Cougars waste little time matching win total from last season.
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.
Across the area, high school gyms make for unique basketball environments
Character, charm and historical feel in ample supply at certain central Maine courts.
Class C boys basketball: Hall-Dale, Winthrop once again vie for MVC supremacy
Rivals enter as favorites in C South, along with Waynflete and Boothbay.
Class B boys basketball: Maranacook, MCI chase deep payoff runs
Winslow also in position for big improvement.
Football: Locals named Fitzpatrick Trophy semifinalists
Cony’s Wozniak, Skowhegan’s Christopher up for top football honor.
Colby men’s basketball tops UMaine Farmington to continue hot start
Mules improve to 7-1 by sticking to the script Tuesday night on the road.
Morning Sentinel Football Player of the Year: Seth Bussell, MCI
Senior was a force on both sides of the ball for Huskies.
Morning Sentinel Football Coach of the Year: Jake Rogers, Nokomis
Changed the culture in Newport, leading Warriors to state championship win.
New 8-man football league is on the verge of coming to Maine
With student participation declining, a Maine Principals’ Association committee votes to replace the Class E developmental league with division that would make it easier for small schools to field teams.