Batting .500

Dartmouth is one-for-two recruiting out of Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio, over two recruiting seasons. Last year the Big Green landed big tailback Chris Hardy, the 6-foot-3, 215-plus pound Dayton Area Offensive Player of the Year.

A local paper says Dartmouth went back to the well this year but Oakwood "athlete" Robby Sherk decided to stay home and attend the University of Dayton. The 6-3, 185 Sherk was variously listed at wide receiver, defensive back, kicker, punt returner ... and quarterback. From a Springfield News-Sun story about the Dayton program:

And while they haven't finalized their full class yet, they've gotten a commitment from Oakwood standout Robby Sherk, who picked UD over Dartmouth and Davidson, and expect to have 28 incoming freshmen.

Hmmm. Dartmouth, Davidson, Dayton. Seems he really liked the "Da" entries in the college directory ;-)

Yesterday's blog had a link to a Daily Princetonian story about Princeton football recruiting that included this:

Camp is the most useful recruiting tool Princeton’s coaching staff has in its arsenal, head coach Roger Hughes said.

“If we’re lucky enough to persuade a young man and his parents to come out to our summer camp, we can show them what Princeton’s about, make them understand the very unique opportunity going to school here at Princeton affords them, and then also explain what (Princeton football is) about, what we demand, how hard it is and the benefits of a Princeton education,” Hughes said.

There's also a football camp at Dartmouth during the summer and it seems a good number of recruits get their first look at the college – and the coaches get a good look at them – when they attend. Learn more about the Buddy Teevens Football Camp here.

The first day of the NCAA Skiing Championships in Bethel, Maine, was postponed because of poor weather yesterday. The Big Green, which finished the season undefeated, is bidding for its second national championship in three years.