Shuffling Recruit Positions

Started filling out your brackets yet?

It's a seriously quiet day on the Dartmouth football front. You might want to click on this House Resolution of the 117th Session of the South Carolina General Assembly and scroll down a bit to see a pretty neat honor for incoming Dartmouth linebacker recruit Carter Scott. ...

As we try to sort out recruits and where they may play at Dartmouth, this story says Hinsdale Central (Illinois) recruit Steve Morris, "is slated to play defensive back in college." Last week's Green Alert posting had him listed with the running backs, a position he also played in high school. ... This Washington Post piece lists Washington, D.C., running back/linebacker/kicker Pat Scorah as a linebacker recruit for Dartmouth, so shift him from running back as well. ... And finally, Tim McManus, who helped quarterback his Minnesota high school team to the state finals, will probably get his first look at defensive back according to a reliable source. ...

What else? I'm happy to report no cars were overturned or burned in Hanover over the weekend in celebration of the ski team's national championship. ... The women's basketball team learns its WNIT opponent tonight or early tomorrow. It could be Bucknell or Iona. ... The men's hockey team, meanwhile, will play Clarkson in the the ECACHL semifinals Friday in Albany.

With temperatures in the mid-40's over the weekend, the basketball hoop came out of winter hibernation in our garage. It took lots of chipping and shoveling, but the driveway now has a relatively cleared 3-point arc. There are 3- to 5-foot sloped piles of snow behind it which very nicely deliver airballs back to the shooter. We could be getting more snow up here on Moose Mountain at week's end, so stay tuned. A certain Hanover 7th grader, by the way, was shooting hoops at 6:55 this morning before the bus came.

And finally, captains' practices started for softball at 6 this morning. It will be interesting to hear the thoughts later today of a certain Hanover High freshman who is making a very reluctant transition from playing shortstop and centerfield on the boys baseball team to playing softball. Unfortunately, in New Hampshire (unlike Vermont) you can't compete in two sports in a season, so while she's continuing to train in the afternoon with the track team, she won't be allowed to run in any meets. She'll instead run road races, beginning Saturday with the 5K Shamrock Shuffle in nearby Lebanon.

One more note: Voting in the Green Alert mascot/nickname poll will end later today and a new question will be posted. Be sure to check back.