Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Add Another OL

The latest to announce for Dartmouth on Twitter is defensive lineman Zach Sammartino of North Hills HS, and Pittsburgh. Sammartino is listed at 6-foot-4, 286 pounds.



Find Sammartino's 247 Sports page HERE and a head and shoulders shot HERE. He brings the number of public commitments for the Dartmouth football Class of 2019 to 23.
The Review Journal in Las Vegas has a brief mention of Bishop Gorman defensive lineman Jackson Perry switching his commitment from Vanderbilt to Dartmouth.
Take a look at the number of "stars" awarded to Super Bowl starters back when they were coming out of high school as compiled by FanSide. It's hardly an exact science. (Thanks to a loyal reader from afar for the link ;-)
Dave Bell '59, who lettered on the gridiron at Dartmouth in 1956 before seeing his career ended by injury, has been elected to the Beverly (Mass.) HS Hall of Fame. He gets a mention in a Salem News story.
Yale running back Tyler Varga says there are more Ivy League players who could play "at the next level" in this interview recorded at the start of Senior Bowl practices:


We had to settle for a measly four inches of snow from the "blizzard." Disappointing for everyone except our plow driver, who apparently was so keyed up that he just had to come and clear our driveway. The bill will come in a few weeks . . .