HEBRON — Every high school football team in the state has a player invited to play in the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl. To have two or even three players invited to play in the annual all-star game to benefit Shriner’s Hospitals says a lot about the state of a school’s football program. Usually, a handful of perennial powers have two or three players represented, while a vast majority of schools send one athlete to the game.
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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LOBSTER BOWL NOTEBOOK: Players hit field in preparation for 23rd Lobster Bowl
HEBRON — One of the constants of the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl’s first 22 years is the friendships made when high school rivalries are set aside. As the teams prepare for Saturday’s 23rd game at Hebron Academy, that’s once again the case.
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LOBSTER BOWL NOTEBOOK: Bowl more than just a game
HEBRON — One of the constants of the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl’s first 22 years is the friendships made when high school rivalries are set aside. As the teams prepare for Saturday’s 23rd game at Hebron Academy, that’s once again the case.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Title 1st step for Sweet
Five years ago, Seth Sweet’s first appearance in the Maine Amateur Golf Championship ended in tears. He was 12, the youngest player to ever qualify for the tournament. He shot an 80 the first day, an 84 the second, and two days of playing golf against men caught up to Sweet as he turned in his card. A kid reached his exhaustion point, physically and mentally.
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MAINE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Sweet hangs on to win 1st title
NEWRY — As his opponents inched closer and closer, Seth Sweet thought of his first Maine Amateur tournament. He was 12 years old when he made his Maine Am debut at Waterville Country Club in 2007. On Thursday, at Sunday River Golf Club, Sweet realized a dream that began that day.
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MAINE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Sweet keeps lead
NEWRY — You can tell how a golfer’s round went by the way he walks down the 18th fairway. You see slumped shoulders and a hanging head, you know it’s been a tough day.
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GOLF: Sweet out front after 1st round
Madison’s Seth Sweet played his best golf on the back nine, overcoming a slow start to take the lead after Day 1 of the Maine Amateur Golf Championship at Sunday River Golf Club in Newry.
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GOLF: Madison’s Sweet leads Maine Am
The recent high school graduate posts the only score under par on the tournament’s first day.
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BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Bernier leads Eagles to state title
The team meeting held by the Messalonskee High School baseball squad will go down in Eagles lore as one of the most important team meetings in school history.
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BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Messalonskee’s Dexter caps stellar career with title
Rick York talked to his pitchers about this exact situation. With an 0-2 count, throw a pitch in the dirt, or high and outside. Maybe the hitter will chase a bad pitch. Cody Moody, Skowhegan’s pitcher, did exactly what York had coached him to do. His pitch was high and outside.