Washington Area Stocked With Talented Guards

Call it the season of the guard.

The committment of St. John's All-Met guard Chris Wright to North Carolina State on Wednesday night is just the latest evidence of the depth that the Washington area has of talented guards this season. Consider that when the Cadets play top-ranked DeMatha on Friday night, three of the four starting guards will be committed to top college programs, with DeMatha senior Nigel Munson pledged to Virginia Tech and DeMatha junior Austin Freeman to Georgetown.

Additionally, Potomac (Va.) guard Eric Hayes is committed to Maryland and Herndon guard Scottie Reynolds to Oklahoma.

Montrose Christian guard Greivis Vasquez also has committed to Maryland and Springbrook guard David Brewster to George Mason. Montrose point guard Taishi Ito has a scholarship offer from Stanford. Bullis guard Jeremy Myers is headed to Central Connecticut State.

Bishop McNamara's Darryl Greene, Bowie's Eric Henderson, Suitland's Mike Lewis and Gwynn Park's Corey Allmond also could be Division I recruits.

Emptying Out the Notebook

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Centreville All-Met quarterback Drew Dudzik had hoped to earn some Division I-A interest, but after meeting with James Madison Coach Mickey Matthews yesterday, Dudzik last night decided to accept an offer to play for the Dukes.

Elon and Hofstra had recently gotten involved with Dudzik, who also had an offer from Towson.

"It was getting kind of confusing," Centreville Coach Mike Skinner said. "I think James Madison is where he wanted to go all along, but he wanted to take his visits."

Dudzik is the second Centreville player to make a college commitment; offensive lineman Beau Warren has accepted a scholarship offer from Virginia Tech.

Offensive lineman Colin Miller will visit Hofstra and Central Michigan later this month, with offers from both schools. Wide receiver Cam Dohse will visit Richmond (which has offered a scholarship) next weekend and William & Mary after that. . . .

Robinson All-Met kick returner Lucas Caparelli will take an official visit to Wake Forest and then will go to Virginia, Rams Coach Mark Bendorf said. Caparelli, who is being recruited as a running back and defensive back, will then decide whether to visit Michigan or Michigan State. He holds scholarship offers from all of those schools as well as Virginia Tech, which he visited last month, Bendorf said.

"The guy is very versatile," Bendorf said when asked what position he thinks Caparelli will play in college. "I think it's a matter of where he ends up and the type of scheme they use. The upside is you've got a guy who scored 66 touchdowns and he did it rushing, receiving, returning and playing defense. I think it's a matter of where he gets on the field the fastest." . . .

One basketball player back on the open market is O'Connell guard Jason Colenda, who previously had committed to Navy. O'Connell Coach Joe Wootten said Navy wanted Colenda to attend the academy's prep school for a year before enrolling and Colenda instead chose to look elsewhere. . . .

Among junior football players, one name to keep in mind for next season is Forestville tight end Devonte Campbell. At 6 feet 2 and 225 pounds, Campbell this week was offered scholarships by Virginia and Illinois, Knights Coach Charles Harley said. Maryland and Penn State also have shown interest and Harley said he expects those schools to offer soon.

Among other juniors already with offers are West Springfield quarterback Peter Lalich, Friendly quarterback Joe Haden and Hylton lineman William Alvarez.