The back of his Messalonskee football T-shirt reads “Coach Trevor.” During games, Trevor Perry helps make sure the players stay behind the white line, a few yards off the sideline. He helps with water, too, but mainly, Trevor’s job is to keep the team as excited about the game as he is.
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 FOOTBALL: Dexter rolls by Mt. View
THORNDIKE — Sometimes, it’s hard to point to one play that turns a close game into a blowout, but Saturday at Mt. View High School, that play was obvious.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Messalonskee hangs on, tops Skowhegan
On Friday night, the Eagles lost six fumbles to Skowhegan, but thanks to a strong defensive effort, took a sloppy, 20-12 win in its Homecoming game.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Husson young on both sides of the ball
This is the last season the New England Football Conference will be divided into two divisions, the Bogan and Boyd. Beginning with the 2013 season, eight schools currently in the NEFC — Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Westfield State University, Worcester State University, Plymouth State University and UMass Dartmouth — will break off and play in the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Messalonskee’s Stinson packs a punch
OAKLAND — The Messalonskee High School football team is conducting a physics experiment. Force equals mass times acceleration. If Jake Stinson, a 5-foot-10, 225-pound guard turned fullback, gets a 2-yard head start, how big will the hole that he creates be?
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Skowhegan adapts to new offense
The Skowhegan Area High School football team has taken to the spread offense installed by new head coach Matt Friedman. This is in complete contrast to the run heavy, double wing offense used by the Indians in recent years.
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HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK: Erskine bounces back for victory
The Erskine Academy golf team showed off its mental toughness, as well as its physical ability, this past week.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: John Bapst spoils Mt. View’s home opener
THORNDIKE — It was the first football game on Mt. View’s new field. No more bus trips to Belfast for a home game, no more bus trips to Larrabee Field, a few miles from the school in Knox.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: A sports writer looks at 40
On the day that I was born, the Boston Red Sox swept a doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians, winning 5-1 and 2-0. The wins put the Sox 1.5 games ahead in the American League East. They went on to lose the division by a half game to the Detroit Tigers, and I was officially a member of miserable Red Sox Nation.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lawrence dominates Bangor in early season matchup
FAIRFIELD — In recent years, a game between the Lawrence and Bangor high school football teams meant a showdown between two of the top teams in the Pine Tree Conference Class A division. Not this year. Not right now, anyway.