Mules continued their season-long roll in rout of Bowdoin on Sunday.
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.
Sidelines: New coach, big goals for Thomas men’s basketball
Deshon Gaither is the third Thomas men’s basketball coach in three seasons. But he’s eager to stay and build something, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Women’s basketball: Maine opens conference play with win over Hartford
Maddy McVicar scored a career-high 20 points for the Black Bears.
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.
Sidelines: Colby men’s basketball off to hot start
The Mules have started the season at 9-0 and have averaged 96 points per game. Now comes the hard part, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Boys Basketball: Messalonskee rallies to beat Erskine
Messalonskee uses third quarter run to take KVAC A win.
Sidelines: A lost art in a basketball game? Free throws
The Messalonskee boys get past Erskine, but neither team shoots well from the line, writes Travis Lazarczyk
Sidelines: Winthrop boys basketball has contagious confidence
Winning a state championship is tough. Repeating is tougher, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Boys basketball notebook: Mt. Abram off to quick start
The Roadrunners build off last season’s modest success to open the season 3-0.
Class A boys basketball: Cony favorite in tight KVAC A North
Rams earned 11 of 12 first place votes in annual preseason poll.