PARIS — Coming into the season, Oxford Hills girls’ basketball coach Nate Pelletier said that he hoped freshman Julia Colby would be able to take over some of the minutes at point guard so that Erin Morton could spend more time at shooting guard. Colby has done that, and then some. She has started all […]
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College football: Bates takes big lead, holds off Colby, 21-19
Junior Frank Williams scored two touchdowns and sophomore Peter Boyer ran for a career-high 73 yards and a touchdown, as Bates went up 21-3 in the first half and then had to hold off a rally in Saturday’s in-state showdown. After the Mules took a 3-0 lead on a 43-yard field goal by John Barron, […]
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Women’s Lacrosse: Colby bests Bates in Top 10 battle
The consolation for Bates is that it will see the Mules again on Saturday, when Colby hosts a rematch in the NESCAC quarterfinals. “I think we’re looking forward to playing again,” Bates coach Brett Allen said. “We want to redeem ourselves and prove that we’re better than we showed that we were today. The fact […]
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College Basketball: Britten, Bates make it count against Colby
That individual matchup never materialized, but the game lived up to its billing anyway, with host Bates holding on for a thrilling 73-69 victory at Alumni Gym. It was the second meeting of the season for the two schools, as Colby (10-2, 0-1 in NESCAC) won on its home floor, 78-74 in overtime, on December […]
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Jack Sandler, Colby coach and Bates grad, dies unexpectedly at 35
WATERVILLE — The Colby and Bates College communities are mourning the loss of one of their own Friday. Head Colby men’s lacrosse coach Jack Sandler, a 2002 Bates graduate and former assistant coach there, died suddenly Thursday. He was 35. According to Colby College officials, Sandler was on a recruiting trip out of state. He […]
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College Football: Defense, special teams carry Bates past Colby
Bizarre plays cost the Bates football team one or two wins in what has been a frustrating season. The weirdness finally went the Bobcats’ way Saturday afternoon. After Colby was forced to kick an extra point a second time due to a delayed penalty markoff against Bates, the Bobcats’ Collin Richardson swatted it down and […]
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College Football: Bates sets sights on CBB rival Colby
Throw out the records when a rivalry game is being played. Bates and Colby will be more than happy to do so Saturday, when the 1-4 Mules host the 0-5 Bobcats. Bates is coming off a 41-27 loss to Middlebury, while Colby won its first game of the season last week against Hamilton, 24-19. With […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships notebook: No time, no medal, but Vonn leaves mark
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — It wasn’t difficult to separate the youth forerunners from the special guest at Thursday’s U.S. Alpine Championships. Four boys — Carrabassett Valley Academy students Devereux Thomas, Eli Pangburn, Nicholas Beliveau and Sean Sullivan — performed the duties prior to the women’s giant slalom. Nerves were apparent. There was a missed gate, maybe two. […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Home game for CVA grad, Casco native Leavitt
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — If Sierra Leavitt stopped skiing or studying long enough to rank the months in her 21 years of life, March 2015 would be an odds-on favorite for No. 1. Two weeks after representing Colby College with a ninth-place finish in giant slalom at the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., good for All-American […]
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Legendary Maine baseball coach Dr. John Winkin dies at 94
When John Winkin was coaching the University of Maine’s baseball team, he was jogging with veteran broadcaster George Hale in South Carolina during a baseball trip. Hale asked him when he was going to retire. Winkin ignored the question and they kept jogging. A little while later, Hale posed the question again. Winkin ignored him […]