National Championship selects.
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Men’s hockey prepares for the National Championship with Hockey East contests, Frozen Fenway, and the Beanpot.
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More Sweet 16 photos from Graham Beck along with football, soccer, and hockey.
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A collection of basketball photos from Heights editor Graham Beck including shots from the Sweet 16 at TD Garden and BC Basketball against Clemson and Duke.
A collection of Heights editor Graham Beck’s top photos from this year including the Beanpot, the National Championship, football, basketball, baseball, and soccer.
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BREAKING: Harris Permanently Dismissed From Football Team
By Greg Joyce, Sports Editor
Boston College’s all-time leading rusher, Montel Harris, will not be suiting up in the maroon and gold next fall, after he was permanently dismissed from the football team today. Head coach Frank Spaziani made the announcement in a statement.
“Montel Harris has been permanently dismissed from our football team due to a repeated violation of team rules,” Spaziani said. “We are grateful for his contributions the past four seasons and will support him in completing his degree requirements and in his future pursuits.”
Harris’ status for the fall was up in the air, after his battle with a reoccurring knee injury. The Jacksonville-native had been sidelined for the entirety of spring football, trying to avoid another setback with his left knee. Harris underwent arthroscopic knee surgery last August to try to repair his knee, but went down just a month later after he re-aggravated his injury.
In his three-plus seasons on the Heights, Harris ran for 3,735 yards, and if he had been able to play this fall, he could have had the chance to break Ted Brown’s ACC rushing record.
A combination of Deuce Finch, Andre Williams, and Tahj Kimble will now be depended upon heavily in the backfield for BC, as they were for much of last season when Harris was out with the injury.
(Photos by Graham Beck / Heights Editor)
On Saturday, The Heights got the chance to follow around senior captain Anthony Melchionda in his pregame routine before Boston College’s game against Wake Forest. The Eagles went on the win the game 6-1, and swept the weekend series.
“I think we’re used to it. Even though we had some [seniors] this year I think we’re all used to the youth. I think what it’s going to enable—and the biggest thing I’m trying to get from these guys— is that I’ve got to have leadership. There’s got to be a step, someone or more than one, taking the team and being a leader and taking ownership of this team. Not the coaches telling you everything that has to happen. Somewhere for us to be a great team that locker room has to take ownership and they’ve got to take this to the next level. If you can do it as sophomores, then holy cow, will that help you as juniors and seniors. Once again, it may be more difficult next year because we don’t have that leadership and that older guy that helps you, but I think in the long run we make look back, and I believe this, you’ll say that really makes us great now because they went through all this stuff as younger kids.”
“We didn’t name a captain last year, and I think I’ll wake up one day and I’ll know it or they’ll know it. We don’t know it yet, and that’s just part of our issue right now. It’s just a unique team since nobody’s been through it yet. I don’t feel like anybody’s ready to do it if they’re being honest. They don’t feel like they’re secure enough in themselves to lead and serve the others when they’re still worried about themselves, and I understand that. It may happen over the next six months and it may not, but it’s going to happen. We’re going to constantly challenge them to take that and we’ll get somebody, we will.”
— Coach Donahue on the lack of upperclassmen given Matt Humphrey’s departure and his squad’s current lack of a captain.