Inside the Gridiron Legacy: Phoebus Phantoms' Journey to 9 State Football Championships | BallinVA

In this episode of BallinVA, we are #OnSite at Phoebus High School with the 9-time football state champions, the Phoebus Phantoms! Head coach Jeremy Blunt shares how it feels to coach at the school he played ball at along with offensive line coach Anthony Robinson, and what goes into building and maintaining a legacy in the highly competitive Hampton Roads area of Virginia football. From weight room to drills to academics, the coaching staff shares how their high expectations and work ethic create leaders on and off the field, and a force to be reckoned with under the Friday night lights!
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  • @jermainethomas540
    @jermainethomas5407 ай бұрын

    Got so much respect for Phoebus.. Coming from the 540.. congratulations fellas & coaches

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    6 ай бұрын

    Me too bro! Legendary football program!

  • @Lonnyboss70
    @Lonnyboss708 ай бұрын

    Good interview, i know first hand about phoebus vs Hampton rivalry. I got to play in the biggest game in history Darling Stadium biggest packed house game Womack vs. Curry game. coach Bill Dee set the tone for this rivalry , he made it known he wanted to beat Mike Smith every year! #rockdaBlueandGold!!

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 🙏🏽

  • @zackposton116
    @zackposton1169 ай бұрын

    What a program

  • @dickburrus4932
    @dickburrus49329 ай бұрын

    Coach Blunt is a great mentor for young men that need a positive role model. keep up the great work love that phoebus is getting the recognition we deserve.

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    9 ай бұрын

    True Indeed about Coach Blunt! Thank you and yes we definitely wanted to recognize Phoebus High School for the work they’ve put in over 3 decades

  • @shakemup
    @shakemup9 ай бұрын

    Great interview. Salute 🫡

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 🫡🤜🏽🤛🏽

  • @chrisallen6634
    @chrisallen66349 ай бұрын

    Another great interview, keep up the great work.

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you man. Appreciate your support

  • @taymika58
    @taymika589 ай бұрын

    Keep up the good work Lee!!!

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Mika! I’ll continue to do my best!

  • @CapeFear1
    @CapeFear16 ай бұрын

    Phoebus is a great program but I remember when Independence High of Charlotte, NC made them look absolutely inept in a scrimmage. They could not even remotely stop the Indy passing game and the Phoebus DBs were arguing amongst each other after each time Indy had the ball, throwing TD after TD.

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    6 ай бұрын

    Do you remember what year was this?

  • @CapeFear1

    @CapeFear1

    6 ай бұрын

    @larrymerritte3868 I believe it was preseason of Chris Leaks senior year in a jamboree in Charlotte that had alot of NC and upstate SC teams , somehow Phoebus was also there. If it was Leaks senior year it would have been in the late summer of 2002.

  • @CapeFear1

    @CapeFear1

    6 ай бұрын

    Just verified with a friend also in attendance. It was in fact the 2002 Power Prep challenge in Charlotte Indy vs Phoebus. He confirmed further there was West Charlotte, NC vs Marlboro, SC. NC Power Richmond County was also in it. He also confirmed my recollection that Indy absolutely destroyed Phoebus that day and the Indy passing game left Phoebus looking hapless. I dont know how Phoebus did that year in Virginia but yes confirmed this was just prior to the start of 2002 season. Another team in the field was NC powerhouse Crest who has since dropped down to 3A. The scrimmages all took place at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte.

  • @CapeFear1

    @CapeFear1

    6 ай бұрын

    I just looked up and found out 2002 Phoebus team finished 14 and 0 in Virginia and only gave up 69 points all year in VA. But I saw first hand they were absolutely used and abused by the powerful Indy passing game that day in Charlotte. It was simply no contest. They had no answer for the Indy passing game but nobody did at the peak of the Indy dynasty. They set every passing record imaginable back during their run. Indy also won state in NC that year rather easily.

  • @CapeFear1

    @CapeFear1

    6 ай бұрын

    Sorry after further talk and recollection we are now not certain of whether it was Phoebus High or actually Hampton High. We are trying to get clarification. It may have been Hampton High. I found an article on line that was published prior to the event that said it would be Hampton High, not Phoebus. Maybe for some reason Hampton could not go and were replaced by Phoebus. We trying to clarify now which team it was.

  • @billwolcott9462
    @billwolcott94627 ай бұрын

    Should schedule Glenville in Cleveland Ohio or St. Ignatius also a powerhouse from Cleveland.

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    6 ай бұрын

    They’re definitely looking into that from what I was told!

  • @Sssssddgh
    @Sssssddgh9 ай бұрын

    Freedom-Woodbridge #1

  • @jumpman23823
    @jumpman238237 ай бұрын

    When y'all going play cocoa fl back to back st champs. Rank 9 in nation

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    6 ай бұрын

    From what I was told Phoebus is looking to play teams like that but of course it’s always obstacles & politics as usual

  • @mikescales3312
    @mikescales33128 ай бұрын

    Don't sleep on WARHILL fellas

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    8 ай бұрын

    Trust me they aren’t!

  • @MissSandieB

    @MissSandieB

    8 ай бұрын

    This post didn’t age well.

  • @larrymerritte3868

    @larrymerritte3868

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MissSandieB not at all lol

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