Recruiting Insider - October 12, 2008

James Wood's Lloyd Has the Leg

From correspondent Matthew Stanmyre: James Wood senior kicker Andrew Lloyd does not have any division I-A scholarship offers, but Colonels Coach Mike Bolin said that will almost certainly change in the coming months. Lloyd is ranked the No. 16 overall kicker in the Class of 2009 on by kicking guru...

By Jon DeNunzio | October 17, 2008; 12:09 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (6)
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Bealeton: Worth the Trip for Recruiters

From correspondent Matthew Stanmyre: This year, Liberty High, located in tiny Bealeton, Va., has been on the maps of many college recruiters. In addition to Kory Gough, who has orally committed to Virginia Tech, Liberty senior running back-linebacker Corey Lillard (5-foot-11, 197 pounds) has pledged to Virginia, and three other...

By Jon DeNunzio | October 17, 2008; 8:07 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Waiting Pays Off for Liberty's Gough

From correspondent Matthew Stanmyre: Liberty offensive lineman Kory Gough said roughly 14 days ago that he would wait one more week to see if any more scholarship offers rolled in before making a decision about where he would play football in college. Waiting was a smart choice, because on Tuesday...

By Jon DeNunzio | October 16, 2008; 1:07 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Tuberville Looks to Keep Cotton Solid

Colleague Katie Carrera has this update on Meade quarterback Ray Cotton, who previously committed to Auburn but might be rethinking things after the Tigers canned offensive coordinator Tony Franklin. Raymond Cotton Sr. said that Auburn Coach Tommy Tuberville and members of the Tigers staff are visiting the Cotton family this...

By Josh Barr | October 14, 2008; 3:49 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (7)
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Kansas Snags Local Forward

Well, Lou Wilson told me so. The Riverdale Baptist coach told me how good Thomas Robinson was and now that the senior forward has transferred to a New England prep school, apparently others think that Robinson is pretty good too. Robinson committed to play for Kansas, choosing the Jayhawks over...

By Josh Barr | October 14, 2008; 9:29 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
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U-Mass Plucks Pair of Local Hoopsters

Weird how these things often seem to happen at the same time, as U-Mass landed verbal commitments from two local seniors: Riverdale Baptist guard Javorn Farrell and Woodbridge forward Raphiel Putney. Colleague Matt Stanmyre chimes in with this report on Putney: Putney orally committed to play basketball for Massachusetts on...

By Josh Barr | October 13, 2008; 1:09 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Top Juniors Impressive for Linganore

Spent Friday night up in Frederick County, watching Linganore rout Westminster, 58-7. The Lancers were impressive in every facet, but most surprising was that all of their top players are juniors. Offensive tackle Rob Havenstein and fullback Zach Zwinak already hold scholarship offers from Maryland and Coach Rick Conner thinks...

By Josh Barr | October 13, 2008; 11:50 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
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