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Dartmouth plays not one, but two Northeast Conference football teams next fall. The NEC Spring Primer on The Sports Network's site includes a few bits on Big Green opponents Sacred Heart and Central Connecticut. (link)On the former:
Sacred Heart will be hard-pressed to stay atop the standings after the two- time defending co-champion lost 26 seniors. But coach Mark Nofri welcomes back junior quarterback RJ Noel, already a two-time All-NEC first-teamer.And:
Sacred Heart's running game is being reworked after the loss of backs Keshaudas Spencer and Sean Bell and three of the five starters on the offensive line.
On Central Connecticut:
Central Connecticut State came away disappointed in coach Pete Rossomando's first season even after defeating two CAA Football programs because the Blue Devils beat only one other team, Saint Francis. They lost all-purpose standout Rob Hollomon Jr., and quarterback Rick SanGiacomo, a two-year starter, is not planning to use his final season of eligibility, so Rossomando will continue to build with a young nucleus.
To replace SanGiacomo at quarterback, Central Connecticut State could turn to sophomore Taz Pauldo, although incoming freshman Jake Dolegala is on campus ready to compete for the job.The Big Green will play host to Sacred Heart on Sept. 26 and will visit Central Connecticut on Oct. 17.
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Dartmouth safety Josh Winslow gets a brief mention in a Slam magazine story about his brother Justise, a 6-foot-6 standout on the Duke basketball team.
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A story about ALS claiming the life of Tom Kirchoff – the 1992 Patriot League player of the year as a quarterback at Lafayette – mentions the effort by Penn State tight end Adam Breneman to raise money for the fight against the disease in Kirchoff's honor.
Green Alert Take: The Ivy League has a lot of really great kids, but even five-star tight ends at big-time schools can be pretty special people. Breneman's Catch The Cure initiative has raised more than $200,000 for the fight against ALS. Click around the site and you'll find yourself rooting for the big tight end to battle back from a knee injury this fall.
