By earning All-America status, Belgrade’s Sadie Hammond reaches a goal set four years ago, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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.
Posted inBaseball, Varsity Maine
Baseball notebook: Lawrence earns big wins
Bulldogs jump to top of Class B North standings with victories over Maranacook and Lewiston.
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Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Softball: Madison holds off Winthrop
Bulldogs win tough Mountain Valley Conference challenge.
Posted inFootball, Varsity Maine
Football: Polky tabbed for Messalonskee post
Former Maranacook coach Walter Polky ready for challenge of competitive PTC.
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Baseball: Small ball comes up big for Lawrence
Bulldogs safety squeeze winning run in bottom of the eighth.
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Golf: Area courses set to open
Winter damage and rain a challenge for central Maine golf courses.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and Field: Husky Throwdown an early test
Throwing athletes enjoy tough competition, friendly rivalries at MCI meet.
Posted inFootball, Sidelines, Uncategorized, Varsity Maine
Sidelines: Football in Maine is broken, but fixable
The new high school football alignment is rife with problems, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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MPA membership approves 8-man football for this fall
The vote on high school football also reduces the number of teams in Class A from 14 to eight.
Posted inSoftball, Varsity Maine
Softball: Bisson, Gardiner blank Erskine
Tigers capitalize on Eagles’ errors for KVAC B win.