NFL<\/p>\n
Ravens request interview with Ronald Curry<\/p>\n
The Baltimore Ravens have submitted a request to interview Ronald Curry for their position as quarterbacks coach, according to NFL Network reporter Ian Rapaport.<\/p>\n
Curry, 46, who grew up in Hampton, currently is the Bills\u2019 quarterbacks coach. He was an assistant coach for New Orleans from 2016-23 (mostly under Sean Payton) and had a major part in the development of Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen. Curry had multiple interviews for offensive coordinator positions this cycle.<\/p>\n
Curry, a former star quarterback and basketball player for Hampton High and North Carolina, played 76 NFL games as a receiver for the Oakland Raiders from 2002-08, making 193 catches for 2,347 yards and 13 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
SCHEDULE CHANGES<\/p>\n
Gianna prompts more switches<\/p>\n
A few more changes were necessitated by Winter Storm Gianna.<\/p>\n
In women\u2019s basketball, Hampton\u2019s Sunday home game against North Carolina A&T at the HU Convocation Center was moved from 2 to 7 p.m. It is still scheduled to be televised on Monumental Sports Network.<\/p>\n
In men\u2019s basketball, Virginia Peninsula Community College\u2019s home game against Patrick & Henry CC, of the Martinsville area, at SafeHaven Empowerment Center in Newport News was postponed indefinitely.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD<\/p>\n
NSU\u2019s Stephens wins triple jump at Penn State National<\/p>\n
The Norfolk State men delivered a strong performance at the Penn State National meet.<\/p>\n
Kristopher Stephens captured the Spartans\u2019 lone victory, winning the triple jump at 15.08 meters (about 49 feet, 6 inches). Daniel Mathenge, in the 5,000 meters, placed third in 14 minutes, 46.71 seconds, while Lewis Too followed at 14:49.78.<\/p>\n
Christopher Basking paced NSU in the 200 meters, finishing third in 21.67, while Lavontay Bond placed fourth in 21.68.<\/p>\n
Kendrick Winfield earned seventh place in the 200 meters in 21.65. Donovan Terry finished seventh in the 400 at 48.63, while Winfield was 13th in 48.91.<\/p>\n
In the 60 meters, Basking placed 12th in 6.91, while Antoinne Smith followed in 13th at 6.92.<\/p>\n
In the high jump Xavier McGreal placed eighth, Cancelor Watson ninth and Chazden Wilson 10th, with each clearing 1.91 meters (about 6 feet, 3 inches). Sophomore pole vaulter Landon Walker was ninth after clearing 4.45 meters.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s portion of the Penn State National, NSU\u2019s Daena Dyer placed ninth in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.74 after advancing to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Norfolk State recorded three top-15 finishes in the field events. Yowome Ayim placed 11th in the triple jump at 11.46 meters. Freshman Emma Svetiev followed with a 12th-place finish in the pole vault by clearing 3.30 meters, while Essence Shaw earned 15th place in the high jump by clearing 1.60 meters.<\/p>\n
Sonia Koech paced the Spartans in the 5,000 meters, placing 10th in 18 minutes, 3.07 seconds. Abigael Chebet finished 16th in 19:04.51.<\/p>\n
James Madison\u2019s Christine Fitzgerald, a Maury High alumna, moved up to seventh in the Dukes\u2019 record book in the 400-meter dash, finishing in 55.96 for fourth place. She and Great Bridge graduate Kadence Wilson were half of a 4\u00d7400 relay that ran a 3:45.93 for fourth in JMU history in the event.<\/p>\n
Also in the women\u2019s long jump, JMU\u2019s Bria Byrd, another Maury graduate, leaped 5.94 meters (19-6) for bronze.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE WRESTLING<\/p>\n
No. 7 Hokies handle No. 8 Wolfpack<\/p>\n
No. 7 Virginia Tech (8-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) downed No. 8 NC State 21-12 before a sold-out Reynolds Coliseum crowd of 5,500, the Hokies\u2019 first victory in Raleigh since 2016.<\/p>\n
Eddie Ventresca, ranked third nationally at 125 pounds, won 3-2 by riding time in overtime over fifth-ranked Vincent Robinson to start the meet at 125 pounds for Tech.<\/p>\n
Wins by Aaron Seidel (seventh at 133 pounds), Collin Gaj (ninth at 149), Ethen Miller (16th at 157) and Jaden Bullock (32nd at 184) gave the Hokies an 18-9 lead.<\/p>\n
Sonny Sasso (16th at 197) clinched the triumph with an 11-10 victory over 25th-ranked Patrick Brophy.<\/p>\n
UVA cruises past Duke<\/p>\n
Virginia (9-6, 1-3 ACC) defeated Duke 28-9 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.<\/p>\n
