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National Football Signing Day: A (Very) Rough Boarding School Report
I’ve done this in past but never found it so difficult to find press and announcements of boarding school players signing football letters of intent.
Read MoreBoarding School Alumni in the 2012 Super Bowl
Always looking for boarding school alumni in big stages, I’ve found three players in Sunday’s Super Bowl. This list isn’t exhaustive. If I didn’t find someone, please add them to the comments.
Read MoreTwo Boarding School Alumni in Tonight’s BCS National Championship Game
LSU’s roster includes two players with boarding school backgrounds, Ego Ferguson (Hargrave Military Academy) and Tabari Williams (Culver Academies). Ferguson, a defensive tackle, is playing in his redshirt freshman season; he’s seen time in 12 games. Williams is a sophomore running back majoring in computer science. I didn’t find any boarding school alumni on the [...]
Read More8 Man Football Keeps Saint Andrews-Sewanee on the Field
You can’t have the South without football, which is why in small towns a couple of scaled down variations of the game keep small high school teams on the field. Six and eight man football is lifeblood of the game throughout the South. The eight man game is now also given life to football at [...]
Read MoreFootball Signing Day: Boarding School Flavor
I can’t find a good, single list of boarding school players who signed today, but I found something close. ESPNBoston has a list of Massachusetts players scheduled to sign today. It lists high school and college with whom they’re signing. It’s missing some of the Western New England schools and looks like it might short [...]
Read MoreLocal Players Find Opportunity in Blue Ridge School Football
The annual rivalry between Blue Ridge School and St. Anne’s-Belfield School earned a storyline on NBC affiliate WVIR this past Thursday (Albermarle Natives Lead Blue Ridge Football). Blue Ridge features three local Albermarle players leading the team Cameron Anderson, Mayn Francisco, and Andre Roberts. Blue Ridge coach Del Smith describes them as “program type players.” [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Impressions of New Hampton School
It has been over a year since I last visited New Hampton School’s campus. The school’s new science center is up and running. Its absolutely beautiful- the labs are fabulous with lots of natural light throughout the building. Teachers and students are all happy, healthy and very involved in the task at hand. This is [...]
Read MoreFive Common Boarding School Myths
There are many boarding school myths, but Baylor addresses the top 5 myths you may have heard when it comes to boarding school.
Read MoreFork Union Alum Anthony Castonzo Distinguishes Himself On and Off the Field
Anthony Costonzo gave up one sack last year- a play during the Boston College Eagles 31-13 loss to North Carolina. A consumate left tackle, Castonzo can beak down his technique and tell you exactly what he did wrong on the play: “I can run it over and over…I know exactly what I did. I stopped [...]
Read MoreThe Academic+Athletic Post Graduate Student Combination Done Right
It’s no secret that the grade improving, transcript burnishing, transcript mills that work to qualify students for NCAA division I athletic programs have been newsmakers of late. The stories leave us all shaking our heads at the complicity and willful ignorance of coaches and schools. On the flip side, competitive men’s basketball and football teams [...]
Read MoreLittle Known World of the Long-Snapper Received Some Boarding School Attention
The little known world of the long-snapper received some boarding school attention. Sam Rogers, a rising senior at Mercersburg Academy recently committed to play football at Syracuse University for Orange coach Doug Marrone. If you’re unfamiliar with the whole notion of long snapping, the long snapper is a specialty position in football that requires the [...]
Read MoreA Few Athletic Stories to Close the Year
With graduation has provided a spate of stories about boarding school athletes and their achievements. Spanning basketball, football, and baseball- the affects, strengths, and lessons of a boarding education runs through the four pieces. The stories also cover some time and history covering the current status of athletes looking beyond their boarding schools and and [...]
Read MoreOhio State’s Jim Tressel Would Make a Great Boarding School Teacher
In a quiet, but very public first (unconfirmed), Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel addresses- in a thoughtful, human, and understanding way- what is, essentially, the ‘third rail’ in college athletics- gay athletes. I’ve seen Tressel’s interview with Outlook Columbus noted at Yahoo Sports and at ESPN.com. Writing for Yahoo Sports, Dan Wetzel captures this [...]
Read MoreAfternoons at Proctor Academy: Many Talents, Many Perspectives
Editor’s note: we’ve covered the benefits & importance of afternoon athletics and activities in several posts. Physical recreation, drama productions, and club meetings provide outlets adding richness and breadth of experience to boarding school students. Kim Hurlbutt of Proctor Academy’s development office contributes this piece presenting Proctor’s thinking on the broadening of afternoon and activities [...]
Read MoreSt. Stanislaus College Takes the Mississippi Class 4A Football Title
Following-up Friday”s post, “Boarding School Playing for the State 4A Mississippi High School Championship,” St. Stanislaus College led by star Dylan Farvre took the Lafayette Commodores 35-16. “…Favre, who owns basically every passing record in state history, threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more to lead St. Stanislaus (14-1, ranked No. 5 in [...]
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