Wow. This blockbuster went from rumor to done deal so quickly, we haven’t time to let it soak in. With many trades, the rumors circulate for so long, when it finally happens it’s like easing into a warm bath. The megadeal pulled off by the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend is like jumping off a dock into cold water on a hot summer day. Abrupt, yet refreshing.
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 CROSS COUNTRY: McAllister wins Laliberte
AUGUSTA — Lawrence High School junior Jilli McAllister is a newcomer to cross country, but don’t call her win in the Scot Laliberte Invitational beginner’s luck.
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HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: Race wide open
AUGUSTA — The Scot Laliberte Invitational has become a showcase for some of the best cross country runners in the state. This year’s race will see two new winners. Last year’s girls winner, Erzsie Nagy of Lawrence, will miss the race due to injury, and last year’s boys winner, Harlow Ladd of Messalonskee, graduated and moved on to Purdue University.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Waterville field hockey in need of players
If you’re a female student at Waterville Senior High School, and you’re not playing sports, the field hockey team could use you. At this point, they’re not too picky.
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AUTO RACING: The Cost of competing
For drivers like Ben Ashline, racing against the big boys is a pricey endeavor
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: A rivalry, sort of
In Waterville and Winslow, they’re trying to resurrect a rivalry.
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GOLF: Hayes wins Match Play title
Johnny Hayes IV, playing out of Prouts Neck Country Club, shot 7-under par on the front nine in the championship round to build an insurmountable lead. Play ended on the 14th hole of Natanis Golf Course’s Tomahawk course, with Hayes taking a 6 and 4 win.
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GOLF: After delay, semifinals set at Match Play Invitational
Two rounds of the Match Play Invitational were scheduled for Thursday at Natnis Golf Course’s Tomahawk course, but when heavy rain in the morning suspended the quarterfinal round with two of the four matches still competing, officials elected to push the semifinals to this morning at 8 a.m., with the championship round to follow.
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GOLF: Alvarez still alive in Match Play after marathon day
Joe Alvarez, of Penobscot Valley Country Club, needed 24 holes to beat Mike Doran in the first round. In the second round, Alvarez needed 21 holes to defeat top-seed Ricky Jones. In all, Alvarez played two and a half rounds of golf, 45 holes, on the Natanis Golf Course’s Tomahawk course, and he’ll be back at it at 7 this morning in the quarterfinals.
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GOLF: New home for Match Play
VASSALBORO — Now in its third year, the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational leaves the Augusta Country Club, but it’s not going far.