Gable Porter and Colton Washleski each picked up his 18th win of the season, with Washleski \u2014 ranked 32nd at 157 \u2014 taking a 12-3 major decision to open the night and Porter winning by a 15-0 technical fall at 141.<\/p>\n
Freshman Rocco Hayes improved to 3-0 in dual action with his 12-1 win at 125 pounds.<\/p>\n
The Blue Devils fell to 6-10, 0-3.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE MEN\u2019S VOLLEYBALL<\/p>\n
Marlins prevail twice<\/p>\n
Virginia Wesleyan (6-2) achieved a pair of 3-0 victories in Frederick, Maryland. First, the Marlins defeated homestanding Hood 25-14, 25-10, 26-24, and then they handled Houghton 25-12, 25-14, 25-13.<\/p>\n
Against Hood, Grant Younie had seven kills and JaMarhe Wills had six kills, three digs and two aces. Siah Hill had six kills and four digs.<\/p>\n
Against Monmouth, Wills had 15 kills, eight digs and two aces, Younie had six kills and Carlyle Campbell had eight kills.<\/p>\n
Gallaudet stops Regent<\/p>\n
Gallaudet defeated Regent 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-22) at Randolph-Macon\u2019s Crenshaw Gym in Ashland.<\/p>\n
For the Royals (1-4), Jaxson Gray and Keith Larkin had six kills apiece, and Lucas Whitman had 17 assists and nine digs. The Bison\u2019s Zachary Bippus had 10 kills and 15 digs.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE MEN\u2019S LACROSSE<\/p>\n
Hampton drops opener despite freshman\u2019s hat trick<\/p>\n
Mercer beat Hampton 18-9 in Macon, Georgia, in the season opener for both teams. Anthony Bardonille Jr. paced the Pirates with three goals in his first college game, the first hat trick from a Hampton freshman since the 2018 season. He also had three assists.<\/p>\n
Darius Stanley and Maliik Wood registered two goals each for Hampton in Vincent Culpepper\u2019s HU coaching debut. The Pirates are seeking their first victory since going 6-5 in 2019.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE WOMEN\u2019S TENNIS<\/p>\n
W&M blanks NSU<\/p>\n
William & Mary shut out Norfolk State 7-0 at McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center in the season opener for both squads, getting singles victories from Sia Chaudry, Tilda Larsson, Francesca Davis, Mira Kernagis, Rebeka Svabikova and Alexia Gonzalez-Galino.<\/p>\n
Norfolk State\u2019s Yuliya Yurkova and Ines Sabadie won 6-3 at the top doubles spot, but the Tribe took the doubles point with victories from the pairs of Kernagis\/Gonzalez-Galino and Emma Pell\/Yaelle Vaissaud.<\/p>\n
CNU named C2C favorite<\/p>\n
Christopher Newport, which shared the No. 24 ranking with New York University in the Division III preseason poll, was named the favorite to win its third consecutive Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference title. UC Santa Cruz was picked second and Mary Washington, the nation\u2019s No. 39 team, third.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE MEN\u2019S TENNIS<\/p>\n
ODU beats Norfolk State<\/p>\n
Old Dominion defeated Norfolk State 4-3 on Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center\u2019s indoor courts, improving the Monarchs to 4-2. They had beaten Richmond 6-1 earlier Friday.<\/p>\n
Norfolk State played the Monarchs much more evenly than in past seasons, an indicator that the Spartans could be a threat to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. ODU has won the last three Sun Belt championships.<\/p>\n
Against NSU, ODU took the doubles point and got singles victories from Felix Obermair, Aryan Saleh and Piet Steveker on lines 3, 4 and 5, respectively. NSU\u2019s victors were Patryk Kowal at 1, Marcin Andrzejczak at 2 and Marcin Dojczynski at 6.<\/p>\n
Captains chosen as conference favorite<\/p>\n
Christopher Newport was named as a narrow favorite to repeat its Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference title, while 2025 runner-up Mary Washington was projected second. The Captains are 24th and the Eagles 23rd in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason Division III rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Ravens request interview with Ronald Curry The Baltimore Ravens have submitted a request to interview Ronald Curry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,339,7,929,6,169,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-720668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-college-sports","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ravens","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115993466962112750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}