Holy Cross Athletics Newsstand: December 2011
Welcome to the Holy Cross Newsstand, a daily listing with links to stories from around the country on the Crusaders. Here are the stories from December of 2011.
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Falmouth's George Blaney Has Hand in UConn
Huskies Success
December 30, 2011 * By Christopher Kazarian * Falmouth
Enterprise
On the eve of George Blaney's 72nd birthday, the fourth-ranked
Connecticut Huskies gave the longtime men's college basketball
coach a reason to celebrate early—a 70-57 win over Columbia
on Veterans Day to kick off the team's season last month. Over the
past 11 seasons the relatively unassuming Mr. Blaney, who owns a
home in Falmouth Heights with his wife, MaryEllen, has sat opposite
the more fiery Jim Calhoun, serving as the Huskies associate head
coach. . .
Panther pride being felt 13 hours
away
December 29, 2011 * By Tom Skeen * Cincinnati Community
Press
Elder Panther pride rides high on the West Side of Cincinnati, but
it can also be felt at the College of the Holy Cross in
Massachusetts. Senior Ricky Otis and freshmen Ben Coffaro are busy
making plays for The Crusaders on the football field like they did
at The Pit. Otis plays linebacker where he was a starter his junior
and senior year and a special teams player his freshmen and
sophomore seasons. . .
R.J. Evans Back In Connecticut With Holy
Cross
December 19, 2011 * By Don Amore * Hartford
Courant
R.J. Evans wasn't going to let an illness get in the way of
playing against UConn on Connecticut soil. Evans, from Salem and
NFA, was the leading scorer and most effective defender for Holy
Cross, which was blown out by the Huskies, 77-40, at the XL Center.
At halftime, Evan vomited. "He's been coughing," coach Milan Brown
said, "and I asked him if he was OK. He said, 'yeah,' and then he
threw up in a trash can. . .
UConn men's basketball team gets back to
work
December 18, 2011 * By Kevin Duffy * Connecticut
Post
Break time is over. Well, more specifically, UConn's final
exams are done. And that means the pace will pick up quickly for
the ninth-ranked Huskies, who have been idle -- and studying --
since Dec. 8. UConn's last week of non-conference play starts
at 1 p.m. today against longtime foe Holy Cross. The connections
between the two schools, which have met 63 times, are plentiful. .
.
Huskies ready to get back on
court
December 18, 2011 * By David Borges * New Haven
Register
After 10 days of studying for and taking their semester exams
— sprinkled in with a few sporadic practices — the
UConn men’s basketball team returns to the floor Sunday
afternoon. The Huskies host Holy Cross Sunday
(1 p.m., SNY) at the XL Center in Hartford. It’s
the first of just two games UConn has before a brief break for
Christmas, followed three days later by the start of its Big East
season. And the ninth-ranked Huskies (8-1) still have plenty to
sort out during that time. . .
Former local stars in Eastern hoops
matchup
December 18, 2011 * By Rick Armstrong * Beacon
News
This should be one to remember for David Dudzinski and Ryan
Boatright. Their high school basketball teams from Kaneland and
East Aurora never met on the court, but their college teams will
play each other this afternoon. They just had to travel about a
thousand miles from home for the meeting to take place. . .
Evans happy, healthy and coming
home
December 17, 2011 * By Gavin Keefe * New London
Day
R.J. Evans can't imagine life without basketball. He wants to
continue to play for as long as he can. So when a hip flexor injury
forced him to miss the majority of last season at Holy Cross, he
had trouble dealing with the inaction. He broke down in his room
and cried. "I missed the game a lot," Evans said. . .
December 14, 2011 * By Jennifer Toland * Worcester Telegram & Gazette
When Holy Cross sophomore forward Adam Schmidt rolls up the sleeves on his T-shirt, you can see pretty clearly that his right arm has much more muscle development and definition than his left. Schmidt, HC’s leading goal-scorer, was born with an injury to the brachial plexus, the network of nerves that sends signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm and hand. . .
Cox, Holy Cross make their
points
December 7, 2011 * By Allen Lessels * New England Hockey
Journal
Holy Cross made a move in the Atlantic Hockey standings with its
first four-point league weekend of the season, sweeping Canisius at
home by scores of 3-2 and 4-0. The Crusaders climbed a bit to join
a crowded field just behind the top teams in the standings as the
Christmas break approaches. Air Force has parlayed its four-game
winning streak into a three-point lead at the top of the pack and
Mercyhurst, in second place, has a two-point edge on RIT. . .
Light Blue returns home to take on Holy
Cross
December 6, 2011 * By Steven Lau * Columbia
Spectator
Undefeated in last weekend’s Loyola Marymount Centennial
Classic, the Columbia men’s basketball team is looking to
bring its success in California back to its home court when the
Lions (5-4) take on Holy Cross (3-5) tonight in the first of two
games before the holiday break. Over the weekend, the Light Blue
defeated Loyola Marymount 69-61, North Texas 72-57, and La Sierra
78-56 to extend the team’s winning streak to five games. .
.
Student Athletes at Worcester Colleges Give
Back
December 2, 2011 * By Kim Dunbar * Pulse Magazine
The holidays are a time for generosity, but for many local
student-athletes, giving is something they do year round. The Holy
Cross football and men’s lacrosse teams are shining examples.
In 2009, then football co-captains Dominic Randolph and Daryl Brown
recruited more than 50 teammates and snuffed out the Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Central MA/ Metrowest’s two-year waiting list.
Since 2000, the lacrosse team has volunteered with Big Brothers as
the collective “John’s Brothers,” a program
honoring John Price, a lacrosse stand-out who was killed in a train
accident in 2000. . .
