It’s been almost two months since the Messalonskee and Lewiston high school baseball teams played their one regular-season game. Lewiston won that game, 9-2.
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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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Panthers moving on
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EASTERN A BASEBALL QUARTERFINALS: Nutter, Messalonskee advance to semifinals
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Winslow advances
WINSLOW — What’s this, the swinging Winslow Black Raiders playing small ball?