WATERVILLE — Tim Locke understates the early success he’s had with the Thomas College baseball team.
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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LOBSTER BOWL: Players gain insight
LEWISTON — At first, the dozens of football players glanced around the room, knowing each other by name and reputation.
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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sennick leads Cougars to East A final
Cam Sennick had just completed eighth grade when then-assistant coach Dave Simpson encouraged him to talk to Mt. Blue High School boys basketball coach Jim Bessey about playing with the varsity team in the summer.
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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Briggs leads Waterville to 1st playoff appearance since 2004
This was the breakout season the Waterville Senior High School boys basketball team has been waiting for.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Swagger is missing in Red Sox Nation
The Boston Red Sox open the 2012 season on Thursday afternoon in Detroit. They’re likely to face reigning American League Cy Young winner and Most Valuable Player Justin Verlander.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Skowhegan coach Marston retires
SKOWHEGAN — The idea of retirement is something Skowhegan Area High School football coach Mike Marston has thought of for a couple years. On Friday, Marston decided to make it official.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Skowhegan coach Marston retires
SKOWHEGAN — The idea of retirement is something Skowhegan Area High School football coach Mike Marston has thought of for a couple years. On Friday, Marston decided to make it official.
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GIRLS ROCK AWARDS: These girls rock
Until recently, Lindsay Ball didn’t think of herself as a role model. Ball has Reninitis Pigmentosa, an eye disease which is slowly blinding her. The disease hasn’t stopped Ball from skiing competitively. In January, Ball won the U.S. Visually Impaired National Championship in the Giant Slalom at Waterville Valley, N.H.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Longtime Mt. Blue coach Bessey retires
FARMINGTON — Recently, Jim Bessey was asked if he’d stick around and coach the Mt. Blue High School boys basketball team for a few more years. Maybe try to get to 500 career wins.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Celebrating martial arts, hard work
WINSLOW — Thirty-two years ago, the first Battle of Maine was held at Winslow Junior High School. Now one of the tournament organizers, Mark Huard was then just another kid competing for the first time.