CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The defending NCAA champion Bates College women’s rowing team didn’t repeat as Women’s Collegiate Eights champions on Sunday at the 51st Head of the Charles, but the Bobcats still performed like the No. 1 team in Division III. Bates’ first varsity eight placed third overall and Bates’ second varsity eight took sixth […]
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College Football: Bates rally falls short at Wesleyan
For the third consecutive week, Bates football had possession with a chance to win or tie at the end of regulation Saturday. Again, the Bobcats couldn’t cash in. Justin Sanchez picked off Patrick Dugan with a minute to go, preserving Wesleyan’s 24-16 victory at Andrus Field in Middletown, Conn. Bates (0-4) hasn’t beaten Wesleyan since […]
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College Football: Bates comes up just short at Williams
Another week, another heartbreaking finish for Bates football. The Bobcats drove inside the Williams 30-yard line in the final minute Saturday, but the Ephs’ second sack of the day turned it over on downs and sealed a 16-14 NESCAC victory in Williamstown, Mass. Williams (2-1) defeated Bates (0-3) for the first time since 2010. Defense […]
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College Football: Falmouth’s Cooleen shines as Tufts rallies past Bates
LEWISTON — Close losses have been a part of Bates’ football revival, but few of those defeats have been more heartbreaking than the 17-16 verdict the Bobcats let slip away to Tufts on Saturday afternoon at Garcelon Field. Bates saw a two-touchdown lead evaporate in the third quarter, then fumbled away what would have been the […]
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College Football: Bates can’t slow down NESCAC champion Amherst
LEWISTON — After three successful seasons with defense as it calling card, Bates College football simply is asking the young group charged with carrying on that tradition to get better from now through November. The Bobcats accomplished that Saturday, even if it was not immediately tangible on the scoreboard that overlooks Garcelon Field after a 37-14 […]
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Bates football preview: Bobcats riding crest of historical winning wave
LEWISTON — Bates College receiver Mark Riley knows that he and 11 fellow seniors are blessed among football players in school history. All they’ve known are home games on beautiful, new artificial turf in front of glistening bleachers, and seasons with a winning percentage of .500 or better. How rare is the air where Riley and […]
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Women’s soccer: Lewiston’s Hamel a success story at UNE
But the former Lewiston High School standout has come a lot further in her soccer career with the Nor’Easters. Hamel and her UNE teammates faced off against Bates College in an early season showdown of two winning teams Tuesday at Russell St. field. The Nor’Easters legged out a 2-0 win to hand the Bobcats their […]
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Class C baseball championship: Mitch Lorenz, Gavin Bates charge up Saints’ title hopes
AUBURN — One of the standard questions when a baseball team is scouting its opponent in a state championship game is, “Yeah, but have they used up their ace?” Technically, Saint Dominic Academy did. Mike Bryant went the distance Wednesday night in a 5-1 victory over Winthrop for the Class C West title, meaning that he […]