SOMERVILLE, MA — Ryan McDonald’s 15-yard touchdown with 9:04 remaining rallied Tufts to a 12-7 win over Bates in a rainy NESCAC defensive struggle on Saturday. Trailing 6-0, the Bobcats (0-2) took their first and only lead of the game when Sandy Plashkes connected with Brian Daly on a 30-yard touchdown pass with 11:58 left in the […]
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Bobcat Beat: Football sees encouraging signs in tough season-opening loss
Many of the mistakes Bates head football coach Mark Harriman saw in his team’s 38-7 season-opening loss at Trinity last Saturday were typical of a young team and thus correctable. The tough assignment for Harriman, his staff and the Bobcats is to correct those mistakes before this Saturday, when they hit the road again to […]
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H.S. roundup: Oxford Hills/Buckfield football falls to Portland, 36-7
PORTLAND — Oxford Hills/Buckfield dropped its second straight football game Saturday evening in a 36-7 loss to Portland. A 20-yard touchdown pass from Issiah Bachelder to Ethan Hoyt, and a safety from an Oxford Hills snap that went out of the end zone gave the Bulldogs a 9-0 lead. That was bumped up to 16-0 […]
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College football: Bantams too much for Bobcats, 38-7
HARTFORD, Conn. — Darrien Myers racked up 234 total yards and caught three touchdown passes to lead Trinity College to a 38-7 win over Bates College in the New England Small College Athletic Conference opener Saturday. Bates, which hasn’t beaten Trinity since 1979, led 7-0 after sophomore quarterback Sandy Plashkes’ 3-yard TD run 2:10 into […]
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College football: Bobcats bring EL alum Emerson home to start college coaching career
LEWISTON — Few newly-minted college graduates have compiled the football coaching resume Spencer Emerson had even before he picked up his degree in sociology from the University of Maine last spring. Nevertheless, the Edward Little High School graduate had an inkling he’d still have some dues to pay if he wanted to continue coaching. So […]
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Bates football preview
Head coach: Mark Harriman (19th year) Last year: 2-6, tied 6th in NESCAC, CBB champions. Offensive leaders: Seniors — Tyler Janssen, RB; Ryan Spillane, RB; James Fagan, C; Mitch Hildreth, T; Juniors — Brian Daly, WR; Noah Stebbins, WR; Frank Williams, Slot; Mickoy Nichol, Slot; Sean Lovett, T; Dylan Rasch, G. Sophomores — Sandy Plashkes, […]
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Men’s soccer: Bates speeds past UMF
But Opoku made it count twice, scoring two goals in a row as the Bobcats opened up on the Beavers with a 3-0 victory at Garcelon Field on Wednesday night. The Beavers were forced into a defensive posture for most of the game thanks to the Bobcats’ ball handling and passing. Opoku broke the ice […]
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Bates adds three to golf coaching staff
AUBURN — When Robert Flynn retired in 2015 after 18 years at the helm, the Bates College Bobcats were in search for a new golf coach for both their men’s and women’s programs. Flynn, who held multiple roles in the athletic department at Bates including head baseball coach, assistant football coach and the head ski […]
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School nurses dealing with trauma, STDs, language barriers
LEWISTON — The seminars sounded like they belonged in a major city hospital: “Serving English Learners,” “You Are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention,” and “Hemophilia and Von Willebrand Disease.” At Bates College in Lewiston this week, they weren’t meant for medical students or hospital specialists, but for school nurses. “I think the average person […]