Action On Memorial Field

Memorial Field saw action yesterday as the Dartmouth women's rugby team took on the powerful Army squad. Forget about "between the hedges," this one was "between the snow banks." The grounds crew worked hard to clear the field Friday and it was ready to go Saturday.

This Patriots.com mock draft has New England taking Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie in the fourth round. ... I'd thought this ScrippsNews site had a note on Harvard tailback Clifton Dawson's NFL hopes but instead it calls UMass back Steve Baylark a possible darkhorse runner despite times in the 4.8's. Dawson's career is mentioned only as a benchmark for Baylark.

The Sporting News has a good story about the frustrations UNH receiver David Ball is feeling as the NFL draft approaches. Apparently the first 20 yards of his 40 time project to a 4.4 or better, but the second 40 is significantly slower and NFL scouts are holding it against him. A muscle pull has kept him from pushing any harder. Find the story here.

Pennsylvania high school junior David Posluszny, brother of Penn State linebacker Paul, has chosen Notre Dame. Why is that mentioned here? Check out what he had to say about his choice in this story:

"I really don't think there's another place where you can get an Ivy League education while competing for a national championship every year."

The story around the Ivy League for years has been that the floor at Dartmouth's Leede Arena was rock-hard and contributing to foot and leg injuries to basketball players. At long last, that troubling floor is being replaced, a process made more difficult because the subfloor apparently is concrete. Installation of a new state-of-the-art, suspended floor will be finished this summer.

The Berry Sports Center (home of Leede) was opened in 1987. For a little background on that facility and all "buildings and landscapes of Dartmouth College," check out this site that features "information on about 450 buildings, streets, and open spaces related to the College, all built between 1755 and the present." Everyone, and I mean everyone, can learn interesting facts about the college here.

By the way, if you are following the progress of the Floren Varsity House, this link to the specific page in the site above will prove interesting.

Best of luck finding those eggs ...