It was a busy start to the 2015 season in the Mid-Atlantic. Richmond (Va.)

Benedictine School scrimmaged Richmond (Va.) J R Tucker, Fredericksburg (Va.)

Chancellor hosted Fredericksburg (Va.) Riverbend and Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha

played Miami (Fla.) Miami Central on national television.

Miami Central has won four of the last five Florida Class 6A titles but DeMatha

easily beat them by a score of 38-14. Over the past couple of years DeMatha has

lost out of conference games to teams like Warminster (Pa.) Archbishop Wood and

Montvale (N.J.) St. Joseph's but this year's team seems a little different. The

offensive line is one of the best in school history, 2017 quarterback Beau English did a good job of not forcing bad throws and Rivals100 Penn State defensive end commit Shane Simmons had one of his best games

as a high school football player. Next week DeMatha plays at Plantation (Fla.)

American Heritage, another Florida powerhouse program. That game will certainly

get national attention.

Rivals100 Duke wide receiver commit Scott Bracey doesn't

participate in the offseason camp circuit so it has been at least eight months

since anyone has seen him do anything football related. On Thursday night he

showed everyone that he hasn't lost a step. Bracey started the game at

quarterback, which he probably will do each game this year, but saw significant

time at wide receiver. There were three plays in the first half where he either

ran the ball or caught the ball. On those three plays Bracey racked up two

touchdowns and close to 130 yards. There was a 65-yard touchdown run and a

33-yard touchdown catch where he basically carried a defensive back for the last

10 yards. ACC defensive backs should watch out because Bracey might be the best

prospect Duke has ever landed.

Yetur Matos is now in his junior year and showed on Friday night that

he has already advanced his game since the spring. The Chancellor star gained

about 15 pounds and is starting to really understand how to play with leverage.

Matos had a couple of sacks and did a good job of standing up at the point of

attack. He made big plays in key moments in the second half of a close game that

his team ended up winning by three.

Rivals250 wide receiver Darnell Salomon is a bigger receiver with

offers from all over the country but he was pretty much a non-factor in Miami

Central's game against DeMatha. He was targeted a few times but four-star

Arizona State commit Robbie Robinson was right there with the

tight coverage. The way he played in coverage all game was impressive.

Robinson's footwork and explosiveness really made it tough for Miami Central to

complete anything to his side of the field.

Saturday defensive end Chase Young had a "Hello World"

moment that will surely impact both his recruitment and how teams play him in

the future. Young had about 10 tackles in the game and a few sacks but the crowd

rose to its feet when he beat his man to the inside and leveled the Miami

Central quarterback for a big loss. Young still has to develop from a physical

standpoint but his skills and techniques are pretty advanced.

There weren't many highlights for Miami Central from the DeMatha game but people

on the sidelines were shocked by how physically gifted Jamel Cook and

Keir Thomas are. Cook has the size and speed to match up with pretty

much anybody. He lined up at cornerback for most of the game and did a good job

of using his size to his advantage. Thomas has the athleticism to play almost

every position on the defensive line. 

DeMatha

four-star athlete Darryl Turner had a big offseason and he gained the

respect of players, coaches, scouts and fans from coast to coast. Turner was

poised for a dominant season but he hit a major bump in the road on Saturday,

going down with a significant ankle injury in the first quarter against Miami

Central. Turner, a Maryland commit who took home MVP honors at the

Richmond stop of the Rivals Camp Series, was one of the leaders

of the DeMatha squad and they will miss his experience and focus. Now his

teammates are rallying around him and have dedicated this season to him.

Most

people who really follow college football recruiting know who many of DeMatha

and Miami Central's next stars are. Guys like Austin Fontaine,

DeMarcco Hellams and James Cook will be the featured prospects in games of

this magnitude in the future. Benedictine, Riverbend and Chancellor also have

younger players that have the potential to play in college. Chris Collins and Wendell Davis from Benedictine, Ben Skinner and Teagan McDonald of Riverbend and EJ Jenkins of Chancellor

are just a handful of players that might be able to make it to the next level.

Riverbend

defensive end TyJuan Garbutt, a member of the 2017 Rivals250, had an up

and down game on Friday night. Chancellor did a good job of scheming against him

so that he couldn't take over the game with his athleticism and explosiveness.

Listed as a weakside defensive end, Garbutt seems like a true outside

linebacker/defensive end hybrid that can make plays in space but also rush the

passer. He has a very high ceiling but he needs to find the right system for him

to reach his potential.