Cougars’ Zach Poisson and Tigers’ Kalvin Catchings turn in standout performances in KVAC showdown.
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.
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Boys basketball notebook: Winthrop survives gut check
Tuesday’s win over Boothbay was a chance for the Ramblers to learn about closing out close games.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Commentary: Eight-man football growing in Maine
There could be more than 20 schools playing eight-man football in Maine next fall, and that’s a good thing, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inFootball, Varsity Maine
Football: Mount View, Waterville look at 8-man football
Declining football participation at area schools makes move necessary.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Women’s basketball: Maine opens conference play with win over Hartford
Maddy McVicar scored a career-high 20 points for the Black Bears.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Women’s basketball: Saar leads from the point for the University of Maine
With injuries to seniors, junior point guard Dor Saar is now the leader of the Black Bears, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Sidelines: Winthrop boys basketball has contagious confidence
Winning a state championship is tough. Repeating is tougher, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Boys basketball notebook: Mt. Abram off to quick start
The Roadrunners build on last season’s modest success by opening 3-0.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls basketball: Gardiner works hard to beat Mittelstadt, Mt. Blue
Tigers’ defenders ‘get weird’ guarding Division I-bound Lexi Mittelstadt.
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Sidelines: Life AB (After Blanca) has arrived for UMaine women’s basketball
Four games after losing star Blanca Millan to a season-ending knee injury, the Black Bears search for a new identity, Travis Lazarczyk writes.