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Welcome to Daniel Boone Day!
On June 7, 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first saw the forests and valleys of present-day Kentucky. For more than a century, the Kentucky Historical Society has celebrated June 7 as "Boone Day."
Born on November 2, 1734, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Daniel Boone spent much of his youth hunting and trapping on the North Carolina frontier.* By the late 1760s, Boone had ventured into the Cumberland Gap region, which was little known to whites. Although the westward opening in the Appalachian Mountains had been identified by Virginian explorer Thomas Walker in 1750, the French and Indian War discouraged exploration and settlement of the Kentucky territory. After the war, lacking the manpower or resources to protect their empire's trans-Appalachian frontier, the British prohibited westward migration. Boone was among the many settlers who ignored the Crown's ban.
In 1775, Boone worked with Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company to establish a trail through the Cumberland Gap. With some thirty associates, he constructed the Wilderness Road, which soon became white settlers' primary route to the West. Just months after its completion, Boone's wife and daughters traveled the new thoroughfare to the new settlement of Boonesborough, becoming the first Anglo-American women to settle in Kentucky.
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Analyzing Tommy Devito's road to becoming a 2016 Elite 11 quarterback (nj.com; Hunt)
In light of Syracuse quarterback commit Tommy DeVito being named a member of the 2016 Elite 11, NJ.com reached out to Bleacher Report national football recruiting analyst Tyler Donohue, who covered the event in its entirety, for analysis of the performance that got DeVito to The Opening Finals.
Tommy was exactly who we saw on Friday and Saturday, one of the best guys out there. And again, I think if you strip away the preconceived notions with him, and kind of the star rankings and all the stuff that goes with the label of being a blue chip, and you just put all the guys out there without any name tags and you didn't know who they were. And then someone asked you to pick the five best dudes from this weekend, I think Tommy might be in that group. I personally would probably point to him. And it just comes down to the fact that he is attacking downfield constantly and he has zero hesitation. A lot of these guys are thinking a lot about what they have been told from the coaching staff and they are trying to put it in place.
And it's never easy to translate that fluidly into your physical motion from when you are thinking so much mentally. But he's a guy who I didn't see any detachment. It was he was thinking, he was throwing, he was doing it at the same time and I know that he felt very confident walking off the field yesterday that he stated his case for Elite 11 inclusion. And if he does so, again, he was the lowest ranked guy in composite ranking according to 247sports coming into this event. So I assume it'll be an underdog story.
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Michigan RB/DB target Allen Stritzinger shows speed in track, has Syracuse high on list (mlive.com; Purcell)
Although track and field and football are two different sports, watchingWarren De La Salle junior Allen Stritzinger compete in both of them is essentially the same since all he does is run away from opponents.
As a running back and defensive back in football, Strizinger is difficult to run down once he gets into the secondary. On Saturday at the Division 1 track and field state championships in Hudsonville, he put his speed to good use by capturing all-state honors in the 110 hurdles with a sixth-place finish and a time of 14.60.
"It's a workout for football," Stritzinger said of running the hurdles. "It's something that gets me prepared for the football season but I'm still going to compete in it because I love this sport just as much as I love football. It's a fun activity for me to be doing while football isn't going on."
In football, Stritzinger is a three-star recruit according to 247Sports and he currently holds 13 offers. Currently, his only Big Ten offer is from the University of Michigan while schools like Syracuse and Western Michigan are also the list.
"It's a tremendous honor and a blessing to have that offer," Stritzinger said. "Being recruited by coach (Tyrone) Wheatley, it's a great deal (with) him being from the area and me and him keeping contact like we do. It's a fun thing."
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The ACC's hired a ton of good coaches. How will Virginia's Bronco Mendenhall stack up? (sbnation.com; Connelly)
UVA upgraded by bringing on a coach who had better teams than the Cavaliers did, and he did it without being in a power conference. But the conference is upgrading all over the place. This is Bill C's daily preview series, working its way through every 2016 team.
1. An intriguing experiment
Bronco Mendenhall is a very good coach, probably the second-best BYU has ever had.
It appeared this was a coaching marriage gone stale. Mendenhall didn't know what else he could do to move the program forward through independence, and at some point BYU administration was going to get tired of only beating mediocre and bad teams.
Mendenhall welcomed Virginia's advances, and BYU got a chance to start over.
2016 projected wins: 5.1
Projected S&P+ ranking: 68 (13 in ACC)
5-year recruiting ranking: 48 (10 in ACC)
Biggest strength: A new offensive coordinator inherits quite a few interesting pieces.
Biggest question mark: How long will it take Mendenhall to put together the 3-4 defense he wants?
Biggest 2016 game: At win at UConn (Sept. 17) would likely mean a 3-1 start and a shot at bowl eligibility into November. A win at Virginia Tech (Nov. 26) would be the quickest route to new coach acceptance.
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Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2016 announced (cnycentral.com; Staff)
On Monday, the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame announced the eight inductees into the Class of 2016, the 30th class to be inducted into the Hall.
This year's class is headlined by Ed Brophy, a Canastota native who founded and is the Executive Director of the Boxing Hall of Fame, Ray Seals, a former NFL defensive end, Matt Palumb, former standout Syracuse lacrosse goalie, and Suzy Whaley, who is slated to become the first woman president of the PGA of America in 2018.
Also included in the class is Bob Campese, former Henninger high school standout athlete, Bob Hayes, one of the most decorated coaches in the Parochial League, Billy McBride, who played six years in the Canadian Football League, and Buddy Wleklinski, former CBA star athlete, coach and athletic director.
With these eight new members, there has been a total of 224 men and women inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame since their first induction in 1987. The Hall of Fame dinner and Induction Ceremony will be held on Monday, October 17th at 7 p.m. at the Oncenter.
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