Kyle Chapman, 33, has coached the Mustangs for three seasons. Central Maine Community College has put him on administrative leave from coaching and teaching.
Maine colleges
College baseball: Bowdoin wins offensive slugfest against Bates
Luke Chessie drives in three runs for the Polar Bears, while Noah Jankowski homers in the loss for the Bobcats.
USM’s legendary baseball coach, Ed Flaherty, to retire at end of season
The Portland native who directed the Huskies to two NCAA Division III titles will finish his 39th season before calling it quits.
Kentucky hires Mark Pope to replace John Calipari as men’s basketball coach
Pope won a national championship as a player at Kentucky in 1996 and went 110-52 as the coach at BYU.
University of Maine at Augusta adds baseball, softball programs as expansion effort continues
Additions come months after UMA brought soccer on board as school looks to expand its athletic programs.
Mackenzie Holmes enters WNBA Draft despite upcoming knee surgery
MacKenzie Holmes, the Gorham native, hopes to correct knee issues that have plagued her since ninth grade, and be ready for the 2025 WNBA season.
College roundup: Bates softball sweeps Middlebury
Rachel Liazos’s big day at the plate sparks the Bobcats in doubleheader. Also, Bates men’s and women’s lacrosse teams both lose to Tufts, and nine seniors on the football team honored.
Photo: Fixing drainage issue at CMCC fields
Athletic Director Dave Gonyea said the fields should be ready for Thursday and Friday’s baseball games.
Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer retires as college basketball’s winningest coach
A three-time champion with the Cardinal, VanDerveer went 1,216-271 in a 45-year career that included stints at Idaho, Ohio State and nearly four decades at Stanford.
College roundup: Bates doubles up UMaine-Farmington in baseball
The Bobcats get the bats going in a non-conference game played in Brunswick. Also, some weekly awards were handed out to area athletes.