LEWISTON — Ciaran Bardong and Morgan Dewdney scored second-half goals to push the Bates (1-0) past UMaine-Farmington (1-2) in men’s soccer action Wednesday. Bardong scored from Peder Bakken with 25:41 left in regulation. Six minutes later, Dewdney and Sam Huebschmann went for a header off a pass from from Liam Goldfarb. Dewdney connected for the […]
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New-look Bobcats embracing new era of Bates College football
Bates College quarterback Brendan Costa works with offensive coordinator Custavious Patterson at the Lewiston college on Sunday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The new era of Bates College football has a new outfit. The Bobcats unveiled their new uniforms Sunday morning for their team photo and the program’s media day at Garcelon Field. The new […]
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Boys' soccer: Vachon scores four, Richmond routs Rangeley
Richmond High School’s Nick Adams (7) gets knocked to the ground by Rangeley High School’s Mathieu Lessard (21) with the help from teammate Nolan Boone (9) in Rangeley on Saturday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) RANGELEY — Nobody was more surprised than Richmond sophomore Andrew Vachon. Vachon scored four goals Saturday afternoon, completing his hat trick […]
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Girls' soccer: Richmond takes early lead, downs Rangeley
Rangeley High School’s Brooke Egan (18) battles for the ball with Richmond High School’s Bre Vintiner (4) in Rangeley on Saturday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) RANGELEY — Early, if not often, might as well be the mantra for the Richmond girls’ soccer team this season. Sisters Ashley Brown and Laura Brown provided all the scoring […]
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Bates College roundup: Sheikh named new men's soccer coach
New Bates College men’s soccer coach Tyler Sheikh. (Knox College Photo) With just over five weeks to go before the new season starts, the Bates College men’s soccer team now has a new coach. Tyler Sheikh was announced as the ninth head coach in the 56-year history of the program Monday. Sheikh, a native of […]
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Dropping Dimes: New Bates football coach bringing the juice
Malik Hall was hired as the 20th head coach of the Bates College football program in June. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College) At the unofficial public unveiling of the new era of Bates College football, new coach Malik Hall said that it might be the first time since being hired in June that he had a chance […]
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Former Bates football, lacrosse coach Web Harrison dies at 78
Web Harrison talks with one of his Bates football players on Garcelon Field, circa 1982. (Bates College Muskie Archives and Special Collections) In the same week it named its 20th football coach, Bates College is mourning the death of its 17th football coach. Webster “Web” Harrison died Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest at his home […]
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H.S. Softball: Buck the trend: Buckfield ends Richmond's eight-year title run
RICHMOND — Eight straight years, eight seasons of Class D South dominance for the Richmond High School softball Bobcats. That is the mountain that faced No. 3 Buckfield in Friday’s Class D South semifinal against second-seeded Richmond. In many of those seasons of the Bobcat dynasty, it was the Bucks that ultimately suffered the fate […]
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H.S. softball: Underhill-Tilton powers Richmond past Rangeley, into D South semis
Richmond’s Sydney Tilton clobbers a walk-off home run to put the Bobcats up 12-0 in bottom of fifth inning during a D South quarterfinal game against Rangeley on Thursday in Richmond. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) RICHMOND — Sydney Underhill-Tilton put the punctuation on Thursday’s Class D South quarterfinal game, and sent a message to the rest […]
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The Hot Corner: Harriman was the hero Bates football needed
Winning percentage doesn’t always tell the whole story. I know that’s contrary to the sporting world’s economy. Players are evaluated through results-oriented goggles, and coaches are hired to be fired if they don’t perform up to the expectations of the most vocal and influential in the fan base. Try living in the belly of the […]