The draw for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar happened over two weeks ago, but I guess I’m so much of a nerd that I’m still thinking about it. It’s finals week, so instead of studying (it’s overrated...
I have some seriously devastating news. This is the last Bobcat Bites of the season. It’s hard, it’s emotional, it’s almost too much to bear. I am trying to stay cool, but please imagine me, your...
This May, Friends of Bates Athletics (FBA) will be holding its fourth annual spring giving challenge. FBA is a group of alumni, parents and other generous individuals dedicated to supporting the Bates...
Ellie Wolfe, Managing Sports Editor
• April 8, 2022
Former Bates Head Football Coach Malik Hall filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, District of Maine against the college yesterday, claiming he faced “severe racial discrimination” during...
My Dearest Readers,
My friends have introduced me to the television show “Bridgerton,” so now I am trying to embody my anon queen Lady Whistledown. So it’s me, Lady BobcatBitesDown. This week...
Robbie Hodin, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 6, 2022
The 2021-22 Bates Intramural (IM) basketball season has come to an end. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down most club and intramural sports at the college in 2020, so for the league to have had such an incredibly...
First-year men’s track and field Head Coach Curtis Johnson knows that transitions take time. After 27 years of Al “Fresh” Fereshetian and 43 years from the legendary Walter Slovenski before him,...
Despite placing third in the 800 meter at this year’s NCAA Indoor Track Championships and becoming an All-American for the fourth time in her career, Elise Lambert ‘22 seems remarkably nonchalant about...
Though just in her first season as the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team, Renee Olsen speaks as though she’s been around the team for 10. Perhaps, after two shortened seasons due to the COVID-19...
Ellie Wolfe, Managing Sports Editor
• March 16, 2022
The Bates club sailing team has always considered themselves a little bit scrappy, Ted Lutton ‘24 told me when we sat down to talk about their upcoming spring season.
While other club sports normally...
Who Is in Your Final Four?
Dylan Azcarate:
Duke: Destiny, Coach K’s last season. That’s all that needs to be said. Duke will win the tournament.
Tennessee: The SEC champs are poised to carry...
You guys, my dearest readers, my sportsing companions, I must be honest: this week there were like zero wins from Bates College sports teams. And that’s okay. Sometimes, all at once, as if in sync, all...
