For the first time in three seasons, the Winslow-Waterville Battle of the Bridge counts for more than bragging rights. The Black Raiders (7-0) and the Purple Panthers (6-1) are playing for the top seed in the Eastern Class C playoffs.
Travis Lazarczyk
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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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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Winslow clinches bye
WINSLOW — The Winslow High School football team’s 31-20 win over Foxcroft Academy didn’t erase the Black Raiders loss to the Ponies in last season’s Class C state championship game, but it certainly made Winslow’s playoff road this season a little less bumpy.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: These Bruins keep playing
WINSLOW — The last time Rick Middleton was at the Pointe Afta, he crooned. It was around St. Patrick’s Day last year, and he belted out a version of Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour” that still makes him smile.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: MCI fall to Bucksport
PITTSFIELD — On a night when offenses controlled the game, a defensive stand was the difference.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby ready for big road trip
The first half of the season is complete and the Colby College football season has played the toughest part of its schedule. That doesn’t mean, however, the second half will be easy. The Mules (1-3) make the longest road trip in the New England Small College Athletic Conference this weekend, traveling to Clinton, N.Y. to play Hamilton. Colby also has games with rivals Bates and Bowdoin.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Undefeated MCI, Bucksport ready to face off
There are three 6-0 teams in the LTC, Bucksport, Maine Central Institute, and Mattanawcook Academy. Friday in Pittsfield, MCI hosts Bucksport, and it’s a game the host Huskies have anticipated for some time.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bean, Messalonskee adjust to new offense
OAKLAND — Caleb Bean is a three-year starter at guard for the Messalonskee High School football team. Still, with all the changes to the offense made by new head coach Brad Bishop, Bean’s incumbency just meant he was supposed to learn his new blocking schemes and techniques quicker.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Ramblers make best of their situation
The Winthrop/Monmouth football team made the best of its unexpected bye week.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Parlin’s swan song
It’s unofficially official. This will be Gary Parlin’s final season as head football coach at Mt. Blue High School.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Falcons form a family
James MacArthur was never a football player. Growing up in California, he was a baseball player, and a pretty good one.