Virginia Beach’s Tide Swim School is offering adaptive swim programming lessons for the Hampton Roads community. That effort will gain further traction because the Chartway Promise Foundation just awarded the school a $10,000 grant to expand. The program makes life-saving lessons more accessible.
Tide Swim School operates year-round with a covered and heated bubble in winter. It’s located at the Larkspur Swim and Racquet Club, at 732 Edwin Drive.
Tide primarily is known for developing top-flight competitive swimmers. But the club says its adaptive program “serves swimmers with a wide range of cognitive, sensory, emotional, and physical differences, including autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, anxiety, sensory processing challenges, and motor delays.”
“Tide believes every swimmer deserves the chance to feel safe, confident and joyful in the water,” Renata Pellino-Porter, Executive Director of Tide Swimming, said in a release. “We are incredibly grateful to Chartway Promise Foundation for their support. This grant removes financial barriers for families.”
Looking at NFL locals: Chargers receiver KeAndre Lambert and Steelers safety Chuck Clark are Hampton Roads natives who are participating in the NFL playoffs. Here’s a look at how 757 products fared in the regular season.
Chiefs LB Cole Christiansen (Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Army): 3 games (0 starts); 2 tackles; played 0 defensive snaps but 69% on special teams.
Steelers DB Chuck Clark (King’s Fork High, Va. Tech): 15 games (5 starts); defended 3 passes; forced 1 fumble; 51 tackles (2 for loss); 1 QB hit; played 44% of defensive snaps and 48% on special teams.
Raiders OT Charles Grant (Churchland High, William & Mary): 9 games (1 start); played 12% of offensive snaps and 6% on special teams.
Ravens LB Mike Green (Lafayette High, UVA, Marshall): 17 games (2 starts); recovered 1 fumble; 3.5 sacks; 41 tackles (7 for loss); 14 QB hits; played 63% of defensive snaps and 26% on special teams.
Commanders DE Jalyn Holmes (Lake Taylor High, Ohio State); 10 games (5 starts); 21 tackles; 1 QB hit; played 38% of defensive snaps and 13% on special teams.
Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty (Great Bridge Middle, Boise State): 17 games (all starts); 266 carries for 975 yards, 5 TDs; targeted 73 times; 55 catches for 346 yards, 5 TDs; 2 fumbles; played 78% of offensive snaps and 1% on special teams.
Panthers LB Patrick Jones II (Grassfield High, Pittsburgh): 4 games (all starts); defended 1 pass; 9 tackles (2 for loss); 1 sack; 2 QB hits; played 70% of defensive snaps. On injured reserve since Oct. 15 because of a back injury that required surgery.
Chargers WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith (Maury High, Penn State, Auburn): 10 games (2 starts); targeted 12 times; 5 catches for 51 yards, 1 TD; 18 kickoff returns for 418 yards; played 19% of offensive snaps and 21% on special teams.
Chiefs NT Derrick Nnadi (Ocean Lakes High, Florida State): 15 games (11 starts); 16 tackles; 1 QB hit; played 34% of defensive snaps and 17% on special teams.
Browns OLB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (Bethel High, Notre Dame): Missed season on “physically unable to perform” list (from 2024 Week 8 neck injury).
Bengals LB Antwaun Powell-Ryland (Norcom High, Indian River High, Florida, Va. Tech): Signed to practice squad Nov. 10 after being released from Eagles’ practice squad Nov. 8.
Cardinals OLB Josh Sweat (Oscar Smith High, Florida State): 17 starts; defended 2 passes; forced 4 fumbles; recovered 1 fumble and returned it 2 yards; 30 tackles (13 for loss); 12 sacks; 17 QB hits; played 47% of defensive snaps and 2 snaps on special teams.
Jets QB Tyrod Taylor (Hampton High, Va. Tech): 6 games (4 starts); 80 of 134 for 779 yards, 5 TDs, 5 INTs, 72.9 passer rating; sacked 14 times for 82 yards in losses; 27 carries for 143 yards, 1 TD; 1 fumble; played 70% of offensive snaps.
Commanders DE Deatrich Wise (Suffolk native, Arkansas); 2 games (2 starts); 4 tackles (1 for loss); 1 QB hit; placed on injured reserve Sept. 15 because of a torn left quadriceps, requiring surgery; played 38% of defensive snaps and 8% on special teams.
For a complete look at how players from around the state fared, see here:
https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=8134997&action=edit&revision=8135027
What’s coming up
Monday: Norfolk State’s men’s basketball team plays host to MEAC foe Maryland Eastern Shore at Echols Hall at 7 p.m.
Wednesday: The ODU women’s basketball team plays host to Appalachian State at 6:30 p.m. … The Virginia Wesleyan men’s basketball team hosts Lynchburg at 7.
Thursday: William & Mary’s men’s basketball squad entertains North Carolina A&T at 7 p.m. at Kaplan Arena.
Friday: The area’s Coastal Athletic Association women’s basketball rivalry comes to Kaplan Arena as Hampton visits W&M at 7 p.m.
Saturday: The Cookie Classic road races on the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail in Chesapeake, celebrating Girl Scouts, and the Chills in the Mill races in Yorktown are set for the morning. … The ODU women’s basketball team takes on Marshall, one of the Sun Belt’s top teams, at Chartway Arena at 2 p.m. … Christopher Newport’s nationally ranked basketball teams play back-to-back home games at Freeman Center, with the women facing Salisbury at 2 p.m. and the men playing East Texas Baptist at 4.