Beaver Dragon

"To Beat The Beaver" is the highly detailed and personal biography of Harmon “Beaver” Dragon, a New England Hall of Fame driver.

One of the best ever out of Vermont, Dragon was NASCAR North champ in 1979 and ’80 and made numerous Grand National starts.

Teacher, motorsports journalist and a racing history buff, author Bill Ladabouche packs the 400-plus pages with photography from coupe and coach days, through NASCAR North, and up to the current American-Canadian Tour.

420 pages, black and white photos.

Coach David Arseneault

David Arseneault has been the Men’s Basketball Coach at Grinnell College, in Grinnell, IA, since 1989. In 1992, he began an experimentation process with an up-tempo style of play that has evolved into a unique creation known as “The System”. This frenetic playing style has allowed his Pioneers to capture eleven national scoring championships and four Midwest Conference titles since 1996.

At the request of numerous coaches, Arseneault wrote a book on his system entitled, The Running Game – A Formula For Success (Reedswain, Inc 1997). He also produced two videos with Championship Productions. The first was produced in 1997 and described the rationale for creating “The System”, as well as the basic strategies that need to be employed to meet the system’s five goals each game. The second video was produced in 2004 and served to assist “system-coaches” as they looked to evolve and counter different opponent strategies.

A graduate of Colby College (1976), Arseneault resides in Grinnell with his wife, Ellie (married in 1978). They have two children, David (born in 1986) and Jennie (born in 1988).

http://davidarseneaultproductions.info/

Vermont Frost Heaves

Last night I had the opportunity to watch the 2009-2010 Vermont Frost Heaves. It was a pre-season game versus Manchester (NH). The Millrats defeated Vermont 138-116 on some incredible shooting. (Vermont cut the Millrats lead to 8 at halftime.)

I suppose one difficult thing about being a fan, or coach, of the Vermont Frost Heaves is the turnover from year to year. With Coach Voigt now with the NBA D-League Bakersfield Jam and John Bryant no longer on the Heaves roster, this year's team is not only new again; but also molding to a new identity.

Coach Strohm has assembled a team that is prepared to compete. I have the utmost confidence, as a basketball fan, that the coaching staff of Vermont is going to give the fans of Vermont a terrific season.

Though the Heaves begin a long stretch to open the season on the road, mark your calendar for Feb. 2nd's home opener!

Go Heaves Go!

indianapolis colts

How the Colts "chose" to lose was a slap in the face of football history. I'm not saying that the Colts organization did not believe in the capabilities of their second string. But to pull, arguably, the greatest quarterback in the game leading only 15-10 in the 3rd quarter ... a mockery; the Indianapolis Colts just cheated football fans!

Thank you!

Tracy Murray, Coach Bill Yoast, Chelsea Dunham, Christian Avard, Brad Milligan, Mike Bowers & Rob Brendle ... AWESOME! Thanks all.

Happy New Year!