OAKLAND — Two years ago, when Brad Bishop joined Gary Parlin’s staff as an assistant football coach at Mt. Blue High School, Bishop told his new colleagues he would not step on anybody’s toes.
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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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Arthur Conover
If you take a look at the Messalonskee High School boys swimming records, you’re going to see Arthur Conover’s name. A lot.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Pelletier steps up at Husson
When Sean Murphy moved over from the football office to become Husson University’s men’s lacrosse coach, one of his priorities was making senior midfielder Chris Pelletier realize how good he is.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Looking ahead to Sox season in verse
Can you remember a Boston Red Sox season that began with such low expectations? You have to go back to the early 1990s, when Butch Hobson managed the team for three very bad seasons, to find a Red Sox team from which so little was expected.
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MORNING SENTINEL GIRLS ALPINE SKIER OF THE YEAR: Elise Luce
Most athletes complain about hitting the wall, but that’s exactly what Elise Luce was trying to do.
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MORNING SENTINEL GIRLS NORDIC SKIER OF THE YEAR: Sarah Wade
After placing second in the Class A freestyle and seventh in the classical Nordic state championship races as a sophomore, Mt. Blue’s Sarah Wade set some goals for her junior season.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Four class proposal for football approved
ROCKPORT — Expanding Maine high school football from three to four classes has been discussed for years. Last year, the move to four classes became more serious, and on Wednesday morning the Maine Principals’ Association made the move official at its annual spring meeting at the Samoset Resort.
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BATTLE OF MAINE: A big goal
Now in its 33rd year, the Battle of Maine martial arts tournament has raised more than $40,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network. Mark Huard, one of the event’s organizers from Huard Ju-Jitsu and Karate School, knows a milestone is approaching.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Doing it the right way
Mike McGee coached basketball for 31 years at Lawrence High School, the last 28 as boys varsity head coach. He retired with 350 wins, five Eastern Class A titles and two state championships, in 1990 and 1994.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Looking back on the fun
The Gold Balls have been handed out, the all-star games have been played and all the big postseason awards have been awarded. With the season now complete, let’s look back at a few things that stand out about the 2012-13 season.