Josh Cohen, the starter for the second half of his freshman season, will be back at Dartmouth this spring after missing two school terms, including last fall. The strong-armed, 6-foot-5 Cohen completed 137-of-234 passes (58.5 percent) for 1,529 yards, eight touchdowns and 12 interceptions as a freshman. ... Mike Fritz, who lost two years to hand injuries and then enjoyed a terrific season last fall in his only year as starter, has elected not to pursue a fifth year of eligibility. Fritz completed 162-of-233 passes (61.6 percent) for 1,838 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions last year. He also led the Big Green with 410 yards rushing.
With Cohen back and Fritz graduating, Dartmouth is expected to have four quarterbacks when spring practice begins three weeks from Monday: Cohen, rising senior Tom Bennewitz (6-0, 180) and rising sophomores Max Heiges (6-3, 205) and Alex Jenny (5-11, 170).
Bennewitz won the starting job coming out of camp last fall before being hurt late in the Colgate game. With Fritz coming in and playing well, Bennewitz was unable to regain the starting job once he was healthy again. An elusive runner with a good touch downfield, he completed 14-of-24 passes (58.3 percent) for 102 yards, one interception and no touchdowns while appearing in two games.
Heiges was 25-for-49 (51 percent) with four touchdown passes and two interceptions with the junior varsity last fall. He passed for 421 yards and had an efficiency rating of 141.97. Jenny was 37-for-65 (56.9 percent) with four touchdowns and four interceptions with the jayvees. He passed for 536 yards and had an efficiency rating of 134.19. Heiges averaged 8.59 yards per attempt while Jenny averaged 8.25.
Expected to join the quarterback derby in late August will be a pair of freshmen: 6-5 Will Deevy of Colorado's Kent Denver School and 6-1 Tim McManus of St. Thomas Academy in Minnesota.
Junior Chad Gaudet, who hopes to return to football next fall after missing two seasons at tailback with a knee injury, led Dartmouth with six ground balls and was 2-for-2 on faceoffs yesterday as the Big Green outlasted Brown, 9-8, in the longest lacrosse game in school history. The contest went four overtimes.
The folks at Penn get a little testy sometimes when their school is confused with Penn State. (Being a Nittany Lion product, I have a hard time understanding that ;-) but I digress.) This story from the Mississippi Press is an example of the kind of thing that gets under those Quaker skins:
Scout hut remodeling gets Ivy League touchThe story ends with this quote:
PASCAGOULA -- Spring breakers from Pennsylvania State University in search of warm weather got way more than they bargained for upon arriving in Pascagoula.
"We could not have renovated this 100-year-old building without their help. I'm now a huge Penn State fan."Having read the story, I still don't know if it was a group from Philadelphia or a group from State College that went south to help but I'm glad the Nittany Lions got a few more fans out of the deal.
And finally on this Sunday morning: That certain Hanover High School freshman finished third among all women at the Shamrock Shuffle 5-K race in nearby Lebanon yesterday, winning her age group in 21:06. She was 29th among all men and women in the field of 190-plus finishers.
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