Friday, February 6th, 2009, filed in Headlines, Weekly Digests

Welcome to the 27th edition of our weekly High School Sports and Recruiting Digest, which saves you time by giving you the scoop on the stories you may have missed from the last week. Check out the headlines below for what’s been going on, and click the links to see the full stories.
The Cost of Recruiting
Interesting Article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, it highlights how some high Division one programs spend enormous amounts of money with the hope of a better return on Signing Day.
Signing Day Wrap-Up
This article from SI.com’s Stuart Mandel discusses signing day and how these days big time recruits step in and play earlier these days than they did in the past.
Thoughts on Signing Day, Is Publicity Warranted?
Recruiting101 takes a look at this years Signing Day and asks if it is truly necessary for Signing Day to recieve all the attention it does today.
Wall and Kelly Do Battle
Huge high school basketball matchup this week between the high schools of two top players in the class of 2009. The John Wall led Word of God Holy Rams defeated the Ryan Kelly lead Ravenscroft Ravens.
Diamonds in the Rough
Here’s an interesting look at the suddenly surging VMI basketball program, and how two unheralded twins who had little recruiting interest have lead the program back to prominence.







