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2010 Best of the 757 Showcase Series

Best of the 757 – Baseball Showcase

  • Athletic Testing Combine (60-yd dash, agility shuttle, vertical jump, bench press)
  • Baseball Skills Challenge
  • Location: Old Dominion University
  • Saturday, April 17, 2010

Best of the 757 – Football Combine

  • Athletic Testing Combine (40-yd dash, agility shuttle, vertical jump, bench press)
  • Football Skills Challenge
  • Location: Christopher Newport University
  • Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Speed has college recruiters interested in York's Ben Edwards (Daily Press, August 2009)

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York High's Ben Edwards has learned this summer how to filter fantasy from reality when it comes to talking with college football coaches.

In his wildest dreams, he'd don the orange and maroon on the practice fields at Virginia Tech in the fall of 2010. Yet, the truth is he's still waiting for a scholarship offer from any school. After having dozens of promising discussions with college coaches, but receiving nothing in the way of an actual offer, Edwards has gotten proactive about his future this summer.

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Best of the 757 returns for biggest year yet! (VirginiaPreps.com, February 2010)

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 With a storied history of producing some of the nation's top athletes in all sports including Justin Upton, David Wright and Michael Cuddyer in baseball, Percy Harvin, Jerod Mayo, and Dre Bly in football, and Allen Iverson, Joe Smith and Alonzo Mourning in basketball along with countless others, there's little doubt that the 757 area code (aka the Tidewater region) has earned its reputation as one of the best recruiting hotbeds in the nation and VirginiaPreps.com is proud to announce that they will join The Best of the 757, Boo Williams Sports Complex and 7 Cities Sports to showcase high school athletes in the area in a series of sport-specific combines and camps.

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Best of the 757 Highlights Top Athletes (VirginiaPreps.com, June 2009)

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by: Rod Johnson

VirginiaPreps.com Senior Editor

Over the course of two weekends, the Best of the 757 combine was held in the Hampton Roads area as athletes from various sports and high school competed in events measured by Velocity Sports Performance including the forty-yard dash, powerball throw, shuttle agility drill, and vertical leap which collectively registers a Nike SPARQ score, a scale used to measure an athlete's overall athletic ability.

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April 17th, Old Dominion University
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May 22nd, Christopher Newport University
Basketball Showcase
September 18th, Boo Williams Sportsplex

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About Us

The Best of the 757, 7 Cities Sports, the Boo Williams Summer League and VirginiaPreps.com (Rivals.com) is excited to bring you the 2010 Best of the 757 Showcase Series. In its third year, the Best of the 757 is a celebration and showcase of high school athletes from Hampton Roads.

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Event Details

In conjunction with VirginiaPreps, 7 Cities Sports and the Boo Williams Summer League, the 2010 Best of the 757 Showcase Series will include three events – a Baseball Showcase on April 17th at Old Dominion University.

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