Travis Lazarczyk

Columnist

Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports information director and in the ski industry, he began his journalism career at the Berlin (N.H.) Reporter in 1999. Prior to joining the Press Herald, Lazarczyk spent 20 years covering sports in central Maine at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. He's been twice honored as the Maine Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.

Football, Sports, Varsity Maine

High school football notebook: Thornton, Oxford Hills battle for first place in Class A

by Travis Lazarczyk October 13, 2021October 15, 2021

Both teams enter Friday’s game undefeated and rolling through a dominating season.

Sports

Off the ice since March 2020, Maine Mariners charting new course at training camp

by Travis Lazarczyk October 12, 2021October 12, 2021

With a new coach and a new NHL affiliation with the Boston Bruins, the Mariners are happy to be back after taking the 2020-21 ECHL season off.

Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports

Proof of vaccination or negative test required to attend UMaine hockey and basketball

by Travis Lazarczyk October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

The new rule goes into effect for this weekend’s women’s ice hockey games vs UConn.

Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports

Football: Maine can’t overcome penalties, defensive mistakes in loss to Elon

by Travis Lazarczyk October 9, 2021October 9, 2021

The Phoenix convert 75 percent of their third-down tries in a 33-23 Colonial Athletic Association win.

Golf, Sports, Varsity Maine

Leavitt’s Jade Haylock and Freeport’s Eli Spaulding win Class B state golf titles

by Travis Lazarczyk October 8, 2021October 9, 2021

Haylock’s sister, Ruby, and teammate Alexis McCormick tie for second and help the Hornets place second to Yarmouth in the team competition.

Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports

New coach aims to bring UMaine men’s hockey back into prominence

by Travis Lazarczyk October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Ben Barr’s reputation as an elite recruiter will be put to the test as he tries to revive a program that has lost the luster from its glory days in the 1990s and early 2000s.