Best of the 757

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.

 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.

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.