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Michael Allen
Four UVa football recruits from Norfolk Christian converted from basketball

NORFOLK — Kwontie Moore, Mario Nixon and Courtnye Wynn were basketball guys. Football? They didn't know a slot receiver from a slot machine. Wil Wahee was familiar with shoulder pads and a helmet, but he, too, preferred basketball. So how did these engaging young men emerge as stars for Norfolk Christian's state-championship football team? And how did they all come to accept football scholarships from the University of Virginia? Think about the improbability. Of the 23 commitments in the Cavaliers' acclaimed 2012 class, four hail from a fledgling, private-school program where the only barrier between the practice field and passing traffic is a chain-link fence not...