Crim: Marcolla’s experience at Notre Dame Football Fantasy Camp ‘everything I imagined and more’

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | June 17, 2024
Quincy's Rich Marcolla, right wearing No. 54, goes through pre-game stretches prior to the Blue-Gold Game at the end of the University of Notre Dame Football Fantasy Camp recently held in Notre Dame, Ind. | Submitted photo

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — It has been 40 years since Rich Marcolla last tossed on a pair of shoulder pads and strapped on a football helmet to play linebacker for St. John Vianney High School in suburban St. Louis. He, like many of the students at the all-boys Catholic college preparatory school, was a fan…

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Keeping everybody on their Tippy Toes: Williams uses family dog to help make Notre Dame his college choice

By David Adam, MRN Editor | December 17, 2022
Aneyas Williams adjusts a Notre Dame hat on his head while holding Tippy Toes, the family dog, following the announcement of his college commitment on Friday night in Korf Gym in Hannibal, Mo. At left are his mom, Sarah Williams, and his brother, James Branch II. At right is his sister, Olivia Williams. | Photo courtesy of Mathew Kirby

HANNIBAL, Mo. — A plastic baggie filled with marshmallows helped keep quiet the biggest secret in Hannibal a little bit longer. Aneyas Williams, the No. 1 all-purpose back in the 2024 recruiting class according to Rivals.com, and Tippy Toes, the family dog dressed like a leprechaun, combined to announce Williams’ decision to attend the University…

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