Wrestling With His Future

A San Diego Union-Tribune story about 6-foot-4, 280-pound Adam Terry, an offensive lineman/wrestler at Westview High, includes this:

With his grades up the past two years, Terry has received an offer to play football at Dartmouth. He’s keeping his options open to see if he can compete in both sports in college.

Dartmouth, as you may know, dropped varsity wrestling in the 1970s.

A second-team All-Valley League offensive lineman and two-way starter, Terry is an interesting story. The Union-Tribune notes he has, "conquered an attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder that affected his studies."

Former Dartmouth corner Muhammad Abdul-Shakoor and freshman speedster freshman Connor Reilly are mentioned prominently in Brett Hoover's preview of Dartmouth's chances at the indoor Heps at Leverone Field House this weekend. From the preview:

... (F)reshman Connor Reilly (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and junior Muhammad Abdul-Shakoor (Stone Mountain, Ga.) have been holding the top spots in the League in both the 60- and 200-meter dashes all season long … Unfortunately for them, the 200 isn’t contested at Indoor Heps … Reilly, whose father John played football and ran track at Dartmouth ...

Brett finishes his The People Behind Heps piece with a picture and nice mention of Kathy Slattery Phillips, the former Dartmouth director of sports information who died in 2007.

Dartmouth defensive back Chad Hollis continues to write for the Daily Dartmouth. His story about the men's tennis match against Boston College can be found here.

Concussions are down in college football, at least according to a new study. The Los Angeles Times writes:

The study's co-author, Steve Marshall, said Wednesday that it's difficult to pinpoint exactly why reported incidents have decreased. He said NCAA rules against spearing and head-down hits as well as better coaching techniques and awareness likely are contributing factors.

The local daily has an exhaustive look at the challenges faced by Dartmouth men's and women's swimming programs.

And finally, now that the Internet is working I can think about retrieving my car, which is stranded in a neighbor's driveway. Turned out it was a bad idea to take the car down the neighbor's steep dirt road for dog-sitting duty. Deep wet snow and a steep climb up a dirt road meant a mile or so walk home yesterday, and a walk back today after the plows come through. Ah, the joys of living on the side of a mountain ;-)