Matt Friedman, the first-year head coach of the Skowhegan Area High School football team, is making his first visit to Lawrence’s Keyes Field tonight, and he’s not quite sure what to expect.
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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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby’s Duncklee likely done for year
The Colby College offense suffered a big loss in the season opener at Williams, when Cony High School graduate Luke Duncklee suffered a broken left leg in the third quarter.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Airing it out
SKOWHEGAN — There was a time, the Skowhegan Area High School football team treated the position of quarterback as a necessary evil. The Indians rarely threw the ball, and in the double-wing offense, the quarterback’s job was to hand the ball off, and lead block.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: LaBelle named interim coach at Messalonskee
OAKLAND — Chapin LaBelle, a longtime assistant football coach at Messalonskee and Skowhegan high schools, will act as Mesalonskee’s head coach for the remainder of the season.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: The search is on for interim coach
Messalonskee athletic director Tom Hill said he expects to name an interim head football coach this week, and that coach will be in place for Friday’s game at Edward Little High School in Auburn.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Times have changed
Faced with the sudden resignation of its head coach, the Messalonskee High School football team did what it had to do on Friday night. The Eagles rallied around each other and played their best game of the season, beating Oxford Hills, 41-0.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Nokomis earns 1st win of season
NEWPORT — There haven’t been too many of these lopsided victories in the short history of Nokomis Regional High School football, so during Saturday’s 42-12 over Old Town, the Warriors were going to savor every second.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Messalonskee responds with win
SOUTH PARIS — Waiting for pregame introductions, the Messalonskee High School football team gathered in the end zone, ready to take the field as a team. The Eagles tried to keep everything as normal as possible, but there was nothing normal about what the team had been through over the past 36 hours.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cougars have hands full
The Mt. Blue High School football team hasn’t played at Gardiner Area High School since the late 1990s, so head coach Gary Parlin is trying to let his Cougars know what’s in store for them went they run onto Hoch Field tonight.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Colby’s Gilboy puts student in student-athlete
WATERVILLE — On a Colby College football team full of smart athletes, John Gilboy is one of the smartest.