Sam Bates News Today

UWCHLAN >> Monday afternoon in the opening round of the PIAA 6A playoffs, the Downingtown East baseball team — four days removed from winning the District 1 6A title — used a seven run sixth inning to down a tough Ephrata squad, 9-2. The win puts the Cougars into Thursday’s quarterfinal round against either LaSalle […]

PLYMOUTH MEETING >> History was made by the Downingtown East baseball team Thursday afternoon at the Villanova Ballpark.The Cougars defeated crosstown rival Downingtown West, 6-1, to capture the first District 1 6A championship in Downingtown East history. They will open PIAA Tournament play Monday against the two seed from District 3. West will face the […]

Downingtown East starting pitcher Chase Martin gave the Cougars exactly what they needed as the Cougars rolled to an impressive win.

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UWCHLAN >> Coming into Thursday afternoon’s Ches-Mont National clash between West Chester East and host Downingtown East, no Ches-Mont league team was any hotter than the visiting Vikings. West Chester East had won six in a row and that winning trend continued as the Vikings downed the Cougars, 5-4.A pair of sophomores that drove the […]

For the Bates family in Columbus, the legislation targeting LGBTQ+ youth in Ohio is personal.

I won’t lie, I had no hope for the film when it released, but boy, did it exceed my expectations — on its hopelessly terrible quality. Unoriginal storytelling, weak dialogue, even weaker acting, uninspiring visuals and a lack of nuance converge to create this film imitation. After much consideration, “Madame Web” has earned an S&Critic...

Given my affinity for scathing pop culture critiques, readers might be surprised to see that the first movie for my new review column earned a whopping S&Critic Score of 94%. Yet after watching Juan Antonio García Bayona’s monumental film, I grit my teeth and admit that “Society of the Snow” is an emotionally compelling visual...

With election season just underway with the start of caucuses, media coverage, political talking points and voter opinion reveal that one of the most hot-button campaign topics on American minds lies at the Southern Border. In the midst of the ‘Migrant Crisis’ with no signs of slowing, it is now more important than ever to...

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