Yesterday's BGA note about top college football recruits in New Hampshire probably should have emphasized more strongly that the list was of high school class of 2027 recruits.
An email from a good friend of BGA offers a reminder that there's a player in the 2028 high school class who might well belong on that list.
For the record, he plays in the shadow of Memorial Field.
Click HERE to read a January story about Hanover High School's Dima Petrov, who traded soccer for football as a freshman, and then opened eyes as a sophomore placekicker and punter at the Kicking World 2025 National Showcase in Austin, Texas.
Per the story, the Hanover kicker finished second in the culminating field goal kicking challenge down in Texas, nailing every attempt out to 55 yards and going 9-for-11 overall, with a 60-yard long. He also averaged 42.4 year per punt with an average hang time of 3.67 seconds.
From the story:
“Dima had a fantastic weekend at our 2025 National Showcase,” said Brent Grablachoff, a coach and the owner of Kicking World. “We expect big things out of Dima and feel he will evolve into a collegiate-level kicker and is someone that the New England and Northeast college football programs need to jump on early.”
The story about the rising junior, who was 5-for-5 on field goal tries and 31-for-31 on PATs last fall for Hanover High School, includes this:
“My goal is to play for a big school eventually,” Petrov said, even mentioning the possibility of donning a Dartmouth College jersey.
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From ESPN (LINK):
A former Bucknell strength and conditioning coach was charged Monday with felony aggravated hazing following the 2024 death of a freshman football player who collapsed during his first workout with the team, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania attorney general and court documents.
Mark Kulbis was also charged with misdemeanor counts of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and hazing in the death of 18-year-old Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr., according to the statement.
Immediately prior to Bucknell, Mark Kulbis spent three years on the strength staff at Dartmouth. Find his bio on the Big Green women's basketball site HERE.
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Occasionally random videos show up on YouTube, and that was the case several days ago when someone posted an hour-long look at the 1988 Dartmouth-Davidson football game shot from the sidelines in North Carolina.
The Big Green won the game, 24-3, but here's a suggestion. You might want to fast-forward to the fourth quarter because until that point Dartmouth was tied, 3-3, with a team that would finish the year 0-10.
Dartmouth finally took a 10-3 lead on a 32-yard touchdown reception by Craig Morton before tacking on a short Chris Pollard run for a score, and a Mike Campanale pick six. Morton finished his day with six catches for 120 yards.
Among those watching the first win of Buddy Teevens' second year at Dartmouth was legendary coach Bob Blackman, who made the drive from his retirement home in Hilton Head.
Something to think about that I read this morning regarding the Hoover Dam: "The dam used enough concrete to pave a highway from San Francisco to New York."
