LEWISTON — The Bates College men’s basketball team is out to prove this season that it’s not about the size of the Bobcat in the fight, but the size of the fight in the Bobcat. That is to say, the Bobcats will be lacking size this year. Among the six seniors that Bates graduated last […]
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College football: Bates beats Bowdoin, claims fourth straight CBB title
Bates College players celebrate after defeating Bowdoin College in Lewiston on Saturday, securing a fourth consecutive CBB title. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) LEWISTON — The Bates College football team claimed its fourth consecutive CBB title by defeating Bowdoin 24-17 at Garcelon Field on Saturday. It’s the first time Bates has won four straight Colby-Bates-Bowdoin titles, […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates football has sights set on CBB
Bates’ Mickoy Nichol fights for yards against a pair of Colby defenders during the Bobcats win over the Mules on Saturday. (Dean Denis photo) When Colby tied the game early in the fourth quarter, Bates football coach Mark Harriman said his team didn’t stress. “I think it was business as usual,” Harriman said. Only 37 […]
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Bobcat Beat: Optimism for final third of football season
The Bates College football team now reaches the second part of its season. The first part was cruel to the Bobcats. They went 0-6 and were outscored 43.3 point per game to 14.1. Bates knew its schedule was front-loaded, and entered the season hoping for better results than it achieved. That didn’t happen. Now the […]
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Local roundup: Middlebury halts Bates field hockey's hot streak
LEWISTON — The Bates College field hockey team continued its roll through October into Saturday’s game, but Middlebury broke though and defeated the Bobcats, 6-3, at Campus Avenue Field. Bates, ranked 20th in the nation, jumped out to a 2-0 lead Saturday against second-ranked Middlebury, but the Panthers exploded for four goals in the second […]
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College football: Middlebury roughs up Bates
LEWISTON — Bates again allowed 500 yards and again found itself on the losing end of a NESCAC football game Saturday at Garcelon Field. Middlebury lost starting quarterback Jared Lebowitz in the second quarter, but still racked up 530 yards of offense en route to a 43-14 win. It’s the third straight game the Bobcats’s […]
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PHOTOS: Bates men's soccer falls to Bowdoin, 2-1
Bates College’s Nate Merchant hustles to keep control of the ball as Bowdoin’s Jake Stenquist keeps the pace during Sunday afternoon’s soccer game at Bates College.Bowdoin’s Wilson MacMillan and Bates College’s Eric Opoku both rush the ball during Sunday evening’s soccer match-up at Bates College.
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Bobcat Beat: Bates football improving; field hockey makes presence known
Taylor Lough (11) of Bates College carries the ball down the field during a game against UMF earlier this season. Lough was named NESCAC Player of the Week this week. Bates football coach Mark Harriman says the final scores haven’t been indicative of the progress the Bobcats have made this season. Take this past Saturday’s […]
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Bates football lets halftime lead slip away against Wesleyan
MIDDLETON, Conn. — The Bates College football team held a halftime lead for the first time this season Saturday. The second half didn’t go quite so well for the Bobcats, though, as they fell 41-23 to Wesleyan. Grant DeWald kicked a career-long 43-yard field goal to put Bates up 23-21 with 26 seconds left in […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates football seeks four quarters of consistency
Bates College defender Jon Lindgren (19) hauls down Tufts University receiver Joe Nault during their game on Garcelon Field at Bates College in Lewiston on Saturday, Sept. 30. Also pursuing the play are Bates defenders Max Breschi (47), Jack Maritz (89) and Collin Richardson (60). The Bates College football team has started the season with […]