LEWISTON — Kevin Davis wasn’t quite ready for the change-up when he enrolled at Bates College. Originally recruited to play football at Bates, the North Andover, MA native and three-sport star at St. John’s prep didn’t want to make a change of pace and limit himself to just one sport in college. So shortly after […]
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College Baseball: Bobcats have unity, talent to take on NESCAC
LEWISTON — Bates coach Mike Leonard isn’t surprised his team has picked itself up from an 0-6 start to start the season and won five of its last six. Unfortunately, the Bobcats have faced much deeper off-the-field adversity. The deaths of classmate John Durkin and Kobe Huynh, a 14-year-old Auburn Middle School student they had […]
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College lacrosse: Bobcats rally comes up short in home-opener
LEWISTON — In terms of quantity of shots, Bates couldn’t have asked for more in its lacrosse home opener Saturday against a possession-oriented team like NESCAC rival Trinity. The Bobcats outshot the Bantams, 58-27 (26-16 on goal), but goalkeeper Mickey Zaverucha stood tall in net, turning aside 19 to secure Trinity’s first win of the […]
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College lacrosse: Cappellini, Bobcats make noise in second half
Cappellini drew iron on a possible game-tying shot at halftime, but nothing but net on three second-half goals to lead Bates College’s nine-goal outburst in a 12-8 win over Wesleyan University in a New England Small College Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse clash Saturday at Garcelon Field. Cappellini, a sophomore, finished with a game-high five goals […]
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Huddle Up: Boy’s impact on Bobcats won’t fade
All it takes is one photograph of Kobe Huynh with the Bates baseball team to know this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. The picture is from Kobe’s first and only meeting with the Bobcats. In the foreground is the beaming face of Huynh, a vivacious 14-year-old boy from Auburn. In the background, looking […]
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Father of Bates College student defends son, waits for autopsy results
Italian police are continuing to investigate the death of 21-year-old Bates College junior John Durkin, hoping autopsy and toxicology results expected Tuesday will provide insight into what happened in Rome early Thursday morning. According to the news outlet Roma Today, a camera shows Durkin, a linebacker and captain of the Bobcats’ football team, walking alone […]
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Bates College mourns death of junior John Durkin
The Bates College community is reeling, mourning the death of one of its students. John Durkin, 21, of Rye Beach, N.H., died Thursday in Rome while on an exchange program through Trinity College of Connecticut. He had last been seen around 2:30 a.m. Thursday in Campo de’ Fiori, a historic square lined with pubs popular […]
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Bantams put lid on Bobcats
LEWISTON — By the time the Bates College men’s basketball team began playing its best Friday night, the Bobcats were already in a sizable hole. Bates started to play with some urgency late in the game and got the deficit down to 10 but it wasn’t enough to overcome a strong performance by Trinity in […]
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Colleges: Bates women’s hoop blasts RPI
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Senior Meredith Kelly led five Bobcats in double figures with 21 points as Bates College women’s basketball beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 68-51, at the Williams Classic on the campus of Williams College in Chandler Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon. The Bobcats (7-5) captured an early 10-2 lead in the contest and held a […]
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For survivor, fire just one blow in depressing year
LEWISTON — From apartment fires to a broken foot to biting dogs, it was too much for Adriana Garcia. “I just want my life back,” she said. “And I’m trying, but I don’t know how. It’s hard.” Garcia had returned to her 172 Bates St. apartment April 29 from a doctor’s appointment. She’d broken her […]