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UPDATE: Penn recruiting release with bios and video highlights.Penn has added its list of recruits to its roster page. Among those on the list is speedy California wide receiver Cameron Countryman, widely regarded as one of the top, if not the top, recruit in the country in the FCS. Countryman had offers from Arizona State, Colorado and Utah among others. Check out this ESPN video about him.
If Conner Scott back is healthy and Aaron Bailey back in school and Countryman is what the experts think he is, the Penn receiving corps could be frightening this fall.
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Switching to baseball, longtime major league catcher and Dartmouth alum Brad Ausmus '91, intends to play for Israel's team in the Wold Baseball Classic, taking advantage of a rule that allows "countries to field players who are eligible for citizenship — even if they are not actual citizens." Find an AP story about Ausmus here (and thanks for the link).By the way, I linked to this before but Ausmus was a guest on the NPR program Fresh Air last year and he was outstanding. You can listen to the interview here.
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And finally, it was Senior Day for Hanover High baseball yesterday and That Certain Sub Second Baseman started and went 1-for-2 with an RBI single to keep his batting average at .500 for the year (4-for-8).
