WATERVILLE — With six North Atlantic Conference games in the next five days, Thomas College baseball coach Greg King needed to see his team start doing the little things in Tuesday’s game against cross-town rival Colby, and he needed a strong effort out of his starting pitcher, James McLamb.
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 BASEBALL: Bellows leads Panthers
READFIELD — Brian Bellows’ first start of the season began ominously, when the Waterville Senior High School junior hit the first batter he faced. As it turned out, that play wasn’t a preview, just a blip in a solid start. Bellows threw a complete game, giving up six hits with six strikeouts and no walks as the Purple Panthers took a 14-3 win shortened to six innings by the mercy rule.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Bellows too much for Black Bears
READFIELD — Brian Bellows’ first start of the season began ominously, when the Waterville Senior High School junior hit the first batter he faced. As it turned out, that play wasn’t a preview, just a blip in a solid start. Bellows threw a complete game, giving up six hits with six strikeouts and no walks as thePurple Panthers took a 14-3 win shortened to six innings by the mercy rule.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Maine needs to take time in search
The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team doesn’t have a coach.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Winslow earns long awaited win over Waterville
WATERVILLE — The game was barely over when Winslow High School baseball fans began asking the question. When’s the last time the Black Raiders beat Waterville?
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Caron’s grand slam sparks Cony
FAIRFIELD — Mitchell Caron didn’t know he’d hit a home run until he rounded first base and heard his Cony High School teammates cheering.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Bartlett supplies power for UMF
In mid-April, 2010, Kaitlyn Bartlett was a nervous freshman on the University of Maine at Farmington softball team when she stepped into the batter’s box at Husson for the first game of a doubleheader.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Flahive 5 perfect tribute
WATERVILLE — Ian Deveau didn’t know what to say about his friend and teammate, Derrik Flahive. So Deveau, now a senior co-captain on the Colby College men’s lacrosse team, told a story.
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HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE: Growth continues in central Maine
On Thursday afternoon, the Winslow High School girls lacrosse team traveled to Rockland, where it lost to Oceanside, 14-5.
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WINTER SPORTS: CVA student wins skier-x title
Abi Zagnoli’s debut skier-x race ended with an injury that would have prompted many athletes to choose a new sport.