The Messalonskee boys get past Erskine, but neither team shoots well from the line, writes Travis Lazarczyk
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: 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.
Class B boys basketball: Maranacook at top of playoff pack
Black Bears contender in Class B South, MCI hopes to make run in Class B North.
Class D basketball: Tight East/West Conference races expected
Forest Hills, Rangeley and Greenville boys teams among the favorites in Class D South; Rangeley girls have a new coach.
Sidelines: Gardiner girls basketball up to the task against Mt. Blue
Tigers’ defenders ‘get weird’ guarding Division I-bound Lexi Miitelstadt.
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.
Field Hockey Coach of the Year: Mary Beth Bourgoin, Winslow
Bourgoin led the Black Raiders to the Class B state title and helped them overcome the disappointing end of the 2018 season.
Football Player of the Year: Ryan Friend, MCI
A quarterback, Friend led the Huskies to the Class C North title and accounted for more than 3,000 yards of offense.