On the Court

Had a chance to watch incoming Dartmouth running back recruit Cody Patch and the Lebanon High School basketball team play host to Hanover High last evening in a heated rivalry that has always had a Red Sox-Yankees feel to it. Patch scored just two points, but he played stifling defense against the leading scorer in the Upper Valley, holding him to a season-low four points as Lebanon came from behind to grab a narrow win and split the season series with Hanover.

Click here for a TV report from last fall that features comments from the 5-foot-10, 184-pound Patch, along with a few highlights.

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The Corsicana Daily Sun in Cosicana, Texas, about 55 miles south of Dallas, has a story about Navarro College assistant coach Calvin Thibodeaux being named the defensive line coach at "Dartmouth University." From the story:

Thibodeaux graduated from Oklahoma in 2006 and spent one season with the Bulldogs, coaching All-American Toby Jackson and the nation's No. 12 defense.

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Week 2 opponent Sacred Heart is graduating All-New England quarterback Dale Fink. The only other quarterback who completed a pass for the Pioneers last fall also was a senior. That means there is a chance the Big Green could see a freshman QB on Sept. 24 in Fairfield, Conn. If so you can get a glimpse of him on this video of incoming Sacred Heart freshmen. There's one QB coming in from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and another from Westwood, Mass.

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Got home last night and hit the DVR button to watch Watson, the IBM computer, play Jeopardy. Although the suspicion lurks that Watson has an unfair advantage when it comes to "buzzing in," it is certainly a lot more impressive than the computerized sportswriter that wrote this capsule on the Dartmouth-Yale basketball game last week. Find computerized recaps of all the Big Green men's basketball games at this link on Dartmouthdaily.com.