One for the Record Books:

By: Dan Sousa

Sterling (Oct. 2, 2006) – Football fans had no doubt they were
witnessing something special Friday night when Deric Dudinski rushed
for 406 yards and six touchdowns against Briar Woods but they may not
have realized how special the performance was.

Dudinski’s night was the 14th best performance all-time in Virginia
High School League history for rushing yards in one game and was just
94 yards shy of West Springfield’s Damone Boone’s record-setting
500-yard game on Nov. 10, 1995 in a 48-6 win over Annandale.

The 5-foot-9, 182-pound senior is now 697 yards away from the Park
View school record for all-time rushing yards – 5,157 set by Tony
Conway, who graduated after the 1988 season. Dudinski now has 926 yards
rushing this season on 83 attempts in just four games and his current
career total rests at 4,458 yards. First, Dudinski must catch Park
View’s all-time No. 2 runner, Alan Pinkett, who finished in 1981 with
4,683 yards before going on to play with Notre Dame and in the NFL.

Dudinski’s incredible game Friday included touchdown runs of 38, 62,
10, 33, 73 and 51 yards and he had an interception return for a
touchdown called back because of a penalty.

Colleges have taken notice of the elusive running back and hard-hitting defensive back. According to Virginia Preps Dudinski
visited Ball State over the weekend and is also getting recruiting
interest from William & Mary, Richmond, James Madison, Towson
State, Bucknell Lehigh, Miami of Ohio and East Carolina among others.