The Bates College football team has played well in first halves this season. Now the Bobcats need to figure out the second half. At halftime of its three games this season, Bates has been in a 0-0 tie with Amherst, trailed Trinity 28-14 (after cutting the deficit to 14-9 with a few minutes left in […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates defense generating buzz of its own
Defensive back Jon Lindgren had a team-high 12 tackles in Bates’ season-opening loss to Amherst. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College) The Bates College football team’s new offense received the most buzz leading up to the start of the 2018 season, the first under head coach Malik Hall. All the attention was justified. Of all the changes in […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates swimming well at Division III championships
The Bates College swimming and diving program had a successful start to the NCAA Division III championships at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. The women’s 200-yard medley relay team placed 10th Wednesday, and the men’s 200 medley relay placed 12th. The swimmers involved in those relays all earn Honorable Mention All-America status. Janika Ho (backstroke), […]
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Bobcat Beat: Softball team hungry for more after Florida success
The Bates College softball team had a nice time in Florida last week, going 9-3 during a six-days-in-12-days stretch. It was great, coach McKell Barnes said, but dominance in the Sunshine State isn’t the goal for the 2018 Bobcats. They want to peak when the NESCAC season rolls around. “What we did down in Florida, […]
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Bobcat Beat: New Gloucester's Woods 25th at Nordic nationals
New Gloucester’s Kaelyn Woods, a sophomore at Bates College, finished 25th out of 40 skiers in the women’s classical technique race at the NCAA National Collegiate Ski Championships on Thursday in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Woods completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 45.9 seconds. Her showing is Bates’ highest at the national championships in three […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates women gearing up for NESCAC season
Bates College’s Melanie Binkhorst looks to the basket past Husson University’s Sami Ireland as she shoots the ball during the game at Bates College last weekend. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Nor rain, nor sleet, nor bomb cyclone … The Bates College women’s basketball team held a practice Thursday morning, despite the weather that shut down a […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates football hope tough times make for brighter future
In Bates’ season-ending 35-14 loss to Hamilton last week, a tie game at halftime turned into a three-touchdown deficit within the matter of one quarter. It was an uncomfortably familiar turn of fate for the 2017 Bobcats. “One of the things I mentioned to the team Monday in our last meeting is that there’s obviously […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates football wants to finish on high note
Bates defensive back Jon Lindgren flies to attempt to make a tackle during the Bobcats’ win over Bowdoin last week. Lindgren was named NESCAC defensive player of the week. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) The CBB trophy now claimed, it’s time for the Bates College football team to finish on a high note. “We’re rolling now. […]
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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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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 […]