A fresh start with a new coach is what the Black Bears need right now, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Travis Lazarczyk
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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.
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Baseball: Mt. Abram steals way to victory over Monmouth
Ben Debiase’s straight steal of home plate the difference for the Roadrunners in win.
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UMaine names Ben Barr as its next men’s ice hockey coach
The former UMass assistant coach replaces Red Gendron, who died April 9.
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Sidelines: Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we sports haiku
Central Maine’s surest sign of spring is Travis Lazarczyk’s annual sports haiku, for better or for worse.
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Baseball: Messalonskee earns bounce-back victory over Mt. Blue
After tough loss to Oxford Hills on Thursday, the Eagles get back on track.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College baseball coaches with UMF ties making mark at Division I programs
Georgetown head coach Edwin Thompson and Virginia Tech assistant coach Tyler Hanson will face each other Wednesday.
Posted inMaine, Maine colleges, Sports
Six Colby College female athletic coaches allege pay inequalities with male counterparts
The coaches have filed a discrimination complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission, detailing examples of what they see as violations of state and federal discrimination laws.
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UMaine pressing ahead in search for next men’s hockey coach
Athletic director Ken Ralph said interviews will begin soon and a decision could come in early May.
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Sidelines: As spring sports begin in Maine, plans should be made for the fall
Any plan for high school sports this fall should include a return to football, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Sidelines: University of Maine’s Hana Davis embraces her leadership role as captain for field hockey team
A co-captain with the Black Bears, Hana Davis knows what she teaches younger teammates off the field is as important as what she teaches them on it, Travis Lazarczyk writes.