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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PublishedOctober 4, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Unbeatens prepare for battle
The top two teams in the Pine Tree Conference Class B division, Leavitt and Mt. Blue, meet on Friday night in the biggest game in the state this weekend. Both teams are 5-0, and the anticipation for this game has been building since last spring, when Mt. Blue announced it would drop from Class A to B.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2011
COMMENTARY — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Taking the heat in Buffalo
One week ago, I witnessed the Buffalo Bills’ biggest win in years.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hornets too much for Panthers
TURNER — The Leaviit Area High School offense can do a little bit of everything, and on Saturday night in front of a large Homecoming crowd, the Hornets did a lot of everything.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2011
HARNESS RACING — WALTER H. HIGHT MEMORIAL: Western Comfort pulls away
SKOWHEGAN — It’s been a good year for Western Comfort. Coming into Saturday’s Walter H. Hight Invitational at the Skowhegan State Fair, Western Comfort had nine wins in 18 races, plus three second-place finishes and three more thirds.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2011
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: It’s a rush like few others
SKOWHEGAN — A.J. Barter spins his steering wheel as fast as he can, and he guns his car in reverse, but it’s no use. The right front tire on the passenger side is caught on the barrier, and all of Barter’s work just makes his car swing in big, herky-jerky arcs, like a pink fish trying to break free from a hook.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2011
HARNESS RACING: Taking a run at No. 3
Two years ago, Rodeo du Ruisseau won the Walter H. Hight Memorial Pace. Last year, Rodeo du Ruisseau won the Hight Invitational again, shaving nearly two seconds off the Skowhegan State Fair track record in the process.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2011
MOUNTAIN BIKING: Freye passes on his sport
Andrew Freye doesn’t chase points on the Mountain Bike World Cup any more. When he races these days, Freye tends to keep it on the New England circuit. Now, the 27-year-old Winthrop native is more concerned with passing his sport on to the next generation.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL: Panthers have new AD
WATERVILLE — It was her previous experience in athletic administration that drew Heidi Bernier to the Waterville Senior High School athletic director’s job.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Back to business
NEWPORT — The Nokomis Regional High School field hockey team ended its first practice as state champion the same way it ended its first practice as a regional runner-up. With a mile run on the track.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2011
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: For Hinds, it is not only about playing time
The statistics, or in the case of Gabe Hinds, the complete lack of them, lie. If you look at the University of Maine football team’s stat sheet from any of the past three seasons, and brush off Hinds because his name doesn’t appear anywhere, you’re missing the point, and missing what a valuable member of the Black Bears Hinds has become.
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