FARMINGTON — When his team’s 20-point lead was suddenly cut to six points early in the fourth quarter, Mt. Blue High School football coach Gary Parlin did what good football coaches have done for decades. Parlin put the ball in the hands of his best player and told him to go win the game.
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
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lawrence, Messalonskee at it again
The Lawrence and Messalonskee high school football teams certainly don’t have many secrets from each other. Saturday’s Pine Tree Conference Class A semifinal game will be the fourth meeting in just over a year between these teams, and for the second season in a row, the Bulldogs and Eagles meet in back-to-back games.
advertisement
Posted inSports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Mules faces team on 21-game skid
Colby’s opponent this week is Tufts, a team that has lost 21-consecutive games, dating back to the second week of the 2010 season. That makes the Jumbos (0-6) a dangerous team, Colby head coach Jonathan Michaeles said.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: A leader on both sides of the ball
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.
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.
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.