A couple of stories out of my old stomping ground while you we were away . . .
Incoming quarterback Logan Klitsch of Robesonia, Pa., and Conrad Weiser HS, was named the MVP of the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East/West Big School Game in Harrisburg.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Klitsch went 8-for-14 for 144 yards with one TD to help the East defeat the West 37-0 in in a matchup of Class 4A-6A schools. From the story (LINK):
As he stepped on the football field for likely the last time as a high school quarterback, he tried to implement some cadence and drops which he’ll use at Dartmouth as he continues to learn the Big Green playbook. By the look of how he played Sunday, he’ll pick up right where he left off at Weiser: in control and rarely frazzled.
The member of the Class 4A all-state team told EasternPAFootball.com:
“It was all about having fun. I was a little nervous at the first practice because I didn’t really know any of the guys. But we’re all really good athletes and football players. We all gelled and everybody was open and nice to each other. It was really like a brotherhood.”
PennLive has a photo of Klitsch with the MVP Award HERE.
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Out in Western PA, the Steelers Depot website has a story headlined, Back With Steelers Organization, Daniel Martin Rooney Still Viewed As Successor When Time Comes. From the story (LINK):
Dan Rooney Ill played quarterback at Dartmouth college, albeit as backup. Soon after, he began his path toward his future and was ultimately hired by the team as a coaching assistant on the Steelers' staff, having also dabbled in the scouting department.
And . . .
The younger Rooney left the team a few years ago to pursue his further education and gain more realworld experience, working in the field of sports technology, but as of a few months ago, is back inside the organization with the title of Director of Business Development & Strategy--now one of four Rooneys in the organization, two Arts and two Dans.
Aditi Kinkhabwala of the NFL Network, in a discussion about who might run the Rooney family franchise down the road, relayed something a former Steelers lineman said to her during a radio interview:
"Ramon Foster was telling me, 'You keep an eye on Dan. He's got all the charisma. He's got the same demeanor as Ambassador Dan', the late Dan Rooney", she said. "And Dan, before he went off to get his MBA at Penn [at the Wharton School], was doing a little bit of everything. He worked as an assistant coach. He worked as a scout. He kind of was getting involved in every single piece of the organization to learn how each piece works."
Rooney was a member of the Dartmouth class of 2012.
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Former Dartmouth and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Reggie Williams is one of 15 former players included in a CincyJungle story headlined, Which of the 15 Ring of Honor candidates most deserves to get in? (LINK)
There's a reader poll listing the 15 players, among them familiar names like Chris Collinsworth, Boomer Esiason and Chad Johnson. Click on the link above to cast your vote.
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The Dartmouth has a A Year in Review story under this drop-headline: Women’s rugby went undefeated, Big Green football clinched the Ivy League Championship and baseball ended their season ranked third in the Ivy League. The piece has capsules of the three sports with comments from reserve offensive lineman Thomas Hartnett about the football season and a photo of football's Ivy league championship ring. (LINK)
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Dartmouth grad transfer Isaiah Johnson gets a brief mention in a day-by-day Syracuse football story headlined, Orange Watch: A most successful offseason for Syracuse football (LINK).
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One more video of football training "fun" as the term winds down:
Closed the Spring Term strong‼️#TheWoods pic.twitter.com/hTHV8bLenf
— Dartmouth Football (@DartFootball) May 28, 2022
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EXTRA POINT
Back from our weekend camping in our old VW poptop and hiking in northern Vermont I'm headed off in a few hours to get my second COVID booster shot. Given that studies have shown the vaccines lose efficacy with time, Mrs. BGA and I thought to hold off on getting our "booster boosters" until it became clear the next wave was hitting. When friends and relatives who have been diligent about doing the right things are testing positive we know the time has come.
