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[Ship69]

I think Ship's acceptance rate is in the 80-some percent rate these days, and I'm sure most other PASSHE schools are probably about the same. They were...

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Dean was definitely not an athlete. I read a bio on him once — appeared he had a tough childhood. He kept a fairly low profile although he wrote for...

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Jeanne Shaheen, who was Jeanne Bowers when she attended Ship. She also was the first female governor of New Hampshire. There was another guy wandering...

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A drop in the percentage of state support, increasing cost of college, and the increasing cost of life in general have over the years turned college from...

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Well, my wish is that she's good for the entire conference. There are a lot of land mines in college sports these days....

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Thanks for the heads up. Sounds as if she has the requisite experience and a lot of familiarity with the conference. Didn't know Charles Patterson was...

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They're on the schedules this year, but their results won't count in the standings. It will be at least a year or two beyond 2026 before they become eligible...

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Not a bad idea. If the team isn't going well, you can head to the tailgate area for a brew....

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I went down to a DC United game when Wayne Rooney was playing there. It was a nice little stadium and good fun. Rooney scored two goals, one on a penalty...

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When I was working at a small-town newspaper in the '70s and early '80s and covering local high school sports (along with the school board and several...

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I think the legislative vote made the prevailing sentiment crystal clear. The PIAA either represents the will of the vast majority of its membership,...

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It is not a major sport at the high school level. Basketball would get 10 times the attendance of baseball at most high schools....

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That's pretty much true. I go to a few games up at Ship most years. You get even fewer parents than at high school games because of the driving distance....

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The portal hits everyone. It's sad to see money creeping in at the D2 level, but it was inevitable. That's going to make it harder to build back up once...

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Very few people other than parents (when they can get off work) and scouts go high school baseball games at most schools. I covered enough of them to...

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Exactly....