When current Madison Area Memorial High School football coach Scott Franzose played quarterback for the Bulldogs in the mid-1980s, Art Rudman was the team’s head coach and Carl Rudman, his son, worked with the offense.
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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CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK: Eagles shake up routine
The Messalonskee High School boys cross country team spent so much time training hard for the upcoming conference, regional and state championship meets, they approached the Mt. Blue Relays as a change up in the routine.
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SIDELINES — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: A quick rivalry
What the Mt. Blue-Leavitt football rivalry lacks in history, it makes up for in intensity.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mt. View rallies past MCI for 1st win of the season
THORNDIKE — On Wednesday, the Mt. View High School football team worked out with United States Marines. On Saturday, that intense workout paid off.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mt. Blue knocks off Leavitt in battle of unbeatens
TURNER — The most important play the Mt. Blue High School football team ran on Friday night at Leavitt wasn’t even in the playbook at the start of the game.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Freshman gets nod at QB
Colby College is committed to freshman quarterback Justin Ciero, coach Jonathan Michaeles said.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Mt. Blue faces big test in Leavitt
The Leavitt Area High School football team isn’t the offensive machine it was the last few years, but that doesn’t mean the Hornets have slipped.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Move gives Mt. Blue pair of solid linebackers
FARMINGTON — In Bradley Jackson, the Mt. Blue High School football team had an all-Pine Tree Conference Class B player returning at linebacker. In Chad Luker, the Cougars had an all-conference defensive end returning.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Ziegenfus playing a leadership role
Cody Ziegenfus knew that this season, he was going to be a leader on the Husson University football team, whether he was ready for it or not. So Ziegenfus made sure he was ready.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Winslow battling for home field advantage
Even with a 4-1 record, the Winslow High School football team is fighting for home field advantage in the first round of the Campbell Conference Class C playoffs. The Black Raiders are currently one of four teams at 4-1 in the league and sit in fifth place in the Crabtree point standings, which determine playoff position.