STANDISH — Sam Dexter stood in center field at Larry Mahaney Diamond and did something he’d never done with a baseball before. He signed it.
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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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Sports memories of Dad
If I had the game now, it would seem so antiquated. A hand-held electronic baseball game. A series of red lights blinked when you chose a pitch, Quickly for a fastball. Fast, then slow, for a changeup. If you pushed the button marked “curveball,” a light just off the plate would blink as the pitch approached.
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BASEBALL: Messalonskee wins first Class A state title
The Eagles win their first Class A state championship and first since winning Class B in 1973.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Messalonskee trio a factor as freshmen
With three freshman in the Messalonskee High School baseball team’s starting lineup, the future looks bright for the Eagles. With the way each has contributed to Messalonskee’s run to the Class A state championship game, the future arrived early.
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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: Bellows, Parker ready to for MMA event
OAKLAND — Josh Bellows hasn’t had a mixed martial arts fight in more than a year. Josh Parker last fought in February, but now that he’s back at 155 pounds, Parker is eager to get back in the cage.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Waterville’s run in Eastern B comes to end
BANGOR — Waterville’s run as king of Eastern Maine Class B baseball ended on the right arm of Foxcroft Academy’s Ryan Rebar.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: New guys spark Panthers
Matt Lee hadn’t played baseball since eighth grade. Josh Gormley hadn’t been on a diamond since Little League. Yet without them, the Waterville Senior High School baseball team would not be playing in its fourth consecutive regional championship game today, trying to win a third straight Class B state title.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Messalonskee wins 1st Eastern A title
AUGUSTA — After losing at Brewer on May 12, the Messalonskee High School baseball team held a team meeting. The Eagles were 5-5, and felt like they were underachieving.
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BASEBALL: Messalonskee routs Lewiston for Class A East title
Messalonskee won its ninth consecutive game, winning its first regional title in Class A and reaching the state championship game for the first time since 1973, when the Eagles won the Class B crown.
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BASEBALL: Winkin Award finalists announced
Eight baseball players from across the state were named finalists for the John Winkin Award, presented each year to the top senior playing high school baseball in Maine.