WATERVILLE — When the Waterville Senior High School boys basketball team plays good defense, it’s tough to beat. The Purple Panthers force turnovers, and those turnovers become easy transition baskets.
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 BOYS BASKETBALL NOTES: Winslow plays role off the court, too
The Winslow boys basketball team knows it’s a role model for elementary school kids on the court. Now the Black Raiders are trying to be role models in the classroom, too.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Bolduc’s spot secure
Recently, David Bolduc was reading the New England Hockey Journal. The magazine ranked the top 100 players from New England, and there, among the 50 honorable mentions, was his uncle’s name. Dan Bolduc, Waterville, Maine.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Lawrence hangs on for win
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence High School’s Folsom Gym is a loud place on an average night. When the Bulldogs host one of the top teams in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, as they did Friday night when Edward Little of Auburn came to town, Folsom gets even louder.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: St. Dom’s rallies on Hall-Dale’s big night
FARMINGDALE — Ahead by 10 points with five and a half minutes to play in the fourth quarter, the Hall-Dale High School girls basketball team looked in complete control of its game against St. Dominic Academy. The Bulldogs looked to be pulling away, and the Saints, playing without key players Olivia Mayo and Faith Grady, looked exhausted.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL NOTES: McGee makes it official
Longtime Lawrence High School boys basketball coach Mike McGee will retire at the end of the season. For years, McGee has hinted that this could be his last season on the Bulldogs’ bench, but Wednesday he made it official.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Spofford making big strides at Bates
The Bates College men’s track and field team is already good. Coach Al Fereshetian looks at sophomore sprinter Isaiah Spofford and he sees one of the athletes who can make the Bobcats even better.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Raiders roll to win
WINSLOW — The Winslow High School boys basketball team’s game plan revolved around getting Medomak Valley big man John Murray out of the game as much as possible. Turned out, Mother Nature beat the Black Raiders to Murray.
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HIGH SCHOOL SKI NOTEBOOK: Mt. Abram pleasantly surprised
Mt. Abram Alpine coach Bob Luce didn’t know what to expect when his girls team competed in a giant slalom race Friday at Black Mountain. So when his Roadrunners tied Oxford Hills for the team win, Luce was surprised.
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HIGH SCHOOL SKI NOTEBOOK: Bears look good early
At Maranacook, Nordic coach Steve DeAngelis has 46 skiers out for the team this winter. With more than 30 athletes on the Alpine team, DeAngelis estimated that one quarter of Maranacook’s enrollment is skiing competitively for the school this winter.