Pitching was a question mark at the start of the season for the Waterville Senior High School baseball team, if only because of a lack of varsity experience. With the regular season nearing its close, and Waterville (11-3) once again near the top of the Eastern Class B standings, it’s apparent pitching has become one of the Panthers’ strengths.
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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