Bowdoin, Colby tie for CBB championship

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For the first time since the Maine small-college CBB series began in 1965, a two-way tie for the championship was the final outcome.

Bowdoin College quarterback Ramon Martinez scored his second rushing touchdown of the game with 6:29 left in the fourth quarter to secure a 21-21 tie with Colby in the championship game.

Both teams posted 1-0-1 records in the series which includes Bates College.

Also on Saturday, Hamilton defeated Bates 35-7.

Bowdoin 21, Colby 21

At Brunswick, Martinez scored his third touchdown on a 1-yard run with 6:29 left in the game as Bowdoin came from behind for a 21-21 tie against Colby.

Martinez, returning from an ankle injury suffered three weeks ago, accounted for 230 yards and all three touchdowns for Bowdoin, 3-4-1. Two of the scores came on 1-yard runs while the other came on a 18-yard pass to Jon Beedy.

Colby, 5-2-1, was led by Brad Smith who ran for touchdowns of 10 yards and 2 yards and caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Mannering.

Bowdoin 7 7 0 7 – 21 Colby 7 7 7 0 – 21

B – Beedy 18 pass from Martinez (McCormick kick)

C – Smith 10 run (Jordan kick)

B – Martinez 1 run (McCormick kick)

C – Smith 3 pass from Mannering (Jordan kick)

C – Smith 2 run (Jordan kick)

B – Martinez 1 run (McCormick kick)

Hamilton 35, Bates 7

At Clinton, N.Y., Mike Rahmer rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns to help Hamilton to its only victory of the season.

Rahmer ran 29 yards to give Hamilton, 1-7, its first score of the game. Lucas Watson connected with Dan Spitzen for an 11-yard scoring strike with 9:16 left in the second quarter to make it 14-0.

Bates, 0-8, scored its only touchdown on a 37-yard pass from Dan Hooley to Ron Hawkins.

Eric Marina scored two 1-yard TD runs for the Continentals in the second half to make it 28-7 in the third quarter.

Rahmer added a 27-yard run for the game’s final score.

Bates 0 7 0 0 – 7 Hamilton 7 7 14 7 – 35

H – Rahmer 29 run (Holden kick)

H – Spitzen 16 pass from Watson (Holden kick)

B – Hawkins 37 pass from Hooley (Irish kick)

H – Marina 1 run (Holden kick)

H – Marina 1 run (Holden kick)

H – Rahmer 27 (Holden kick)