Weekend wrap – Braglio powers Eagles
With five seconds left in the first half of No. 4 McDonogh's game Friday against No. 9 Archbishop Spalding, Roman Braglio made the play of the game to break a scoreless tie.
The Maryland-bound defensive end recovered a Cavaliers fumble and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown. The Eagles went on to beat Spalding 20-7.
It was only the second touchdown of Braglio’s career. His first came three weeks ago when he returned an interception for a score in the 17-14 loss to Gonzaga.
“Every practice, I kind to mess around and pick up a loose ball and run it,” the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Braglio said, “and when I saw it, I was like, ‘Oh man, here’s my chance.’ I picked it up and I ran for my life. I ran as fast as I could.”
• Clarksburg linebacker Stefan Houston committed to the Terps on Friday.
“He came in this morning and said he had made a decision,” Clarksburg Coach Larry Hurd said. “It’s exciting. He’s put his time in, been to the places, spoken to the coaches. I know [Clarksburg graduate] Avery [Graham] being at Maryland influenced his decision and so did seeing [Quince Orchard 2010 All-Met] Alex Twine play the last couple weeks. Coach [Randy] Edsall and [assistant] coach [Tom] Brattan have done an excellent job recruiting him.”
Check back with Recruiting Report later for more on Houston's decision.
• Maryland quarterback pledge Caleb Rowe threw for three touchdowns in Blue Ridge's 49-7 win over Travelers Rest (S.C.).
In the second half, Blue Ridge scored after the 18-yard loss that killed a TR drive. Rowe and [Brennen] Griffin connected on a 35-yard pass play and then Rowe threw to Bryton Griffin for 16 yards and a touchdown for a 28-7 lead.
Through five games, Rowe has thrown 20 touchdown passes.
• Maryland-bound athlete Joe Riddle's Linganore squad recorded a 47-6 win over Oakdale.
Linganore's Joe Riddle ran for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns on 10 carries.
• Terps recruits Perry Hills and Anthony Nixon helped Pittsburgh Central Catholic to a 31-13 win over Woodland Hills.
Nixon finished with eight catches for 84 yards, and Hills completed 11 of 15 passes for 117 yards and no interceptions.
• UM wide receiver commitment Malcolm Culmer had a big game to pace Willingboro (N.J.) in its 34-13 win over Maple Shade.
Anthony Robbins threw two of his three touchdown passes to Malcolm Culmer, who picked up 115 yards on 11 catches, helping the visiting Chimeras (2-0) pull away in the second half of an interdivision game.
Basketball recruiting
• KentuckySportsRadio.com reports that the Wildcats are now interested in Terps forward target Amile Jefferson.
Amile Jefferson, a 6-foot-7 power forward from Philadelphia, is on Kentucky’s radar and Coach [John Calipari] and his staff are making a hard push in his recruitment. He’s Scout.com’s No. 4 power forward in the class of 2012 and he holds offers from a number of schools including Syracuse, Ohio State, Miami, West Virginia, and Virginia Tech.
• Buddy Hield, a three-star shooting guard from Kansas who reportedly drew some Terps interest, committed to Oklahoma on Sunday.
Rivals reports Missouri, Memphis, Texas A&M, Colorado, Nebraska, Miami and Utah were among schools that offered scholarships. Hield visited Nebraska and Colorado in the weeks leading up to his trip to Norman.
Comments
The Terps have offered Amile Jefferson, right? How would you characterize our chances of landing him?
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Josh: The Terps have offered Jefferson. They're in his final group, so their chances are OK. -- Matt
Posted by: Josh | September 26, 2011 5:03 PM
Jefferson is athletic and has skills but he's a little small for PF. Reports are Robert Carter s planning a visit to MD. If the Terps can play him against McGary like they worked Grant against Layman Carter might consider committing. Maryland and Florida are his two best options (Like McGary IMO) and he sure would be a nice bookend to Cleare. Those two would clog the middle and make the Plumlees look like Slaninkas.
Gonna miss your coverage Matt come 10/11/11. Best regards to you!
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Johnny C: Thanks for the kind words. Here's hoping you save some of your 15 clicks per month for this blog! -- Matt
Posted by: Johnny C | September 28, 2011 2:29 PM