Even in his seventies, Lawrence Rossianno walked from Belmont Park to the Little League field to watch his grandson play. He wouldn't miss it. The truth is it brought pride and joy to his heart to see Kevin Ogletree perform on an athletic field. Every single time.
Ogletree, now without his grandmother and grandfather for nearly two years, still speaks with great respect and reverence toward Lawrence and Patricia Rossianno, the paternal grandparents who helped raised him as a child. They are a part of who he is. And of who he wants to be.
The night before he heads to Charlottesville to check out his future team in action, UVa running back recruit Dominique Wallace will be in action as Chancellor (Fredericksburg, VA) takes on Turner Ashby in what will be the Chargers season opener. Wallace is anxious to start what will be his fourth straight season on the varsity level, being apart of a team that lost only five seniors from last year's team and is returning nine starters on the defensive side of the ball.
The Good Ol' Blog is bringing back last year’s tradition of doing Q&A exchanges with bloggers or reporters that cover our rivals during game week. This week, we’ve got the fine USC blogger at Conquest Chronicles answering some questions here, and I’ll be returning the favor on his site later today or tomorrow. See what USC thinks of the match-up with the Cavaliers.
Brookville (Lynchburg, VA) standout offensive lineman Devin Bolling has earned 10 scholarship offers to date, but he is looking for his recruiting success to continue. The 6-5, 270-pound senior plans to mail video from his first three regular season games to Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wake Forest in hopes of earning offers from those programs.
The countdown clock is rapidly approaching an all zeroes reading, which means it's time for football season at Virginia! The Sabre is enlisting an EDGE member every week to provide a pre-game look at the upcoming opponent. HooSingleBarrel is up first with a look at the Southern California Trojans, who visit Scott Stadium on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.