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| Brandon Cooper |
Cooper, one of the keynote speakers, stressed the importance of education in his comments at the event, which celebrates the top African-American seniors in the district.
Cooper is a Rivals two-star pick from South Grand Prairie HS who was chosen unanimously to the 5A District 7 first-team.
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Dartmouth Now has a story and photo about a volunteer effort featuring a handful of Big Green football players. From the story:Nearly every week since October, a group of Dartmouth football players and graduate student military veterans have made the 40-minute drive south to Orion House in Newport, N.H. Orion House takes in underprivileged adolescent males who suffer from substance abuse, have family problems, and/or are dealing with emotional and behavioral issues.Pictured with the story are Will Guinee, Ed von Kuhn, Rob Lauzen and Ryan McManus.
The story quotes von Kuhn:
“We make sure we go every week because if we don’t show up for two weeks, they’d say, ‘Oh those Dartmouth kids are just like everyone else—they show up and then they’re gone. They don’t actually care about us.’ ”Green Alert Take: This is the first I've heard of this effort but that I hadn't heard of it previously shouldn't surprise me. Dartmouth football players – and athletes from all Big Green teams – do a tremendous amount of volunteering out of the spotlight.
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Yesterday's Dartmouth had a Q&A with Athletic Director Harry Sheehy. Of particular interest was this back-and-forth:Last year, Dartmouth won one Ivy League title. This year, it’s still looking for the first title. Are these an accurate way to measure success?
HS: There’s actually stages. Getting our teams into the top three is the first stage, and then the next stage is to actually win those championships.
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The Columbia football captains have responded to the headlines swirling around the school's football program with a letter to the Columbia community reproduced by the Spectator here.