Here's a description of a 20-minute video titled CITY ON OUR BACK: "You're Being Recruited" that was shot during a 7v7 football tournament at Dartmouth:
In this episode, you watch Tenfold not only win the tournament chip but also get one of their athletes recruited into the prestigious Ivy League, Dartmouth College.
Tenfold Prep bills itself as New England’s Premier Youth Football Training Program.
Scrub ahead to 2:12 if you want to see welcoming remarks from Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens. Assistant coaches Sammy McCorkle and Danny O'Dea are featured addressing the players later in the video.
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Dartmouth linebacker Jalen Mackie was named the Ivy League defensive player of the week, wide receiver Paxton Scott earned rookie of the week and quarterback Derek Kyler was named to the Ivy honor roll. Dartmouth sports publicity has a story HERE.
Princeton quarterback Cole Smith was the conference offensive player of the week and Columbia kicker Alex Felkins the special teams player of the week. Find the Ivy League release HERE.
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The Dartmouth has a follow story about the Big Green's win over Valparaiso that includes this from Kyler (LINK):
“We were all a little frustrated at the time but after the fact, looking back, for like half these guys, they've never even traveled before or gone to a game, most of them have never started. And so we just took a step back and said it's been a while, a win's a win, so we’re going to fix up what we can and move on to the next week.”
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A story in West Virginia's Herald-Dispatch touches on the Big Green's increased recruiting presence it its part of the state. From the story (LINK):
Dartmouth College football has been particularly active in the Tri-State, receiving a commitment from Huntington High center Maxwell Wentz and inviting Highlanders running back Amari Felder and linebacker Gavin Adkins, Rock Hill tackle Andrew Medinger and Fairland safety Steeler Leep to visit.
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C'mon people. We've got former wide receiver Brandon Hester within $150 of the fundraising goal he set as part of his first Ironman. You don't have to contribute big bucks but every $5 you give adds up and helps him get closer to the goal he set for helping the community. Check out the earlier BGA posting explaining what he's doing and why he's doing it HERE.
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The Dartmouth has a story headlined Spread of the delta variant disrupts fall reopening plans at peer institutions. From the story (LINK):
Within the Ivy League, all schools have either maintained or reimposed indoor universal mask mandates for students, regardless of vaccination status. All of these schools have also implemented some required surveillance testing for vaccinated individuals, though the frequency of testing is varied. Like Dartmouth, Princeton University, Yale University and Cornell University require once weekly testing for all vaccinated individuals.
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. . . (O)ther Ivy League universities have had to implement more stringent measures to combat the delta variant. For example, in response to an uptick in asymptomatic transmission, Brown halted indoor dining, required all student groups to meet online and restricted social gatherings to five people or fewer. Due to similar increases in transmission, Columbia restricted indoor gatherings to 10 or fewer individuals, and Cornell implemented an outdoor mask mandate and canceled most of its Homecoming events.
And if you are a football fan, this is troubling:
Connecticut College temporarily transitioned to remote learning, shut down athletic practices and banned indoor gatherings after 169 students tested positive in one week.
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EXTRA POINT
The listing for our Vermont hillside home before we bought it started this way: "On a sunny, south facing hillside surrounded by open lawns, a small orchard and amazing mountain views . . ."
I have to remind myself the listing is nothing more than an advertisement for the property when I read the reference to a "small orchard." I mean, we have three relatively little apple trees out back. That's it.
I've never bought into the "small orchard" piece, but I'm almost tempted this year. There are so many apples on the trees this year we could open a stand at the end of our driveway and sell 'em. I know abundant apple production is usually an "every-other-year" thing, but this is ridiculous. I half expect branches on the trees to break from the weight of all the apples.
