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...Saturday morning at Koehler Fieldhouse, Penn. Among the highlights for the Crimson was sophomore Louis Caputo, who finished No. 2 at 184 pounds. Senior Bode Ogunwole, Harvard’s heavyweight wrestler, defaulted out of the tournament after two matches to prepare for the NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) All-Star Match tomorrow. “Bode just wanted to get some warm-up matches before that, so after he finished the first two matches he dropped out of the tournament to make sure he didn’t get hurt,” said junior Robbie Preston, who placed...
This year, Fraser’s name made the initial 43-man list, and he soon found himself in upstate New York, playing alongside top performers from across the country against all-star squads from Finland and Sweden...
...senior with the most experience—as the favorite, he will be challenged by freshman Kyle Richter, of Calgary, Alb. Richter played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, where he set a record for minutes played in a season and also competed on the league All-Star Team. Both coach and teammates are already singing Richter’s praises. “Kyle has a chance to be a big-time goaltender and has a chance to compete for the starting job from day one,” Donato says. “[He has] good size, great...
...preseason polls are dumb.How can a team be properly evaluated before it has played a down? If games were played on paper, the Yankees would have swept the Tigers, and if players’ values were so easily projected from their vitals, Darius Miles would be an All-Star. Or an Oscar winner. In college especially, where the team’s composition by nature changes dramatically every year, these first forecasts are silly.It wouldn’t be so problematic if voters had the ingenuity or inclination to start from scratch in composing their rankings each week. Instead, they...
...Harvard, mediocrity is nothing short of unacceptable—even on Saturday night. So chug, party all-star: that glib yet strapping Spee-man from philosophy section seems to be climbing the ladder to social success faster than...