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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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
MORNING SENTINEL BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Dan Stefanilo leads turnaround at Mt. Blue
A season can’t slip away after a bad season opener can it? It can, but after a 9-1 loss at Lawrence on opening day, Mt. Blue High School baseball coach Dan Stefanilo wouldn’t let his team dwell on the negatives. In his post game talk with the team, Stefanilo pointed towards the Lawrence dugout.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2011
MORNING SENTINEL BOYS TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Desire to improve lifts Waterville senior Greenspan
A good tennis player wanted to get better. A good coach was eager to help. Waterville Senior High School senior Thomas Greenspan and boys tennis coach Jim Begin were the perfect combination of determination and mentoring.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Kariya the best Black Bear
The best athlete to ever wear the blue and white of the University of Maine retired on Wednesday. The victim of too many blows to the head resulting in too many concussions, Paul Kariya and his doctor decided it’s not worth risking his long term health to continue to play hockey.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2011
BASKETBALL: KV YMCA men’s league keeps players involved
AUGUSTA — Sean McNally said his competitive fire is gone, that it dried up and blew away as soon as the University of Maine men’s basketball team ended the 2010-11 season with a loss to Hartford in the first round of the America East tournament in March.
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
SNOWBOARDING: Warn following his dream
On the first day of the USA Snowboard Association national championships, Jake Warn broke his wrist during a practice run. Jake, 11, a fifth grader at Winslow Elementary School, was afraid his first trip to nationals was over before it really began.
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PublishedApril 17, 2011
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: UMF stars get to play with the big dogs
Eric Taylor and Andrew Dean walked into the locker room at North Wilkes High School in Hays, N.C., and tried not to look awestruck in front of their new teammates.
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PublishedApril 16, 2011
Boston Marathon a highlight for many
It takes so long to properly train for the Boston Marathon, that when you finally run it, it’s almost anticlimactic, right?
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PublishedApril 15, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Athletes hope to get season started today
When the Messalonskee High School girls lacrosse team opens the season today, the players won’t be the only ones who need to shake any first-game jitters. First-year head coach Katie Gorham will have them, too.
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PublishedApril 13, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Jones’ injury lingers in Skowhegan
Skowhegan Area High School’s Whitney Jones hoped to be on the softball field with her teammates by now, but the recovery from a foot injury is taking the senior shortstop longer than expected.
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PublishedApril 10, 2011
COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Injury doesn’t slow Vigue at Thomas
The broken index finger on Cody Vigue’s right hand isn’t even a nuisance at this point. As a matter of fact, the Skowhegan Area High School graduate is using the injury as a teaching tool.
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