After three consecutive winless seasons, the Skowhegan Area High School boys tennis team won its first match of the season, beating Brewer 3-2.
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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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Looking back at Pats drafts before looking forward
Welcome to New England, Jamie Collins. Everything I know about you, I learned in about 10 minutes Friday night, right after you were the Patriots’ first pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. I know you are 6-foot-2, 250 pounds, can play defensive end or linebacker and you had 10 sacks last season while playing for Southern Mississippi.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Injury overshadows loss for Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — It wasn’t the outcome the Mt. Blue High School baseball team hoped for in its home opener, a 14-4 loss to Messalonskee. But after the game, the Cougars’ thoughts quickly went to Cam Abbott, the junior who left the game in the third inning after fouling a ball off his face.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS LACROSSE: Messalonskee wins close call with Cony
OAKLAND — The Cony and Messalonskee high school girls lacrosse teams are about as evenly matched as it gets. So when Messalonskee took a 10-9 win Thursday in a game that saw five lead changes, nobody involved was surprised.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: 3rd inning key to win for Eagles
OAKLAND — For the Messalonskee High School baseball team, the third inning of Wednesday’s game against Skowhegan will be remembered for what didn’t happen. The Eagles didn’t let the Indians pull away when they had the chance, and then the Eagles didn’t squander opportunities of their own.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Early loss helps Messalonskee
In the long run, Messalonskee High School baseball coach Ray Bernier thinks last week’s 10-0 loss at Hampden will be good for the Eagles.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL:Thomas clutch against Colby
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.
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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.