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Post by timholycross on Dec 11, 2020 17:04:20 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 12, 2020 15:49:25 GMT -5
I listened on the radio while driving. The combined USMA and USNA glee clubs sang the National Anthem. Simply tremendous. Very pleased these two Academies are members of the Patriot League with Holy Cross. The Navy Pep Band attended a WBB PLT game at the Hart several years ago. They were several cuts above a typical PL Pep Band. Sharp and crisp.
The President tossed the coin at the start. Navy won the toss...supposedly😉
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Post by timholycross on Dec 12, 2020 16:42:53 GMT -5
I listened on the radio while driving. The combined USMA and USNA glee clubs sang the National Anthem. Simply tremendous. Very pleased these two Academies are members of the Patriot League with Holy Cross. The Navy Pep Band attended a WBB PLT game at the Hart several years ago. They were several cuts above a typical PL Pep Band. Sharp and crisp. The President tossed the coin at the start. Navy won the toss...supposedly😉 The telecast productions nowadays don't do a good job of picking up the band(s) playing. Used to be different placement of microphones, I would guess. "On Brave Old Army Team" and "Anchors Away" deserve to be heard a lot more than we can hear them.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 12, 2020 17:00:03 GMT -5
The Glee Clubs sang a cappella. A female soloist began, was joined by a male soloist and then a beautiful blending of male and female voices from the combined clubs. All or any part of the Holy Cross Choir singing the Anthem or any Holy Cross fight songs at any HC sporting event would be music to my ears after Covid recedes.
Of course even the band is part time now at the Hart so I realize students are very busy.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 12, 2020 17:17:01 GMT -5
The Navy freshman quarterback, Xavier Arline, who had a 60 yard run this half, played at the high school I taught at. He was all American in lax as well as all Long Island in football.as a running QB. He was recruited for both at Navy. Many presumed he would play lax only. I wonder if he will play lax or spring football.
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Post by hc6774 on Dec 12, 2020 17:23:32 GMT -5
I listened on the radio while driving. The combined USMA and USNA glee clubs sang the National Anthem. Simply tremendous. Very pleased these two Academies are members of the Patriot League with Holy Cross. The Navy Pep Band attended a WBB PLT game at the Hart several years ago. They were several cuts above a typical PL Pep Band. Sharp and crisp. The President tossed the coin at the start. Navy won the toss...supposedly😉 for the record the Navy Pep Band are pros, not midshipmen www.usna.edu/USNABand/about.php
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Dec 12, 2020 17:25:49 GMT -5
The Navy freshman quarterback, Xavier Arline, who had a 60 yard run this half, played at the high school I taught at. He was all American in lax as well as all Long Island in football.as a running QB. He was recruited for both at Navy. Many presumed he would play lax only. I wonder if he will play lax or spring football. ? Navy won't be playing FB again in the spring.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 12, 2020 17:30:48 GMT -5
Guess it will be lax then, if anything.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 12, 2020 18:15:58 GMT -5
The Navy freshman quarterback, Xavier Arline, who had a 60 yard run this half, played at the high school I taught at. He was all American in lax as well as all Long Island in football.as a running QB. He was recruited for both at Navy. Many presumed he would play lax only. I wonder if he will play lax or spring football. ? Navy won't be playing FB again in the spring. I assume "spring football" as hchoops stated it, meant "spring practice", not games. Why would they not have that in April?
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Post by hcpride on Dec 12, 2020 20:03:09 GMT -5
/\ Wouldn’t shock me if the starting Navy QB reconsiders playing Attack for Navy Lax. Imagine a frosh doing both (especially considering the positions he plays and the level of competition in both sports) while juggling books and other Academy demands?
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Post by bison137 on Dec 12, 2020 21:25:01 GMT -5
I listened on the radio while driving. The combined USMA and USNA glee clubs sang the National Anthem. Simply tremendous. Very pleased these two Academies are members of the Patriot League with Holy Cross. The Navy Pep Band attended a WBB PLT game at the Hart several years ago. They were several cuts above a typical PL Pep Band. Sharp and crisp. The President tossed the coin at the start. Navy won the toss...supposedly😉 for the record the Navy Pep Band are pros, not midshipmen www.usna.edu/USNABand/about.phpNavy also has a drum and bugle corps that consists of midshipmen. It plays at home football games, plus the Army-Navy basketball games. I have seen them at West Point a couple of times for basketball. Don't know if they were at West Point today but I would think they would have been.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 12, 2020 21:30:39 GMT -5
? Navy won't be playing FB again in the spring. I assume "spring football" as hchoops stated it, meant "spring practice", not games. Why would they not have that in April? Barring a pandemic that greatly exceeds what we have now, they will be playing spring football.
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Post by hc1998 on Dec 14, 2020 9:32:21 GMT -5
Guess it will be lax then, if anything. I believe Navy typically strongly discourages this between academics, training, and commitment to the teams. From what I read it seems like they are going to allow him to try in the spring, it sounded as if his first (athletic) duty may still be to the FB team, but that he could drop in on lacrosse. Curious if the teams are isolated from each other (although I guess not at a service academy) and if somehow COVID could prevent him from doing so. Lax coach is also local to Arline as he is a Sachem grad.
