Toward the end of the summer, Gavin Dugas found himself in a funk just about every time he played a round of golf. The Maine Central Institute sophomore can’t put his finger on one exact moment his game started to struggle, or one exact reason. That’s the thing about golf, sometimes, things just happen.
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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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Taylor, Grinnell not villains
On Wednesday morning, almost every sports fan in the United States heard what Jack Taylor did on Tuesday night in Grinnell, Iowa, and did a double take.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SEASON: Polls, practices highlight opening day
Practices for the winter sports season began Monday, and in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A boys basketball division, last year’s champ is this year’s preseason favorite.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Time to roll credits on Class A
PORTLAND — We’ve seen this movie. After 26 years and more than two dozen sequels, some good, many very, very, bad, it’s time to roll the credits.
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CLASS C FOOTBALL STATE TITLE GAME: Foxcroft beats Winslow to win crown
PORTLAND — In a state championship game between two evenly matched teams, victory is found in the details. On Saturday afternoon at Fitzpatrick Stadium, the Winslow High School football team had two uncharacteristic turnovers.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Lawrence takes on Thornton for Class A title
Lawrence and Thornton Academy haven’t played a football game against each other in two and a half decades, but that doesn’t mean they’re completely unfamiliar with each other.
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CLASS A FOOTBALL STATE TITLE GAME: Carey is Lawrence’s impact player
FAIRFIELD — The most remarkable interception of the season in the Pine Tree Conference was the result of something that happened rarely. Spencer Carey was beaten by a receiver.
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Young Terriers coming together
WATERVILLE — Ted Rioux kept notes as he watched the high school basketball tournament game. Every time a player did something he liked, Rioux would jot her number down. Near half-time, he noticed the same Nokomis player’s number over and over. That player was Emilee Reynolds, and that’s when Rioux decided she’d be a good fit for the Thomas College women’s basketball team.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Trio makes Raiders go
WINSLOW — Joe Hopkins and Dylan Hapworth provide the speed. Zach Guptill provides the muscle. Hopkins describes their roles in the Winslow High School running attack a little more colorfully.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Social media sports fan’s best friend
Berwick is approximately 175 miles from Dover-Foxcroft. Poulin Field in Winslow is only three miles, give or take, from Keyes Field in Fairfield. The football field at Cheverus High School in Portland offers a great view of the city’s skyline, and a view of some of the best football the state’s ever seen.