It didn't hurt that he had a pretty good subject to profile. Here's his lede:
If there is one thing linebacker and co-captain Jack Traynor ’19 has always been good at, it’s tackling: tackling the most high school opponents in Illinois history (378), tackling the second-most (98) foes in the Ivy League last year and tackling an impressive engineering course load.
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The Valley News coverage of Tuesday's opening day of spring practice centers on all-purpose offensive lineman Jake Guidone training this spring at tight end. (LINK)BGA Note: The 270ish-pound Guidone had the catch of the day at practice yesterday, reaching up to pull in a pass at the sideline with one hand, a grab that brought roars from his teammates.
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I have been keeping my eye out for a story about the end of the Alliance of American Football featuring comments from Jack Heneghan because I was pretty sure some reporter would try to track down the well-spoken former Ivy League quarterback who was on the Arizona Hotshots roster after earning an economics degree from Dartmouth.In fact, Bloomberg wrote this STORY spun out of a Bloomberg podcast that includes an interview with Heneghan. Apart from his take on what went wrong with the AAF a highlight of the piece is Heneghan saying he'd be interested in playing in the new XFL, slated to kick off next year.
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You know you are on to something when a far-off paper like the News Tribune of Jefferson City, Mo., has a story about the need to work on "minimization of non-game tackling and collisions — through adoption of the Dartmouth College-style practices, which prohibit them." (Italics are mine.)
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With Ivy League acceptances out the Dartmouth continues to have high school seniors hoping to extend their playing careers planning to give the Big Green football program a go. Add to the list Josh Green, a 6-foot-1, 225-pound longsnapper and defensive tackle at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He Tweeted his plans HERE. Find his highlights HERE.Greene had 49 tackles, 8 sacks and 15 tackles for loss at his school, which previously sent quarterback Conner Kempe to Dartmouth.
Kempe, who graduated third in Big Green history for yards and completions, is now a lawyer in Florida where his bio includes mention of his Dartmouth football accomplishments. (LINK)
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In its first year at the FCS level after playing DII football last year, new Northeast Conference member Long Island University is playing a non-league schedule that might be more challenging than any Ivy sked with games at powerhouse South Dakota State and traditional CAA power Villanova. (LINK)
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A reminder that coverage of the second day of Dartmouth spring practice is on the BGA Premium backup site while work continues on fixing issues with the main site. Again, use the password Premium.Check the site tomorrow for a writeup on Day 3 of spring ball.
