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YOUTH BASKETBALL:
Derek Edwards joined Lake Taylor's staff in 2009. Kenny Brown thought so much of him, he put aside his own ego to allow Edwards to input a new system in 2015.
VCU guard Marcus Evans has been invited to participate in next week's prestigious Chris Paul CP3 Elite Guard Camp in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Apprentice coach Nicole Jackson has had success on the court. Now she's opening a restaurant.
Nicole Jackson has experienced plenty of athletic success in her life. Now she's trying a different endeavor – opening a restaurant.
Greg Angilly named Cape Henry's new girls basketball coach
Angilly, who is the school's director of student life, was previously the lacrosse and basketball coach and athletic director at Urban Schools in San Francisco.
Booker T. Washington names Wall as its new boys basketball coach
Booker T. Washington names Levi Wall as its new boys basketball coach. He replaces Darren Sanderlin, who left last month to become the head coach at Kempsville.
Cam Thomas, Mark Williams raking in offers, looking toward Peach Jam
Cam Thomas and Mark Williams have flourished this spring, witness their recent scholarship offers: Kansas and St. John's for Thomas, Duke and UCLA for Williams.
Wilson High hires familiar faces as new football, basketball coaches
Wilson athletic director Ronald Cabbler has hired Anton Cannady as the school's new football coach and longtime assistant Gerald Andrews as the boys basketball coach.
Kenny Brown led Lake Taylor to its only boys state basketball title. Now, he's retiring.
Kenny Brown retires as the Lake Taylor boys basketball coach. Brown led the Titans to the program's only state title in 2018.
Maury guard Chase Coleman commits to U.Va. as a preferred walk-on
Coleman averaged 9.2 points, 6 assists and 2 steals per game and was a second-team All-Class 5 Region A selection.
Jamestown boys basketball coach takes assistant's position with Apprentice School
Donovan Bridgeforth, who guided Jamestown to the Class 4 boys basketball state tournament championship game in 2017, resigned recently after four seasons as the Eagles' coach after accepting a position as an assistant coach with the Apprentice School women's program.
College Elsewhere
Former Granby coach Lonnie Blow named Division II winner of the Clarence "Big House" Gaines coach of the year
Virginia State basketball coach Lonnie Blow, a former coach at Granby, was named the Division II winner of the Clarence "Big House" Gaines College Basketball Coach of the Year.
King's Fork's Nylah Young highlights Hampton women's recruiting class
Young averaged 29.5 points and 13 rebounds as a senior. She finished the regular season as South Hampton Roads' leading scorer.
Basketball | USA Today honors local coach, athletes
Landstown's Dwight Robinson was named the USA TODAY Virginia Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. Former Oscar Smith player Cameron Thomas was named to the first team. Norfolk Academy junior Mark Williams was named to the second team. Princess Anne senior Brianna Jackson and Lake Taylor sophomore Ja'Naiya Quinerly were named to the USA Today ALL-USA Virginia Girls Basketball second team.
Landstown's Michael Christmas named Class 6 Boys Player of the Year, Dwight Robinson named Coach of the Year
Landstown's Michael Christmas was selected the Class 6 Boys Player of the Year and Dwight Robinson was named the Class 6 Boys Coach of the Year.
Maury's Clarence Rupert and Princess Anne's Brianna Jackson named state players of the year
Both players helped their teams win basketball Class 5 state championships.
Basketball star Leo Anthony, ODU's 1st All-American who became a coach, dies at 79
As ODU's first All-American, his No. 5 jersey hangs from the rafters at the Ted Constant Center. After college, Anthony racked up more than 1,000 career coaching victories in basketball, golf and cross country during stops at Granby, Norfolk Academy, Maury, Princess Anne and First Colonial.
Jennifer Parker returns to turn Maury's girls basketball around, again
Parker, who coached the Commodores in two previous successful stints, replaces Tommy Haynes. In three seasons, the Commodores won 17 games, including a 1-14 record last season.
Blog | Larry Rubama
Basketball | All-time All-Tidewater boys teams
The list doesn't include teams from 1972-74 because we were unable to find those teams. If you have information of those teams, please email me at larry.rubama@pilotonline.com
2019 757Teamz All-Tidewater boys basketball team
Landstown's Michael Christmas fulfilled a promise, then became the All-Tidewater Player of the Year