Word: balestraccis
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Perhaps it’s a bit too soon to proclaim the void left by Dante Balestracci ’04 “filled...
...team. Even in the second half, as Harvard staged its comeback, there was reason for concern. The Crimson mounted up 104 yards in penalties, including one that negated an acrobatic touchdown pass from Fitzpatrick to junior fullback Kelly Widman. And while the secondary play improved dramatically, Bears receiver Thomas Balestracci dropped two very catchable passes, one of which would have gone for a touchdown and could have turned the momentum back in Brown’s favor...
...wide receiver Brian Edwards is tops in Division I-AA football in punt return average with 43.5 yards per game on the strength of his 87-yard touchdown return last weekend against Holy Cross....This will be the second week straight that the Crimson shares the field with a Balestracci not named Dante. Thomas Balestracci, the younger brother of former Harvard captain Dante ’04, will start at flanker for the Bears. The roster of the Crimson’s previous opponent, Holy Cross, boasts middle child Mark Balestracci, a defensive back....Tomorrow’s game conflicts...
Blame a lot of that pursuit on senior linebacker Bobby Everett. Last year, Everett made opponents pay for focusing their coverage on the more-heralded Balestracci. And Saturday he seemed to be everywhere at once, driving a scrambling O’Neil out of bounds or lunging over sprawled offensive linemen to recover that Williamson-induced fumble...
Watching the game, it was clear this defense was tired of no-contact scrimmages and blocking drills. They were hungry to punish the competition and ready to erase all doubts about filling the Balestracci void...