Good News For the Gilchrists

A little neat news from the Dartmouth family ... with a footnote about next year. According to a newspaper story, before this year senior defensive end Cullen Gilchrist was the only player in Dartmouth (Mass.) High School history to make the all-state team. That changed when the leading tackler/offensive guard on this year's 10-0 team earned the honor. The player's name? Jimmy. Jimmy Gilchrist, Cullen's brother. According to the story, Cullen will be around to see his brother's all-state ceremony because he's, "taking the spring quarter off, so he can remain eligible for football season next fall." Pencil in one redshirt senior.

And if you are wondering, the story says the younger Gilchrist is considering track and football at UMass, Northeastern, Hofstra, Bentley or Bryant University.

Dartmouth (along with Penn, Villanova and a handful of schools) is in the running for a very durable back from the Philadelphia area. How durable? Durable enough to set a city record with 53 carries (for 259 yards) in one game last November for Germantown Academy. On his way to winning the Times Herald offensive player of the year award, 5-foot-11, 195-pound Alex Holcombe ran for 1,775 yards (leading Philadelphia) and scored 23 touchdowns (tops in the city) while averaging a whopping 33 carries. Holcombe has also been a national caliber decathlete in high school and may pursue both sports on the collegiate level. The story includes this: "Shortly, Holcombe will choose from a long list of suitors that includes Brown, Bucknell, Villanova, Penn, Dartmouth, William & Mary, Richmond, Williams and Johns Hopkins."

Former Dartmouth tight end Casey Cramer is getting quite proficient at being mentioned in stories about his Tennessee Titans teammates. This Tennessean piece about Kevin Mawae notes that Cramer sought advice from Mawae about an operation he might need after the season.

We're headed down to the Princeton area this morning for a little time with my wife's family but the laptop is making the trip, so be sure to check back as the streak of consecutive days with a post dating back to our cross country trip last July should remain intact ;-)