On the Receiving End

Back on May 2 we took a look at the top returning quarterback for each team on the Dartmouth schedule. Today we'll list the top returning pass catcher for each team in terms of total receptions in 2009.

(The number before the names are where that player ranked on his team. Also, this is compiled without knowing what players might have a fifth year of eligibility.)

Top Returning Pass Catchers for Ivy League Teams

Brown
4. WR Matthew Sudfield (29-205, 1 TD)

Columbia
3. TE Andrew Kennedy (21-316, 5 TD)

Cornell
2. WR Shane Savage (42-371, 2 TD)

Dartmouth
1. Tanner Scott (45-510, 3 TD)

Harvard
1. WR Chris Lorditch (30-545, 5 TD)

Penn
2. WR Matt Tuten (29-379, 2 TD)

Princeton
1. WR Trey Peacock (48-527, 3 TD)

Yale
2. WR Peter Balsam (33-321, 2 TD)

Notes: Princeton has its top seven pass catchers back. ... Dartmouth has either its top seven or top eight back depending on whether Niles Murphy returns for a fifth year. ... Missing from the Dartmouth list is Timmy McManus, who missed last season with a broken leg but led the Big Green with 60 catches for 637 yards and three touchdowns two years ago and is pencilled in at wide receiver again. ... Harvard has its top four back. ... Brown took the biggest hit with the loss of Buddy Farnham, Bobby Sewall and Trevan Samp.

2009 Ivy League Receiving Leaders (catches):
(Returnees in color)

1. Buddy Farnham, Brown, 74
2. Bobby Sewall, Brown, 66
3. John Sheffield, Yale, 61
4. Austin Knowlin, Columbia, 53
5. Bryan Walters, Cornell, 50
6. Trey Peacock, Princeton, 48
7. Tanner Scott, Dartmouth, 45
8. Shane Savage, Cornell, 42
9. Trevan Samp, Brown, 41
10. Michael Reilly, Dartmouth, 38

Receiving Leaders for Dartmouth's Non-Conference Opponents

Bucknell
3. RB/WR Marlon Woods (18-178, 1 TD)

Sacred Heart
2. WR Rich Rossi (35-313, 1 TD)

Holy Cross
1. Luke Chmielinski (63-807, 4 TD)

Notable: Sacred heart lost leading receiver Steve Tedesco, whose 67 catches included a whopping 11 of the Pioneers' 17 touchdown receptions. ... Holy Cross brings back its top five pass catchers. They accounted for 223 receptions last year. Gone, of course, is the guy who was on the throwing end, quarterback Dominic Randolph.

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That Certain Hanover High Senior is in Burlington, Vt., today for the Vermont City Marathon & Relay as her team tries to defend the relay title it won in the race last year. Actually, they've moved up from the junior girls relay so they won't really be defending. ... She got her summer training plan from her new college coach this week and needs to average 55 miles per week to reach her goal ... not an easy thing to do when you are going to be away all summer working as a camp counselor.