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...real story for the Harvard defense is the player who leads Fried in both of those categories. Balestracci, the true freshman from nearby New Bedford, Mass., leads the Crimson in tackles (80) and interceptions (3). Last week against Penn, Balestracci broke the record of Isaiah Kacyvenski '00 for most tackles in a season by a rookie. For a team that lost its defensive leader in Kacyvenski last year, Balestracci has shown that he can step in and fill those big shoes...
...product of New Bedford, Mass., Balestracci was tabbed as a can't-miss prospect almost before he played his first high school game...
...Bedford's Favorite...
...After living in Dartmouth, Mass. all his life, Balestracci broke the hearts of his friends and neighbors--not to mention those of the coaches at the local high school--when his family moved to nearby New Bedford the summer before he entered the ninth grade...
...Balestracci insists he never dated his school's head cheerleader while he attended New Bedford High, but for all intents and purposes, he was the big man on campus...