WATERVILLE — A slow start turned into the same old, same old for the Waterville Senior High School football team. The Purple Panthers used a strong running game and tough defense against the run to take a 50-20 win over Madison/Carrabec, improving to 6-0.
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: Mt. Blue bounces back, beats Gardiner
FARMINGTON — After his team’s 41-0 win over Gardiner on Friday night, Mt. Blue head football coach Gary Parlin named his team’s most valuable players for the week. Neither played a down.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Back to basics for Colby
Last week’s 41-0 loss at Wesleyan was a setback for Colby, but one that can be corrected with more attention to detail, head coach Jonathan Michaeles said.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Lawrence fighting for playoff spot
For a game between two football teams that have never played each other, there’s a lot at stake in tonight’s Class B game between Westbook and Lawrence at Keyes Field.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lawrence’s Grenier fights through injury
He flexed the fingers on his left hand, as if doing so would make the cast that covered the hand and forearm crack and fall off. The hand under the cast felt a little itchy, Beau Grenier said.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Position change suits Husson’s Nutter
One season and a position change later, Desmond Nutter has become one of the leaders of the Husson University football team’s defense.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: PTC B playoffs starting to shape up
The playoff race in the Pine Tree Conference Class B division is starting to shape up. With three weeks left in the regular season, seven of the league’s nine teams are in the hunt for one of six playoff spots.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tigers pull away in 2nd half
THORNDIKE — On Saturday afternoon at Mt. View High School, momentum was just a memory away.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Hanging with the pros
Lindsey Welch and Jared Browne watched the Charlotte Bobcats prepare for practice and thought, these guys are some of the best basketball players in the world, and they aren’t much different than our players.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Waterville tops Foxcroft to remain unbeaten
Hunter Smith’s 54-yard touchdown reception from Hunter Law with 1 minute, 53 seconds left in the game pulled Foxcroft to within a point. The Ponies 2-point conversion run was stuffed by the Panthers, who ran out the clock to escape Oakes Field with the win and remain undefeated at 5-0.