SKOWHEGAN – Brandon Berry, 25, a West Forks native, made his professional boxing debut on Saturday night at Skowhegan Area High School and defeated Bill Jones of Berwick, when the referee stopped the fight at the 2 minute, 9 second mark of the fourth and final round.
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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BOXING: Berry ready for pro debut
SKOWHEGAN — Brandon Berry took a sip of juice, then nodded his head.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Nadeau takes over at Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — As a basketball player at Skowhegan Area High School, Tom Nadeau was a key member of the team that won the 1998 Class A state title. Recently hired to be the head coach of his alma mater, Nadeau said he’s ready to rebuild the Indians into a contender.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Suspensions leave Skowhegan short handed
Skowhegan is playing a key midseason stretch of games without 11 varsity players, who were suspended for four games for violating the school’s athletic code.
MAINE SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Wolfgram’s legacy carries on
Twenty-eight years after he coached his final football game at Gardiner Area High School, John Wolfgram’s influence is still prevalent around the Tigers. Each Gardiner head coach since 1985, Wolfgram’s final season at the school — Rob Munzing, Matt Brown, Jim Palmer and Matt Burgess — either coached with or played high school football under Wolfgram.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Panthers take it to Tigers
GARDINER — The Waterville Senior High School baseball team is one of the best hitting clubs in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B division. Give the Purple Panthers a handful of extra outs, like Gardiner did on Friday afternoon, and Waterville is going to rack up the runs.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Winslow gets offensive
The Winslow High School baseball team is 7-0, thanks in large part to an offense that has dominated pitching over the first half of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Indians edge Bulldogs
SKOWHEGAN — For good or bad, Monday afternoon’s baseball game at Memorial Field may end up defining the seasons for Skowhegan and Lawrence.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS NOTEBOOK: Bulldogs figuring things out
The Hall-Dale girls tennis team learned an important lesson in last week’s 3-2 loss to rival Winthrop.