It felt cold, but it could have felt colder. It could have been like it was a few days earlier, when bitter winter winds would have made this a brutal proposition. A bright blue, almost cloudless sky hung above the Quarry Hill trails and the temperature was around 12 degrees.
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: Winslow earns 10th straight win
PITTSFIELD — On Friday night, the Winslow High School boys basketball team won its 10th consecutive game, taking a 64-41 win at Maine Central Institute. The game was a display of everything that the Black Raiders have done well this season. They attacked the Huskies with a balanced offense and were relentless on defense, forcing 30 MCI turnovers.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL NOTES: Big stretch on tap for Valley
The Valley High School boys basketball team is in third place in the Western D standings, behind Hyde and Forest Hills. With games against both those schools in the next six days, the Cavaliers can take over the top spot in the region.
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BOXING: Berry ready to turn pro
Brandon Berry is about to begin the biggest two weeks of his amateur boxing career. After fights on the next two Saturdays, including a bout at Boston’s TD Garden this weekend, Berry, 25, will become a professional boxer.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL NOTES: Messalonskee fighting for playoff spot
With just five games left in the regular season, the Messalonskee High School girls basketball team is starting to calculate playoff math. The Eagles are 6-7, and approximately nine points behind Cony for the ninth and final playoff spot in the Eastern A tournament.
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HIGH SCHOOLS: Classification plan finalized
AUGUSTA — The proposal to add a fourth class to Maine high school football took another step forward Wednesday, albeit with a few tweaks.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Colby women’s hockey celebrates 40 years
It wasn’t about blazing a trail or striking a blow in the name of Title IX, the gender equity law which at the the time was brand new. It about about playing ice hockey.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Skowhegan rallies, beats Mt. Blue in overtime
SKOWHEGAN — It wasn’t the Augusta Civic Center court and it wasn’t the tournament, but the Skowhegan Area High School girls basketball team did it to Mt. Blue again.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Waterville defense shuts down Gardiner
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.
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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.