More From The Recruiting Front

Penn's recruit list can be found here.

Keeping in mind that what is on recruiting sites is unofficial, Scout.com reports that Dartmouth "became the first school to offer Park City (Utah) cornerback Erik Walker, the 100m champion in Utah."

According to his Scout.com bio page, the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Walker rushed for 1,051 yards on 131 carries as an option quarterback (8.0 yards per carry) and had 36 tackles along with two interceptions at corner. His 40 time has been listed at 4.36 and he won the Utah 100 meters in 10.95. Keep in mind it's early and there are a lot of big schools on his list.

Incoming recruit Garrett Waggoner, a 6-2, 210 safety from Sarasota, Fla., received a $2,000 "Bud Carson Scholarship." Waggoner couldn't know it for sure when he said it, but this quote from a story on the award is torn 100 percent from Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens playbook:

"From football I learned a lot of team concepts, because in football you have to rely on your teammates to do their job and you to do your job. Because if you start trying to do other people's jobs, everything gets messed up. So you have to depend on other people and have confidence in them."

Former tailback Chad Gaudet's return to New England as a grad student/lacrosse standout with the Final Four Virginia squad brought the Boston Herald to write:

FOXBORO - It has been a strange journey that has taken Chad Gaudet from Ivy covered Memorial Stadium (sic) in Hanover, N.H., to jam-packed Klockner Stadium on the lacrosse-mad campus of the University of Virginia.

While a devastating injury wiped out one athletic career, the Winchester-born, Burlington-raised Gaudet has risen to the highest ranks in another. He will start at defensive midfielder for the Cavaliers, who face Cornell in the NCAA Division 1 national semifinals tomorrow (2 p.m.) at Gillette Stadium.

Of his decision to switch sports after the kind of rare knee injury that often leaves those who suffer it with a pronounced limp for the rest of their life, Gaudet – who has something of a Ringo Starr thing going in the photo accompanying the story – said:

“With the hardware in my knee, it was going to be too much of a risk to continue playing with so much impact. So at that point, I really had to make a decision whether I wanted to continue competing athletically or just hang it up.

“I really love competing and I played lacrosse in high school. I walked into the coaches office at Dartmouth and asked if I could have a shot. They gave it to me and I really fell in love with the game again."

And Lacrosse Magazine's blog posted a story about Gaudet that included this:

"It was my plan when I decided to pursue this fifth year. I was well aware the final four was going to be held at Gillette Stadium," he said.

He better enjoy it, because he'll soon be going from host to tourist. In a week, Gaudet and others in his master's program depart for the business school in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a month to complete the requirements for his graduate degree.

And finally, a tough week on the softball field for that certain Hanover High junior catcher was offset with the release of SAT scores yesterday. Suffice it to say she was smiling pretty broadly after hitting her target score exactly on the point. Hopefully she's be smiling just as much after today's game at archrival Lebanon.