Archive: October 2006
Hoya Paranoia!
O'Connell guard Jason Clark, a third-team All-Met last season, has verbally committed to play for Georgetown, according to Knights Coach Joe Wootten. Clark is the third local player in the past two weeks to say he will accept a scholarship to play for the Hoyas, joining DeMatha junior Chris Braswell...
By Josh Barr | October 19, 2006; 3:02 PM ET | Comments (0)
Another Marylander Going to Mason
St. John's Coach Paul DeStefano just called to say that forward Vlad Moldoveanu, a 6-foot-10 Romanian, has committed to play for George Mason. Earlier this week, as two-time All-Met Chris Wright announced for Georgetown, some teammates were joking with Moldoveanu about how he was going to Mason. Well, it didn't...
By Josh Barr | October 12, 2006; 9:59 AM ET | Comments (1)
More Hoops News
Just got a call from DeMatha basketball coach Mike Jones, who said that senior guard Jeff Peterson has committed to play for Princeton. Peterson was scheduled to visit Penn this week but scratched that trip when he reached a decision. Peterson averaged 3.9 assists and two steals while shooting 43...
By Josh Barr | October 11, 2006; 4:41 PM ET | Comments (1)
Wright's a Hoya
Two-time All-Met guard Chris Wright of St. John's today announced he has committed to Georgetown. I'm not sure which was more amusing: 1) St. John's Coach Paul DeStefano, in front of a few TV cameras and an assortment of Wright's friends and family, saying: "I'm more nervous now than before...
By Josh Barr | October 10, 2006; 4:23 PM ET | Comments (0)
Wright To Announce Tuesday, G-Town Bound
Two-time All-Met guard Chris Wright of St. John's has a news conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to announce his college decision and I'd be surprised if he does not choose Georgetown. Wright's three final choices are the Hoyas, North Carolina State and Pittsburgh. He had committed to the Wolfpack last...
By Josh Barr | October 9, 2006; 9:31 PM ET | Comments (2)
Another Recruit for the Foxes
Bishop McNamara guard Jayde Gavin has committed to play basketball for Marish, McNamara announced today in a news release. Gavin, a 6-foot-2 senior, averaged 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game last season. He is the second local player to recently commit to Marist, joining Progressive Christian guard...
By Josh Barr | October 6, 2006; 11:23 AM ET | Comments (0)
A Hoops Commitment
Varsity letter guy Preston Williams passes along that Chantilly guard Ben Wheeler committed to play basketball for Lafayette. The 6-foot-4 Wheeler averaged 17 points and four assists last season. Lafayette's roster this season includes freshman guard Michael Gruner from Whitman High....
By Josh Barr | October 6, 2006; 9:25 AM ET | Comments (0)
An All-Met Update
Today's Baltimore Sun has a story on 2003 All-Met quarterback Sean Schaefer from Northern. The other All-Met quarterback that year? Virginia Tech starter Sean Glennon. For those who want to take a look back, here is that team....
By Josh Barr | October 6, 2006; 9:19 AM ET | Comments (2)
To Tate, It's No Big Deal
DeMatha wide receiver Kenny Tate is one of the most sought-after football players nationally in the junior class. Coaches envision his size -- 6 feet 3 or 6-4, depending on who is measuring -- speed, and athleticism and see him as a potential superstar. But for all of the...
By Josh Barr | October 4, 2006; 12:01 PM ET | Comments (0)
More from the Alaeze Files
Proving that sometimes it's not worth all the trouble, one-time Baltimore high school superstar Melvin Alaeze has left the University of Illinois for personal reasons. Consider Alaeze's file over the past two years. He failed to meet the NCAA's minimum academic standards to receive a scholarship out of high...
By Josh Barr | October 4, 2006; 10:24 AM ET | Comments (0)
UCLA Gets a Local
My colleague Preston Williams files this report: All-Met Edison girls' basketball guard Doreena Campbell verbally committed to UCLA Tuesday. The Bruins, the defending Pac-10 Tournament champions, won out over Vanderbilt, Virginia and George Washington, where she also took official visits. The 5-foot-10 Campell, regarded as a composed player who...
By Josh Barr | October 4, 2006; 10:19 AM ET | Comments (0)
Seen and Heard
This doesn't deal with recruiting, just wanted to share two things I'd never seen before last Friday's Friendly-Gwynn Park game. While the NFL outlaws choreographed on-field dances by groups of players, there is no such rule for high schools. Before Friendly kicks off -- and since the Patriots average...
By Josh Barr | October 4, 2006; 9:41 AM ET | Comments (0)
Bowman Going to Marist
Got an e-mail from Progressive Christian Coach Van Whitfield, reporting that fourth-team All-Met guard Jerimiah Bowman has committed to Marist. Bowman averaged 19.9 points last year at Southern Maryland Christian, before moving with Whitfield to Progressive Christian. The Camp Springs school this winter will field a basketball team for...
By Josh Barr | October 3, 2006; 10:19 AM ET | Comments (0)
