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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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EASTERN B BOYS BASKETBALL: Presque Isle ends Waterville’s run
On Saturday morning at the Bangor Auditorium, Presque Isle did what no team has managed in more than a month. The Wildcats slowed Waterville down, and in the process took a 47-45 win in the Eastern Class B quarterfinals.
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EASTERN B BOYS BASKETBALL: Winslow rally falls short
BANGOR — The Winslow High School boys basketball team rallied, but it couldn’t overcome a poor start, and Mt. Desert Island took a 48-42 win in the Eastern B quarterfinals.
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WESTERN D BOYS BASKETBALL: Forest Hills the favorite to repeat
Defending regional champion Forest Hills is the top seed in the Western Maine Class D boys basketball tournament, but head coach Anthony Amero won’t call his Tigers the favorite.
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EASTERN CLASS B BOYS’ BASKETBALL: No clear favorite
A new champion will come out of the Eastern Maine Class B boys basketball tournament, although there’s no clear favorite among the eight remaining teams.
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CENTER COURT: Memories of the Bangor Auditorium
The first time I covered a basketball game at the Bangor Auditorium was in 2001. It was the Class D boys championship game. Valley beat East Grand, 90-81, to win the fourth of a state-record six consecutive gold balls.
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EASTERN B BOYS BASKETBALL: Waterville headed to Bangor
WATERVILLE — The running joke around the Waterville Senior High School boys basketball team is, when senior center John-Peter Michaud gets a double-double, his coaches and teammates call him by his preferred nickname, J.P. No double-double, it’s John-Peter. It was J.P. on the court Wednesday night, as Michaud and the Purple Panthers played arguably their best game of the season, beating Old Town, 75-33, in the Eastern B preliminary round.
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HIGH SCHOOL CHEERING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lewiston reign continues
BANGOR — Moments after her Monmouth Academy cheering team finished its routine and left the Bangor Auditorium floor, Miranda Allen wiped a tear from her eye and smiled.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Clukey healthy and enjoying her best season
On Friday afternoon, the best year of Julia Clukey’s luge career became oh so much better.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Waterville stays hot, beats Winslow
WATERVILLE — Entering this season’s Eastern Class B boys basketball tournament, Waterville Senior High School gets the title “Team Nobody Wants to Play.”