OAKLAND — Josh Woodard isn’t one of the Messalonskee High School football team’s four captains, but make no mistake, he is one of the Eagles’ leaders.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
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.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Potter steps it up for Husson
Last season, Husson University listed Brian Potter as a goalie/forward on its men’s soccer roster. This season, Potter’s focus is on nothing but the net for the Eagles.
advertisement
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Rain changes plans
With rain in the forecast for every day this week, high school football coaches prepared to make adjustments to their practice schedule.
Posted inSports
SIDELINES — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: On somber day, playoffs return to Winslow
WINSLOW — There should have been a little more anticipation in the air. There should have been a buzz around Winslow’s Poulin Field.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Running game lifts Winslow in quarters
WINSLOW —The Winslow High School football team is blessed with three talented running backs. Even when one goes down, as was the case in Saturday afternoon’s Campbell Conference Class C quarterfinal game against Yarmouth, the other two can step up and keep the chains moving.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lawrence tops Messalonskee
FAIRFIELD — Throughout the season, Lawrence has been one of the top rushing teams in the Pine Tree Conference Class A. In the regular-season finale on Friday night against rival Messalonskee, the Bulldogs went to the air.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Hampden a challenge for Waterville
A couple of times this week, the Waterville Senior High football team practiced on the artificial turf at Colby College, the same surface they’ll play on when they face Hampden Academy tonight in the Pine Tree Conference Class B quarterfinals.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Mules ready for CBB
The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin rivalry kicks off this weekend when Colby College plays at Bates. The series ended in a three-way tie last season, the fourth three-way tie since 1979, and the second in three years. With the tie, the trophy remained with Bowdoin, which won the title in 2010.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cox is The Man on the line for Panthers
WATERVILLE — When a football play runs just as it’s supposed to, your eye is drawn to the smaller guy running to the end zone with the football. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound guy back near the line of scrimmage, that’s somebody like Waterville Senior High School’s Tom Cox.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Mt. Blue moves on
WATERVILLE — It’s been five years since the Mt. Blue High School girls soccer team won a playoff game. That made the Cougars 3-1 win over Waterville in the Eastern Class A quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon sweet. That the win came against a team the Cougars have struggled against for years made the smiles on the faces of the Mt. Blue players a little wider.