Colby Athletics

We have mentioned in the blog before how lucky we are to live so close to Colby College, which has a large D-III athletic program. Today was one of those days when three varsity games were all happening in one afternoon (in the same building!) so we went over to check it out.

Colby has a very nice athletic facility that includes a pool, fitness center, squash/racketball courts, a basketball arena, and an ice rink all under the same roof! We are always impressed whenever we come here. Best of all, going to the games is completely free to the public.We arrived during the first half of the women's basketball game. They were playing Amherst College, from Massachusetts.Right away we ran into Emily's classmate Luke and his dad Henning! It was great to find people that we knew there.The women's teams are nicknamed the Mules, just like the men's teams.At halftime we found an area at the end of the court (behind a giant curtain) where we could shoot hoops during the break. Unfortunately, we didn't bring our ball with us so we just ran around a little. Next time we'll be sure to bring our ball!During the second half we were joined by Uncle Seth, Nana, and the cousins, who came up to check out the games too.You know the kids are getting serious about watching when the non-stop popcorn eating starts.At 3:00 the women's hockey game started, so we walked over to check that out. They were also playing Amherst, who is currently leading the league.The game was really good-- Amherst was obviously a better team, but the Mules put up a good fight (we left before the ending so we don't know how it turned out).Once again, Emily had lots of questions. It's great to see her actually absorbing some of the details of the sport.Kate mainly just concentrated on cheering (and eating popcorn).Eventually we were joined by two more preschool classmates--Noah and Leo (and their dad). By this point we made up the largest cheering group at the game!After all this action the girls were starting to go downhill, so we had a quick M&M fuel-up at the snack bar........then stopped in to watch a few minutes of the men's basketball game (also versus Amherst)........and then we managed to run into yet another (former) preschool classmate! Annie was Emily's BFF in school last year, but now she's in kindergarten so we don't see her anymore. Em was thrilled to see her today!Since the girls had behaved so well at Colby all afternoon, we decided to go out to Mexican food for a treat.Nana joined us for a lovely meal.It was a nice way to finish off the fun afternoon over at Colby.