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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PublishedJune 5, 2013
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Waterville wins 3rd straight East B title
ORONO — Illness forced coach Jill Cristan to juggle the lineup of the Waterville Senior High School girls tennis team, but the result was the same as the last two years. A Waterville win in the Eastern Class B championship.
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PublishedJune 4, 2013
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Waterville moves on
WATERVILLE — A few key hits, a solid effort from the pitchers and good defense. There was nothing fancy in Waterville Senior High School’s 4-1 win over Presque Isle in the Eastern Class B baseball preliminary round. But in the playoffs, fancy is for pregame ceremonies. Surviving and advancing is what matters and the Purple Panthers were happy to do so.
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PublishedJune 3, 2013
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Mt. Blue, Waterville both set to play for regional titles
Before her team faced top-ranked and unbeaten Hampden Academy in the Eastern Class A girls tennis semifinals Saturday, Mt. Blue coach Judy Upham told her team it had already overachieved.
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PublishedJune 1, 2013
CLASS A TRACK AND FIELD: Folsom sets pole vault record, Nagy wins 3 events
On the hottest day of the track and field season (temperatures at the Brewer Community Track reached the low-90s), the athletes who dealt with the heat fared the best, whether a seasoned veteran or a relative beginner.
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PublishedMay 31, 2013
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Waterville beats Winslow for KVAC B title
WINSLOW — The Winslow and Waterville high school baseball teams met twice in the regular season, each time a Winslow win. When they played on Friday afternoon at Jack Nivision Field for the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B baseball championship, the Panthers were eager to change the script.
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PublishedMay 29, 2013
NBA: UMF graduate Clifford on the big stage
On Tuesday, Steve Clifford spoke to Len McPhee, his basketball coach at the University of Maine at Farmington. Even as he accepted the head coaching job with the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats, Clifford’s roots were not far from his mind.
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PublishedMay 29, 2013
YOUTH BASEBALL: Tourney set for ‘Little’ Fenway
OAKLAND — Harold Alfond Fenway Park is built to two-thirds scale of Boston’s original, but for the ballplayer who hits one of its Green Monster this weekend, or even over it, the thrill will be full-sized.
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PublishedMay 29, 2013
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Veilleux relish USM run
The University of Southern Maine’s run at the NCAA Division III World Series, which ended with a championship game loss to Linfield on Tuesday, was the culmination of a few years of hard work, said relief pitcher Nate Veilleux, a Messalonskee High School graduate.
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PublishedMay 25, 2013
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: These players represent central Maine well
On Friday morning in Appleton, Wis., Erskine Academy graduate Shyler Scates took the mound for the University of Southern Maine baseball team in the first game of the Division III College World Series.
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PublishedMay 23, 2013
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Winslow tops Maranacook in 7th inning
WINSLOW — The Winslow High School baseball team hasn’t played too many close games this season, but Thursday’s 4-3 win over Maranacook is the type of game the Black Raiders expect once the playoffs begin, and it was the type of game coach Jesse Lacasse felt his team needed.
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