The field for the Pine Tree Conference Class A playoffs is just about set.
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.
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Enjoy Stags’ run
In 2012, Maine high school football’s favorite number is 31.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Winslow turns it on in 2nd
WINSLOW — The Winslow High School football team was ahead just seven points at the half and knew it had to start taking advantage of opportunities provided by Boothbay, and start creating its own breaks.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lawrence knocks off Cony
FAIRFIELD — The Lawrence High School football team was looking for a challenge, and in Cony’s strong passing game, the Bulldogs got one.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cony, Lawrence set to collide
When it comes to playing games on the statewide stage, the Lawrence High School football team has been here numerous times over the last seven years. Cony, on the other hand, is new to this big game thing, but that doesn’t make the Rams any less eager to play at Keyes Field tonight.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Mules using players on offense and defense
The Colby College football team has a few players playing iron man football.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Offensive line makes Winslow click
WINSLOW — Every time one of the Winslow High School running backs breaks into the second level of the defense and uses a burst of speed for a big gain — and it happens a lot — the veterans on the Black Raiders’ offensive line think the same thing.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: A night for coaches
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.
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.
SIDELINES — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: A quick rivalry
What the Mt. Blue-Leavitt football rivalry lacks in history, it makes up for in intensity.