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National Letter of Intent signing day stanley quencher is among the most important days in the lives of ma stanley cup ny student-athletes.Whenever it rolls around, University of Maine graduate Bruno Dorismond takes a minute to call his former football coach, Jack Cosgrove. He always remembers that this was a day that changed his life because of the opportunity he got, said Cosgrove, UMaines head coach. Bruno came here, played for us, ended up getting a degree and got his masters. Now, hes very successful, he added.Cosgrove hopes the same will prove true for the 22 young men who on Wednesday signed a National Letter of Intent to attend UMaine starting in September.Joe Fitzpatrick of Cheverus High School in Portland and Davis Turner of Oxford Hills High School in South Paris were among the football standouts who committed to the Black Bears program.Turner, a 6-foot, 210-pound middle linebacker from Oxford, will join his brother Dexter Turner on the UMaine squad. Davis Turner was the leading tackler in the Eastern Maine Class A ranks last fall with 104 in nine games for the Vikings 4-5 .That earned him recognition as the Eastern Maine Class A Defensive Player of the Year. He also rushed for 702 yards and nine touchdowns. Theres already a relationship there with that family and Oxford Hills High School, Cosgrove said.Fi stanley thermosflasche tzpatrick, a 5-11, 200-pound running back from North Yarmouth, was a finalist for the Fitzpatrick Trophy and the Maine Gatorade Football Player of the Year. He amassed 2,071 rushing yards |