In between their important slalom runs at the U.S. Alpine Championships, the Bates College skiers competing at Sugarloaf … went skiing. “It’s been great,” Bobcats junior Hannah Johnson said. Bates was well-represented at the U.S. Alpine Championships with five skiers competing: Johnson, Kelsey Chenoweth, Sierra Ryder, Brielle Antonelli and Michael Cooper. “It almost feels like […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Just finishing was a prize for local skiers
Sam Conzelman, skiing for Carrabassett Valley Academy skis down her second run of the Ladies Giant Slalom at the US Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf on Monday. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sam Conzelman could be forgiven if she was a little nervous going down Sugarloaf’s Narrow Gauge trail on Monday, even though she’d skied the hill an […]
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Campus Notes: Lewiston graduate Harris earns Big Ten award
Lewiston High School graduate Isaiah Harris was named Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year last week. The Penn State sophomore earned the award with his second straight Big Ten title in the 800-meter run at the Big Ten championships, finishing in 1 minute, 47.23 seconds. He also Anchored the Nittany Lions’ conference-champion […]
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Women's Lacrosse: Trinity triumphs over Bates
Bates’ Teal Otley, left, passes to a teammate cutting across the middle while be defended by Trinity’s Clara Nowlan as goalie Zoe Ferguson looks on during Saturday’s game in Lewiston. LEWISTON — The Bates women’s lacrosse team had its shot at knocking off the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, but the Bobcats missed […]
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College sports: Bates sets record at indoor track national championships
Allison Hill, Jessica Wilson and Sally Ceesay helped make history over the weekend. The three Bates College athletes earned All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in Naperville, Illinois, over the weekend. Three All-Americans is the most in the women’s program’s history. Hill, a senior captain from Brunswick, became Bates’ […]
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Local roundup: CMCC women advance to Yankee final
SOUTH PORTLAND — Brooke Reynolds and Jenny Schlim led the Mustangs with 14 points apiece as Central Maine Community College dispatched the University of Maine at Augusta, 69-60, in women’s basketball action Saturday afternoon in the semifinal round of the Yankee Conference playoffs. The Mustangs, top-ranked in the USCAA, entered intermission leading 29-28. The game […]
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Kaepernick hailed as a new civil rights leader
When Colin Kaepernick took the stage of the Audubon Ballroom in New York City this past weekend, on the spot where assassins gunned down Malcolm X half a century ago, the symbolism was unmistakable. Bates College instructor Christopher Petrella, who was lending a hand to the San Francisco 49ers quarterback’s “Know Your Rights” camp for […]
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Local roundup: Monmouth boys rally past Mt. Abram
SALEM — Monmouth finished strong to claim a 56-49 boys’ basketball victory over Mt. Abram on Friday. The Mustangs (2-7) trailed by five points after three quarters, but outscored the Roadrunners 23-11 in the final frame. Hunter Richardson and Mat Foulke paced Monmouth’s offense with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Trevor Chaput put up 14 […]
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Bates graduate masterminded plan to gut House ethics panel
LEWISTON — The congressman who sought unsuccessfully to upend the Office of Congressional Ethics this week is a Bates College graduate who cut his teeth in politics as president of the Bates Republicans. U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, graduated from Bates in 1974 with a degree in government. Now he’s smack-dab in the middle of […]
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Local Roundup: Bessey leads Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball to blowout win over Maranacook
JAY — Alex Bessey and the Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball team lit up Maranacook on Monday, 57-37. Bessey finished with 26 points, including four 3-pointers, to go along with five steals and five assists. Haley Turcotte added 12 points and six rebounds, and Morgan Dalton had seven points, six assists and five steals. The Phoenix […]