SKOWHEGAN — Unlike many years, last month’s Paul Bunyan Invitational at Bangor Raceway did not provide a preview of the Walter H. Hight Invitational. Mr. Perseverance, the winner of the Paul Bunyan, will not race the Hight Invitational today at the Skowhegan State Fair. Two horses in today’s race, Real Special and Haveford Hanover, did race in the Paul Bunyan. Real Special finished third, while Haveford Hanover was fourth.
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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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Tour helps Husson men’s soccer team
The Amsterdam Arena, in the midst of an Ajax soccer game, was the loudest place Chris DelGiudice had ever been. When a player on Roda JC, Ajax’s opponent was awarded a penalty kick, the arena got even louder.
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TRAVIS LAZACZYK: Stevens still makes impact at Maine
The number 9 is the magic number on the University of Maine football team. It’s passed down from defensive star to defensive star like a family heirloom. By now, Maine’s opponents in the Colonial Athletic Association should know that the guy charging at you with the 9 on his jersey is the baddest Black Bear of them all.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Carey, McCabe hope to eventually make impact
ORONO — John McCabe is starting his third season with the University of Maine football team. Spencer Carey is one of the newest Black Bears, a member of the freshmen Class of 2017. Both central Maine natives are eager to begin contributing on the field for Maine, whether it’s this season or later.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: In good shape, Central Maine rests
With a day off in the middle of the New England Babe Ruth 13-15-year-old regional tournament, Central Maine players and coaches relaxed on Monday. The team had batting practice scheduled for the late afternoon, and planned to watch the evening’s elimination game between Braintree, Mass. and Newtown, Conn.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK — SIDELINES: Price back for more at Husson
When it was his turn to speak at the Maine Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s seventh annual Kickoff Luncheon, Gabby Price talked about his two great loves: Mary, his wife of 41 years, and football.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: No 2 ways about it for Mules this season
PORTLAND — If Colby College head football coach Jonathan Michaeles has his way, the Mules will rely much less on two-way players in 2013 than they did in 2012.
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JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION: A taste of the big time
FAIRFIELD — Over the next few days, Fairfield Post 14 Junior Legion baseball will try not to think of the Maine Monster wall looming in left field, 37 feet high and just 315 feet from the plate at the foul line, when they play at Portland’s Hadlock Field.
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CAL RIPKEN BASEBALL: Skowhegan 9s, 11s moving onto NEs
Mike Berry was the coach of previous Skowhegan Cal Ripken baseball teams that played in the New England tournament. When he spoke to his 11-year-old team, made up entirely of players who have never played in a New England regional, he told them the most important thing to do is have fun.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Briggs moves on to Winslow
Jason Briggs is trading in his Waterville purple and white for Winslow black and orange.