At 2-0, the Skowhegan Area High School football team is off to a strong start. Known as a passing team because of its spread offense, Skowhegan won Friday night’s game against Messalonskee, a game played in steady rain, with its running game and defense.
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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SPORTS: Dick McGee built youth leagues from ground up
If you’ve been to a basketball game in Lawrence High School’s Folsom Gym, you’ve seen him. The place is loud and crowded on the slowest of nights, so maybe it was just out of the corner of your eye, but you’ve seen him.
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CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK: Cougars happy with progress
The Mt. Blue High School boys cross country team entered the season with high expectations. Just two races into the season, coach Kelley Cullenberg is thrilled with her team’s progress.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mt. Blue gets big win
FARMINGTON — Connor Farrington, a senior offensive lineman and linebacker for the Mt. Blue High School football team, smiled the smile of a young man supremely happy.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Wet, wild win for Huskies
PITTSFIELD — The Maine Central Institute football team took a victory swim after beating Stearns 46-0 on Friday night. That’s not unusual. That the Huskies’ dip came along their own sidelines was the head-turner.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Mt. Blue, Lawrence renew rivalry
The old timers speak of Lawrence-Mt. Blue football games in hushed tones, with a reverence usually reserved for state championships.
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BOXING: Berry prepares for 3rd pro bout
Brandon Berry will have his third professional fight Thursday against his second professional opponent.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: MCI starts strong
Maine Central Institute head coach Tom Bertrand hoped the experience his team gained in a winless season last year would translate into success this season. It didn’t take long for Bertrand’s hopes to be realized.
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TRAVIS LAZARCYZK: Cougars have nice new home
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue High School football team was ready. The Cougars, the defending Class B state champions, got dressed and psyched up in their locker room, and walked to the field to take on opening night opponent Hampden Academy.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Defending champs start fast
Making his first varsity start, Andrew Pratt completed 16 of 21 passes for 343 yards and five touchdowns. Pratt also ran for a score, and Mt. Blue rolled to a 49-20 win over Hampden Academy.