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Blog Banter: Congratulations Vic! Virginia football captain Vic Hall had his jersey retired Friday at Gretna High School where the Hawks posted a 47-5 record when Hall was the quarterback. Gretna won two state championships in Hall's final two seasons, posting undefeated records in both seasons. Hall recorded 13,751 total yards in his career, a Virginia High School League state record; he tossed 104 TD passes and carried the ball on 66 scoring runs. Read about Hall's big day at Gretna in the Chatham Star-Tribune. Also, here's a huge thank you to Tim Davis of the Star-Tribune for emailing us this photo for the blog! Pictured with Vic Hall are his father Vic Calloway and his nephew Nicqual Hall.
View this entry! Make sure to check out the The Good Ol' Blog after each football game for notes from the past week's game.
Kris Wright
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This Week In Recruiting Basketball recruiting ... We hope to have more today on Shawnee Mission South (Overland Park, KS) junior point guard Will Spradling, who was scheduled to visit Virginia and Virginia Tech over the weekend. The 6-2, 150-pound prospect had not been offered by the Hoos prior to the weekend visit, but we'll check in to see if he indeed made the trip and whether or not he left with an offer. Spradling, who averaged 18 points and six assists per game last season as a sophomore, currently boasts offers from Kansas State and UNLV. He would like to make his college choice by the beginning of his junior season. In case you missed it, be sure to check out last Friday's EDGE profile on another top 2010 class target, Miller School (Charlottesville, VA) guard/forward Mychal Parker. Virginia is in solid shape with the 6-6, 180-pound prospect, who is also drawing interest from Clemson, Florida and Virginia Tech just a few weeks into the Fall Contact Period. How badly does Virginia want Parker? Well, head coach Dave Leitao stopped by the Miller School the first week of the contact period, and that is a pretty good indication of Virginia's interest. One of Virginia's top overall targets in the 2010 class, Courtland (Fredericksburg, VA) forward Josh Hairston, verbally committed to Duke earlier this month. The 6-8 junior chose the Blue Devils over Georgetown, Ohio State, Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Football recruiting ... Our follow-ups with current commitments continues when we'll put out an EDGE article on 5-11, 200-pound safety/linebacker prospect LoVante Battle. Battle has helped Phoebus get off to a dominating start in this 2008 season; the Phantoms are one of the top teams in the state of Virginia. In our interview, Battle updates his senior season and has a good response to Virginia's slow start on the gridiron. On the prospect front, we'll continue to monitor Virginia's recruitment of Brookville (Lynchburg, VA) offensive lineman Devin Bolling and we'll check in on another potential offensive line target in Kellam (Virginia Beach, VA) senior Hunter Steward. Virginia could be on the verge of offering the 6-5, 270-pound Brookville senior, while Steward, a 6-7, 300-pound prospect is a major senior sleeper to watch.
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 ...
Class of 2010 Profile: Miller G/F Mychal Parker
UVA Commitment Notes More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Lalich No Longer With Team University of Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage announced late last week that quarterback Peter Lalich is no longer with the UVa football program. Per a statement released by Littlepage: "We have supported Peter, but believe today a point has been reached where it's best for all concerned that he no longer participate on the team. This is my decision, and it has the support of head football coach Al Groh. We wish Peter the best in the future." Cavalier coach Al Groh also released a short statement: "Any time a situation doesn't work out in the most positive way for any player it's regrettable, but we stand united with this decision." Read more about the news in Sabre Newslink. Make sure to check out these follow-up stories from Saturday's newspapers: Untimely departures decimate UVa football depth (Richmond Times-Dispatch ) | Lalich sorts options after learning fate (The Roanoke Times).
License Plate section is up in Wahoowa! In recent months, SabreMail made a request for anyone who had license plates that reflected your status as a Hoo fan. The responses have started to trickle in and the Plates Photos are up and running the Wahoowa! section of the site. The Wahoowa! section of the Sabre is dedicated to all things associated with UVa Fan-dom. There are various fan-related areas including desktop wallpaper, Fan of the Week photos, V-Sabres Worldwide, and more. If you have suggestions for new and interesting things in the Wahoowa! section, please email us at [email protected] with the header: Wahoowa! suggestion. We'd like to keep adding photos to the section so if your license plate shows that you're a Hoo fan, let us know so we can include you in our gallery. All you need to do is snap a picture of your license plate and email a jpeg version of the photo to [email protected] with the email header: License Plate Photo.
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Issue No. 36 - May 9, 2002 Reynolds to play in SIT in Charlottesville J.R. Reynolds, the first basketball commitment for the Cavaliers for next year's class, will be participating in this weekend's Bob Gibbons/Hoop Group Southern Invitational Tournament in Charlottesville. Reynolds is currently playing for Boo Williams' AAU squad, a team that often plays for the AAU National Title. Other recent members of Williams' AAU team were Virginia's Elton Brown and Jason Clark, Duke's J.J. Redick and Maryland's John Gilchrist. Reynolds' team will be playing their first game Friday night at 8:45 p.m. (Court 1), their second game Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. (Court 2), and their third game Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. (Court 1). All of Reynolds' games are scheduled to be played in University Hall. The playoffs will be on Sunday. This will be the third consecutive year the Southern Invitation will be played in Charlottesville, and this year will be the largest turnout by far. 96 AAU teams will participate in the event, with 48 of the teams being part of the "17 and under" division (the focus for most recruiting analysts and college coaches). Teams will compete at various locations, including University Hall, Slaughter Rec. (off McCormack Rd), North Grounds Rec. (off Massie Rd) and Albemarle High School (off Hydraulic Rd). Here are just a few of the players who will participate that UVa has their eye on:
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What's New on TheSabre.com? | |||||
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
A Lost Voice?
10 Things I Learned ... UConn
Inside The Game - UConn
Greg's Stock Report '08: UConn
Cavalier Call-In Highlights '08, Show 4 |
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