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.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
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.
CAMPBELL CONFERENCE C TITLE GAME: Winslow hangs on to reach state final
Winslow held on for a 17-6 win over Dirigo, taking the Campbell Conference Class C title in just its second season in the league.
CAMPBELL CONFERENCE CLASS C TITLE GAME: Revenge, title at stake for Winslow
WINSLOW — Winslow High School head football coach Mike Siviski forwarded the DVD until he found the play he wanted to see. There, on the television in Siviski’s office, Dirigo’s Spencer Trenoweth ran past the Oak Hill defense for a 70-yard touchdown. Siviski forwarded the film again, this time to Trenoweth’s 51-yard touchdown run late in the game.
PINE TREE CONFERENCE CLASS B: Mt. Blue reaches state title game
FARMINGTON — For a year now, the Mt. Blue High School football team has been motivated by the pain that one point in Turner tattooed into their collective memory. Leavitt’s 2-point conversion in the second overtime in last season’s Pine Tree Conference Class B championship game ended the Cougars 2011 season one game short of its goal.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Battle for a title shot
Gary Parlin spent some time early this week going over scores with his team. The Mt. Blue High School head football coach, Parlin recited the list of teams that beat an opponent in the regular season, only to lose the rematch in the playoffs.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REGIONAL FINALS: PTC Renaissance
It started, as many things do, with dissension.
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER: Thomas will face Williams in 1st round
WATERVILLE — Some members of the Thomas College men’s soccer team let out a sigh of relief when the bracket revealed the Terriers will not play defending national champion Ohio Wesleyan in the first round of the NCAA Division III men’s soccer tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Another shot for Mt. Blue
The Mt. Blue football team is still haunted by last season’s 22-21 double overtime loss to Leavitt in the Pine Tree Conference Class B championship game.
CLASS D GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Title in sights since start of season
On Saturday night, the Richmond High School girls soccer team beat Washburn to win the Class D state championship, adding another trophy to the team’s already large collection.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mt. Blue knocks off Gardiner
FARMINGTON — When his team’s 20-point lead was suddenly cut to six points early in the fourth quarter, Mt. Blue High School football coach Gary Parlin did what good football coaches have done for decades. Parlin put the ball in the hands of his best player and told him to go win the game.