Growing up in Illinois, Mason Petrino used to be certain his collegiate future would happen on a soccer pitch. Of course, he also knew the family business was also certain to come calling.
Chris Sarbaugh is usually the one dishing out assists to teammates. With 10 seconds remaining in Saturday night’s Big Sky Conference contest against Portland State, Nate Sherwood took it upon himself to dish something out to his senior point guard — advice.
Knowing the same struggle his fellow scout-team member endures as a young player adjusting to Division-I basketball, Skyler White made a habit Friday night to give Jake Straughan a special shout-out every time the local product splashed in a 3-pointer.
Paul Petrino can comb through his resume at the receivers position and roll off names such as Harry Douglas and Roddy White from his one season as receivers coach with the Atlanta Falcons.
