacrosse coach Julie Myers really hit the nail on the head: this was a season full of oh-so-close moments for Virginia sports teams. A lot of impressive results (well, after you get past the first few), but too many missed opportunities for additional championship trophies. Regardless, here's my ranking of the Virginia programs for the 2007-2008 season. 23. Softball "Really, click the link. I dare you. Last season's rank: 23. 22. Men's basketball The CBI? Last season's rank: 6. 21. Women's Tennis Losing ACC record. Losing overall record. No NCAA postseason. I know they beat Virginia Tech in the ACC championship for their lone postseason victory, but they don't get bonus points for beating the Hokies. Last season's rank: 15. 20. Women's Cross country Eh. An 8th place finish in the ACC tourney and not breaking out of the Eastern Regional to make the NCAAs doesn't exactly thrill me. Aside from a few nice finishes and an impressive year by Emily Harrison (who finished second overall in the ACC championships and sixth overall in her race at the NCAAs), there wasn't anything here to really propel these ladies up the list. Last season's rank: 7. Keep in touch with all the hot topics around Virginia athletics on The Good Ol' Blog.
Rob Mahini (Vandy-Hoo)
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Issue No. 171 - January 7, 2005 Will they stay or will they go?
Fortunately for the Wahoos, Ferguson and Blackstock already have indicated that they plan to return for their senior seasons. Brooks also is reportedly leaning toward staying at UVa, while Miller has not made any statement about his plans. Of course, it would be hard to fault Miller for leaving. He just won the Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end and is on schedule to graduate in May. Farrior, Barber make All-Pro team Speaking of the NFL, a few ex-Cavaliers are among the best players in the league. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior and Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber received the most votes at their positions for the Associated Press All-Pro team. Farrior and Barber were teammates for four years at UVa. Both were selected in the 1997 NFL draft and have developed into outstanding defenders. Farrior, who leads the NFL's top defense in Pittsburgh, was named to the first team on 44 of 48 ballots. Only Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Ravens safety Ed Reed received more votes. Barber got 17 votes at cornerback, two more than Denver's Champ Bailey and Philadelphia's Lito Sheppard.
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Coming Soon The Sabre has you covered when it comes to Hoo news. Here are a few of the articles to expect on the site soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
QBs, Kickers Showing Progress
Monroe Primed For Big Season
QBs Still Jockeying For Position
Woods Emerges Early In Safety Battle
Ask The Experts #13: Patrick Kerney
Green Enjoys HOF Experience |
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