Holy Cross Athletics Newsstand: September 2011
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Auffant excited to come home and play in
front of family, friends
September 30, 2011 * By Roger Brown * Foster's Daily
Democrat
It'll be Homecoming at the University of New Hampshire this
weekend. Not for UNH, but for Holy Cross running back Sam Auffant.
Auffant grew up up in Hampton and played football for his father,
Ron, at Winnacunnet High School. He spent a year at Phillips
Andover Academy and then flirted with UNH before he chose to attend
Holy Cross. "Coming out of Winnacunnet I had pretty good grades,
but I was right on the border academically with some Patriot League
and Ivy League schools," Auffant explained. . .
UNH football eager to play long-awaited
home opener
September 30, 2011 * By Al Pike * Foster's Daily
Democrat
Kevin Decker has a Gold Helmet, now he wants a blue jersey. The
University of New Hampshire football team can break out the home
uniforms after a month on the road to open the 2011 season. "It
feels like forever," said the senior quarterback, who won the Gold
Helmet Award for his performance in last week's win over Richmond.
. .
UNH plays home opener -
finally
September 30, 2011 * By Allen Lessels * Manchester
Union-Leader
Home again, home again. Finally. “It feels like
forever,” University of New Hampshire senior quarterback and
co-captain Kevin Decker. It just about has been. The Wildcats play
their first home game of the season — and first after five
games in five states from Florida to Ohio since they beat Towson
here on Nov. 20 — on Saturday against Holy Cross at Cowell
Stadium at noon. . .
Wildcats finally ready for home
opener
September 30, 2011 * By Tim O'Sullivan * Concord
Monitor
They've traveled nearly 1,800 miles in the last month, bouncing
from Ohio to Pennsylvania to Virginia. They've played at the Glass
Bowl, Goodman Stadium and Robins Stadium. But now, finally, the
Wildcats return home. A quirky schedule put the University of New
Hampshire football team on the road for its first three games and
then mixed in a bye week, which means that tomorrow's noon-time
game against Holy Cross at Cowell Stadium is actually the home
opener. . .
Home, sweet home
September 30, 2011 * By Brandon Lawrence * The New
Hampshire
After three weeks on the road for the UNH football team, the
Wildcats finally get to see their home turf this Saturday as they
host the Holy Cross Crusaders at Cowell Stadium. UNH
improved to 2-1 after an offensive shootout with Richmond came down
to the wire. The Wildcats defeated the Spiders in Virginia, 45-43
– the first time they picked up a win in Richmond since the
1994 season. Redshirt freshman R.J.
Harris had a career day, pulling in 12 catches for 120 yards and
two touchdowns, propelling UNH to the victory. . .
Under Gilmore, Holy Cross has symbolized
success
September 22, 2011 * By Keith Groller * Allentown Morning
Call
When you talk about consistency in Patriot League football, the
conversation generally begins with Colgate. Since Dick Biddle took
over as coach in Hamilton in 1996 after an 0-11 mark the preceding
season, the Raiders have had just one losing season (4-7 in 2006)
and finished lower than second in the league just twice. Since
1997, Colgate has won the league outright or shared the title six
times. But at this point, Holy Cross definitely deserves to be
included in any conversation about the Patriot League's elite. .
.
Inside College Hockey A-Z: Shayne
Stockton
September 21, 2011 * By Ken McMillan * Inside College
Hockey
Stockton ranked seventh among Atlantic Hockey rookies with 25
points. He had two power play tallies and two game-winners among
his nine goals. Stockton arrived in Worcester, Mass., after three
very productive seasons in Ontario’s Central Junior Hockey
League with the Brockville Braves. He had 26 goals and 54 points in
2007-08, 34 goals and 82 points in 2008-09, and 37 goals and 98
points in 2009-10. . .
Sweet 16: Devin Brown, Holy
Cross
September 20, 2011 * By Matt Bracken * Baltimore
Sun
After final exams in May, the Holy Cross campus in Worcester,
Mass., becomes somewhat of a ghost town. Living in a nearly vacant
college town might be lonely for some. But Crusaders guard Devin
Brown, a second-team All-Patriot League player last season,
wouldn’t have it any other way. “The entire campus
empties,” said Brown, a 2007 City grad. . .
Ex-Spalding Football Players Shine in
Patriot League
September 20, 2011 * By David Driver * Severn
Patch
Older and wiser is a nice term to be connected with. That is
certainly the case for Jimmy Thomas, a life-long Severn resident
who is now a senior linebacker for the football team at Holy Cross
in Worcester, MA. “It is definitely a different role as a
senior,” Thomas, a graduate of Archbishop Spalding High, told
Patch on Monday. . .
Crusaders stay grounded
September 16, 2011 * By Jennifer Toland * Worcester
Telegram & Gazette
Holy Cross running back Reggie Woods played sparingly last year,
spending most of his freshman season on the scout team, but through
his hard work and determination, Woods shot to the top of
HC’s depth chart. “It’s different,” Woods
said. “Everything’s new to me.” Woods had a
couple of long runs in Holy Cross’ season-opening loss to
UMass, but the Crusaders were unable to establish a consistent
rushing threat against the Minutemen. . .
Red Sox Coach Gives Priceless Advice To
Watertown Little Leaguers
September 15, 2011 * By Michael Shapira * Watertown
Patch
Dick Berardino was drafted by the New York Yankees in 1959 as a 22
year old who had led the College of Holy Cross to the NCAA District
One baseball championship a year earlier. Seven years of playing
professional baseball and more than 45 years of coaching experience
have taught Berardino two important lessons. . .
Hard to fathom two-way players
today
September 14, 2011 * By Craig Haley * The Sports
Network
Gordie Lockbaum laughs that he gets the same phone call every
year. And the topic he talks about - a football player contributing
extensively on both offense and defense as a two-way player -
rarely pans out. "I give an interview every summer of a kid who's
going to play both ways," Lockbaum said. . .
Healthy Maliska anchors Holy Cross
defensive line
September 9, 2011 * By Jennifer Toland * Worcester
Telegram & Gazette
Defensive tackle Jack Maliska of Winchendon cracked the Holy Cross
starting lineup last year as a sophomore after a terrific
preseason. He anchored the middle of the Crusaders’ line for
the first six games, continued to make progress, and looked primed
for a fine season. Then, in a Week 6 win over Brown — a game
in which Maliska blocked an extra point — his season came
crashing down when he sprained the medial collateral ligament (MCL)
in his right knee. . .
Under the lights
September 1, 2011 * By Jennifer Toland * Worcester
Telegram & Gazette
Tomorrow night's game against UMass isn't merely circled on Holy
Cross senior cornerback Chandler Fenner's calendar. “It is my
calendar,” Fenner exclaimed. “It's what we've all been
working toward. It's a huge, huge thing.” The Crusaders' 2011
opener against the No. 25 Minutemen — the first night game in
Fitton Field history — certainly has generated a buzz on the
team, around campus and in alumni circles, and HC is hoping to draw
its largest home crowd in years. . .
Holy Cross lights it up with
UMass
September 1, 2011 * By John Connolly * Boston
Herald
History will be made tonight at Fitton Field in Worcester when
Holy Cross hosts in-state rival UMass in the first-ever night
football game played on the Crusaders campus. It marks the 50th
meeting in the series between HC and UMass, which begins a two-year
transition period into the Football Bowl Subdivision and becomes a
football-only member of the Mid-American Conference. . .
