FITCHBURG, MASS. – Sophomore Melissa Martinelli had 23 points and top-seeded Coast Guard outscored fourth-seeded Endicott 41-24 in the second half enroute to a 56-39 win in the semifinals of the ECAC Division III New England Tournament at Fitchburg State.
The Bears (24-5) will advance to their first ever ECAC tournament final where they will meet [...]
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Bears Advance to ECAC Championship Game
Bears on to Sweet 16
DARTMOUTH, MASS. – Head Coach Pete Barry’s 400th win was his most memorable as the Coast Guard men’s basketball magical season rolls on, as the Bears are heading to the Sweet 16 for time in school history. Coast Guard outscored No. 10 UMass Dartmouth 18-2 over the final 12:48, including the final seven points of [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Boater in North Carolina
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue Helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued a stranded boater today in Neuse Creek in the vicinity of Cherry Point, N.C., after he was reported overdue.
Rescued was Greg Williams.
Williams was reported overdue initially by his wife when he did not return home at a pre-scheduled [...]
Five Men Rescued From Gambling Boat
JACKSONVILLE , Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued five men from a powerless vessel that had anchored after it broke away from its tow 17-miles east of St. Augustine, Fla., Saturday afternoon.
James Weathers, 31, and John Sherman, 61, of Bonsecour, Ala. , Nicholas Low, 23, Sexton Townsend, 47, and Baldeo Seemuhgal, 45, of Trinidad, were [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Two Men from Ice
MARBLEHEAD, Ohio — Coast Guard Station Marblehead rescued two men lost on the ice on South Bass Island today at approximately 1:30 p.m.
An airboat crew located the two on the ice after they became lost on their all-terrain-vehicle.
Due to heavy weather, the station received a waiver from Coast Guard Sector Detroit to deploy to [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Four People Near Fisherman’s Island
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue Helicopter Crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., hoisted four people from a 28-foot vessel late Friday night after the boat ran aground in the vicinity of Fisherman’s Island, located at the base of the Virginia Eastern Shore.
All four people were transferred to Norfolk Sentara General [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Man From Research Vessel
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 54-year-old male from a research vessel about 150 miles south of Terrebone, La. early this morning.
A watchstander at the Coast Guard District Eight Command Center received a call at approximaterly 3:15 a.m. from Acadien Air Ambulance reporting that a crewman working on the research vessel Fairfield [...]