Seth Sweet earned the top seed in the Maine State Golf Association Match Play Championship with his win at the Maine Amateur championship last month.
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: Coaches pass on their passion
PORTLAND — Jack Cosgrove, the head football coach at the University of Maine for 20 years now, addressed his first remarks to the many young coaches in the room.
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JUNIOR LEGION BASEBALL: Post 14 set for state tourney
For some members of the Post 14 Junior Legion baseball team, this has been a summer of wall-to-wall baseball. Five members of the team recently played for the Central Maine Babe Ruth 14-year old club that reached the championship game of the New England regional last week, and two played for the Post 51 American Legion team that reached the final day of the state tournament.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tweaks made to 4-class proposal
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association football committee made some changes to the blueprint for four classes of high school football when it met Tuesday, but considering the scope of what the committee is trying to do, the changes to the plan devised in May have to be considered minor.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Making old school cool again
Officially, Vaughan Stevens started the Gasser Guys drag races six years ago, but really, it started back in 1964, when he was barely out of high school.
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AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK: Unity Raceway may close for season
With fewer drivers and fewer fans at Unity Raceway this season, George Fernald, Jr. isn’t sure he’ll be able to finish the season at the track.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Central Maine falls short of World Series
WINOOSKI, Vt. — Coming out of the loser’s bracket to win a double elimination baseball tournament is a tough task, particularly when you lose the first game. But with four consecutive victories in the New England 14-year old Babe Ruth tournament, Central Maine went from the verge of going home to the final day.
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Central Maine 14-year olds advance to regional finals
Central Maine will face Connecticut for the New England championship on Thursday.
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GYMNASTICS: Motivating the future
AUGUSTA — People arriving at Mainely Gymnastics on Tuesday night were greeted with a great big spoiler alert, in the form of a hand-written sign on the front door.
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SIDELINES: Dent, Torrez forever linked in Sox history
OAKLAND — Bucky Dent is the nicest bogeyman you’d ever want to meet.