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September 17, 2007

Football commitment game recaps

Here’s your weekly recap of all Maryland football commitments’ high school games.

Gary Douglas -- 6-foot-0, 178-pound running back from Durham (N.C.) Hillside

Hillside crushed Northern Vance, 42-6.

Douglas ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns on just 15 carries. (Thanks to Corn T for finding the info)

R.J. Dill -- 6-foot-7, 275-pound offensive tackle from Camp Hill (Pa.) Trinity

Trinity moved to 3-0 on the season with a 45-0 blanking of Susquehanna Twp.

Dill paved the way for a Trinity rushing attack that notched 220 yards on the day. On defense, Dill made three tackles.

Tavon Wilson -- 6-foot-0, 175-pound cornerback from H.D. Woodson (D.C.)

H.D. Woodson fell to Good Counsel, 42-8.

Wilson contributed 10 solo tackles, five assists and one interception (with a 30-yard return) in the loss.

Cody Blue -- 6-foot-5, 280-pound defensive tackle from Wilde Lake

Blue’s Wilde Lake squad beat Atholton, 28-10.

Blue collected two solo tackles and one assist.

“He’s playing inside, but he’s got really good lateral speed,” said Wilde Lake head coach Doug DuVall. “He had a really nice game.”

Davin Meggett -- 5-foot-8, 190-pound running back from Surrattsville

Meggett’s Surrattsville squad dominated Owings Mills, 52-7.

Meggett had ten carries for 82 yards and two touchdowns, and also kicked two extra points and recorded six tackles.

“He only played the first half, I wasn’t trying to run the score up so I put the backups in,” said Surrattsville head coach Tom Green.

“He ran really hard. The first person never tackled him. That’s what we talked about, getting the yards after contact. He’s doing a lot of little stuff that he needed to do last year. If he’s going to play in the ACC, you can’t have a lot of flaws in your game. He’s also blocking a lot better this year.”

In Surrattsville’s week one 42-0 victory over Samuel Banks, Meggett had six carries for 83 yards and one touchdown, caught three passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns, and returned an interception for a touchdown.

Masengo Kabongo -- 6-foot-2, 280-pound defensive tackle from Fairfield (Conn.) Prep.

Kabongo and Fairfield Prep got off to an excellent start to the 2007 season, blanking Wilbur Cross 28-0.

Kabongo recorded two sacks, seven solo tackles and seven assists. He also played offensive tackle.

“They pretty much stayed away from him,” said Fairfield Prep head coach Rich Magdon. “They have a quarterback who’s more of a runner than a thrower -- they run option. I’d say 75 percent of the time on offense they ran away from him. When they did run [to his side], Maska made life miserable for [the quarterback].”

Click here for raw game footage of Fairfield’s game. Kabongo is No. 55.

A.J. Francis -- 6-foot-4, 314-pound defensive lineman from Gonzaga (D.C.) College

Gonzaga beat Georgetown Prep, 20-12 on Saturday. Gonzaga moves to 1-1.

Francis, who plays nose guard and offensive tackle, registered one solo tackle and four assists.

“He played much better than he did against Loyola [in a week one loss],” said Gonzaga head coach Joe Reyda. “He didn’t have any tackles against Loyola… I think against Loyola he wasn’t getting rid of his man. He was sticking with his guy and not getting after the ball. He did a better job this week of hitting his guy, riding down the line and finding the ball.”

Kerry Boykins -- 6-foot-1, 200-pound wide receiver from Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar F. Smith

Oscar Smith blasted Indian River, 37-0 on Friday.

Boykins was held out of Friday’s game with a sprained right knee. He hopes to make his season debut this week against Great Bridge.

“He’ll start practicing today,” said Oscar Smith head coach Richard Morgan. “We’re hoping he’ll feel good. He’s been doing some light sprint work, so we’re hoping he’ll be able to come back and be ready for Friday.”

Cameron Chism -- 6-foot-2, 180-pound cornerback from Bishop McNamara

Bishop McNamara topped Bishop Ireton in Alexandria, Va. 19-14 to move to 2-1 on the season.

According to DCSportsFan.com, Chism caught four passes for 30 yards and one touchdown.

Kevin Dorsey -- 6-foot-2, 175-pound wide receiver from Forestville

Forestville lost to Ft. Washington Friendly in its season opener, 32-12.

Per Josh Barr of The Washington Post, Dorsey reeled in six passes for 123 yards in addition to recording a 40-yard punt return and picking off two passes on two-point conversion attempts.

Click in to Barr's post above for additional info on Terp target and Friendly star Lamaar Thomas.


Tyler Urban -- 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive end from North Huntingdon (Pa.) Norwin

Urban’s Norwin team lost its first game of the season, a 19-10 setback to Bethel Park.

Matt Furstenburg -- 6-foot-4, 220-pound tight end from The Hun School in Princeton, N.J.

The Hun School won its 2007 season opener, topping Wyoming Seminary, 33-12.

Justin Lewis -- 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive guard from Johnsonville (S.C.)

Johnsonville routed Creek Bridge, 41-0, to move to 2-2 on the year.

Demetrius Hartsfield -- 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Southeast Raleigh (N.C.)

Hartsfield’s Southeast Raleigh team bested Clayton, 7-0 on Saturday.

Teddy Dargan -- 6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive tackle from Milford Mill

Milford Mill topped Woodlawn, 28-6. Dargan’s squad is 1-1.

Devonte Campbell -- 6-foot-2, 230-pound tight end from Hargrave Military Academy

Zach Brown -- 6-foot-1, 212-pound linebacker from Hargrave Military Academy

Hargrave had a Sunday game at Marshall University in Huntington, WV.

Posted by Matt Bracken at 11:31 AM | | Comments (4)
        

Comments

Gary Douglas rushed 15 times for 162 yards and two scores

thats 10.8 yards a pop , i like that
we need a rb that can break long runs like that at maryland.

Magget looks likehe wil be a good sleeper at tail back too,. and he has good sped 6.3 / 60 meter dash

Tony - I'm not sure that Meggett runs a 6.30 sec 60 M dash.

The high school record is 6.57 sec.
The fastest time in Maryland last year was a 6.77 run by Justin Murdock from Glen Burnie.
At last winters state indoor 1A/2A championships Meggett came in 7th in the 55M dash with a time of 6.69 sec.

mybad i just rechecked he ran a 6.57 in 55 meters

thats sitll fast to me the world class guys can run 60 meters in 6.3 range i will take thats about 6.8 for magget in the 60 i wil take that good speed.

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About Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken was a lightly recruited football and tennis prospect out of East Lansing (Mich.) High School in 2001, but spurned all (nonexistent) scholarship offers to attend the University of Michigan. Matt graduated from UM in 2005, earned a master's degree in new media journalism from Northwestern University in 2006, and spent the first 11 months of his career as an online producer / videographer / blogger at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. He has worked at The Baltimore Sun since July 2007, where he currently serves as the deputy sports editor for digital.

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