Colby wins third; Bates, MMA lose

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The Colby College football team improved to 3-2 Saturday with a 19-16 victory over Hamilton.

In other Maine college action, Middlebury topped Bates 21-13, Trinity routed Bowdoin 51-0 and Fitchburg State trounced Maine Maritime 56-0.

Mike Keenan passed for 256 yards and three touchdowns as Middlebury (2-3) rallied from an early 10-0 deficit to defeat Bates at Lewiston.

Bates (1-4) took the lead on the first drive of the game on a 14-yard sweep by Ken Adams, who finished with a career-high 143 yards on 36 carries, his fourth consecutive 100-yard rushing game.

John Goss kicked a 23-yard field goal with 1:29 to play to break a 16-16 tie and lead visiting Colby over Hamilton (1-4).

Goss kicked four field goals and Aaron Stepka ran for 210 yards on 27 carries for the Mules (3-2).

Hamilton’s last effort to score ended on its first offensive play of the next drive when Brandon Holtslag was intercepted by Josh Berman at the Continentals’ 30-yard line.

Erik Paisley completed 18 out of 26 passes for 221 yards and one touchdown to lead Trinity over Bowdoin (0-5) at Hartford, Conn.

It was the 11th straight win for Trinity (5-0), whose dominating defense limited the Polar Bears to just 47 yards. The Bantams held Bowdoin to four first downs, recovered a fumble and intercepted Bowdoin quarterbacks twice.

Fitchburg State scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and four in the second quarter en route to its lopsided win over visiting Maine Maritime.

Danny Sanabria had two 5-yard touchdown runs.

COLBY 19, HAMILTON 16

Colby (3-2) 3 10 0 6 – 19

Hamilton (1-4) 8 0 0 8 – 16

H – Bradley 4 pass from Holtslag (Bradley rish), 11:45

C – FG Goss 30, 4:43.

C – Markesich 19 pass from Lippert (Goss kick), 13:52

C – FG Goss 40, 11:42.

C – FG Goss 25, 7:11

H – Gearhart 29 pass from Holtslag (Holtslag rush), 4:49

C – FG Goss 23, 1:29.

MIDDLEBURY 21, BATES 13

Middlebury (2-3) 0 7 14 0 – 21

Bates (1-4) 7 3 3 0 – 13

B – Adams 14 run (Carr kick), 11:06.

B – FG Carr 22, 14:51.

M – Howe 2 pass from Keenan (Bohlin kick), 6:54.

M – Murray 23 pass from Keenan (Bohlin kick), 13:34.

B – FG Carr 21, 7:45.

M – Wolf 7 pass from Keenan (Bohlin kick), 3:32.

FITCHBURGH STATE 56, MMA 0

MMA (0-6) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Fitchburgh St. (3-3) 21 28 7 0 – 56

F – Barbieri 4 pass from Corey (Smith kick), 8:00.

F – Milleisen 14 run (Smith kick), 5:32.

F – Sanabria 5 run (Smith kick), 0:57.

F – Sanabria 4 run (Smith kick), 13:25.

F – Cesaire 26 pass from Hetherman (Smith kick), 13:06.

F – Kennedy 44 run (Smith kick), 10:09.

F – Ireland 2 run (Smith kick), 3:31.

F – McDonnell 10 run (Smith kick), 6:07.

TRINITY 51, BOWOIN 0

Bowdoin (0-5) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Trinity 17 14 13 7 – 51

T – Mackey 35 pass from Paisley (Swiniarski kick), 14:07.

T – Pierandri 1 run (Swiniarski kick), 9:25.

T – FG Swiniarski 27, 5:31.

T – Pierandri 2 run (Swiniarski kick), 10:43.

T – Buoniconti 1 run (Swiniarski kick), 5:09.

T – Pierandri 11 run (Swiniarski kick), 12:08.

T – Buoniconti 2 run (Sheridan kick blocked), 7:43.

T – Dittu 2 run (Sheriden kick), 6:00.