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Post by hcpride on Dec 14, 2020 9:51:04 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 14, 2020 9:54:27 GMT -5
A bridge too far? Hopefully the reason is not a German Panzer Division...again.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 14, 2020 10:12:02 GMT -5
Fwiw Arline chose Navy because he was promised to play both sports. He was more heavily recruited by top lax schools than power football colleges.
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Post by alum on Dec 14, 2020 10:23:32 GMT -5
I love it. I hope he gets to play and play well in both sports.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 14, 2020 10:29:39 GMT -5
Did anyone else notice that Navy had two number 7s ? Arline wore that number on offense, and a defensive back wore it also. Before I saw the defender with a different name on his jersey, I thought Arline was playing both ways. He was a fine DB as well as a running QB in HS.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 14, 2020 10:54:53 GMT -5
Xavier Arline-from the Navy Football Roster
High School / Personal: A 2020 graduate of Shoreham-Wading River High School, Arline was a three-sport athlete who earned letters in basketball (2), football (4) and lacrosse (5) ... also plans to play lacrosse at Navy ... a three-time All-State (N.Y.) and all-county football standout who played both quarterback and cornerback ... First-Team All-State football selection his senior year ... four-time all-county attackman for Shoreham-Wading River’s lacrosse team ... earned All-America, First-Team All-State and First-Team All-Long Island honors in lacrosse his senior year ... member of two Long Island Championship football teams - 2016 (10-2) and 2019 (11-1) ... also led the lacrosse team to the 2019 New York State Championship with an 18-3 record ... also received offers (football and/or lacrosse) from Air Force, Army, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio State and Stony Brook ... high school teammate of Joe Miller who is a junior at the Naval Academy and a member of the lacrosse team ... sister, Jesse, is a senior on the Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team ... father, John, played lacrosse at Delaware (1993-95) ... son of John and Jennifer Arline.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 14, 2020 11:09:30 GMT -5
Other than this, Arline did not do much in HS. Teammate in both sports, Joe Miller, is one of a long line of family members who starred in both sports at Shoreham. I taught one of his brothers.
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Post by rickii on Dec 14, 2020 11:23:03 GMT -5
Did anyone else notice that Navy had two number 7s ? Arline wore that number on offense, and a defensive back wore it also. Before I saw the defender with a different name on his jersey, I thought Arline was playing both ways. He was a fine DB as well as a running QB in HS. Became common several seasons ago. Usually shared #'s with one kid on O and the other on D. By rule, both can't be on the field at the same time.
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Post by joe on Dec 14, 2020 11:32:14 GMT -5
I listened on the radio while driving. The combined USMA and USNA glee clubs sang the National Anthem. Simply tremendous. Very pleased these two Academies are members of the Patriot League with Holy Cross. The Navy Pep Band attended a WBB PLT game at the Hart several years ago. They were several cuts above a typical PL Pep Band. Sharp and crisp. The President tossed the coin at the start. Navy won the toss...supposedly😉 The telecast productions nowadays don't do a good job of picking up the band(s) playing. Used to be different placement of microphones, I would guess. "On Brave Old Army Team" and "Anchors Away" deserve to be heard a lot more than we can hear them. I think it may be spelled “Anchors Aweigh.”
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 14, 2020 12:07:05 GMT -5
Yes-- some analysis from phrases.org.uk
There is some doubt in the public mind as to how this phrase should be spelled. Internet searches for 'anchors away' bring up many thousands of hits. The correct spelling is 'anchors aweigh'. As with other frequently seen misspellings, like 'baited breath' and 'just desserts', the 'away' version does make some intuitive sense. The supposed shout of 'anchors away' fits well with the image of ropes being cast off and the anchor being hoisted as a ship prepares to sail away across the sea. There's some justification for assuming the 'away' spelling, as the first known usage of the term in print comes from John Smith's A Sea Grammar, 1627, in which Smith uses that form:
'What is the Anchor away?'
The meaning of the word was nevertheless not the current 'away - removed to a distance', but rather the 'aweigh - being weighed' meaning.
The word 'aweigh' or, as it was often spelled in early citations, 'a-weigh', is now only used in this little phrase. An anchor that is aweigh is one that has just begun to put weight onto the rope or chain by which it is being hauled up. Sailors were fond of adding 'a' to words to make new ones, for example, 'astern', 'aboard', ashore', 'afloat', 'adrift', 'aground', etc.
T Anchors Aweigh - Film The song Anchors Aweigh was composed by Charles A. Zimmerman in 1906 with lyrics written by Alfred Hart Miles. It was adopted as the official song of the United States Navy:
Stand Navy down the field, sails set to the sky. We'll never change our course, so Army you steer shy-y-y-y. Roll up the score, Navy, Anchors Aweigh. Sail Navy down the field and sink the Army, sink the Army Grey.
Anchors Aweigh was also a popular musical comedy film of 1945, starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.
See other Nautical Phrases.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 14, 2020 12:10:46 GMT -5
Thanks for that clarifying article. Where but here on CROSSPORTS would you run across such a tidbit?
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 14, 2020 12:15:44 GMT -5
Hoops, I see your old h.s. on many d.1 rosters and they obviously have a very good program - but I don't know if HC has had any luck recruiting that school (esp for minor sports where we need help and have $ for women) - how about getting that turned around
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