SKOWHEGAN — Like many close high school baseball games, you kept waiting for that one mistake that would break this game open. It never happened. Like many close baseball games, you kept waiting for a pitcher to suffer that bout of wildness. It never happened.
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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PREP SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Maine Central Institute drops prep team
PITTSFIELD — The post-graduate men’s basketball team at Maine Central Institute was once one of the top prep basketball programs in the nation. Dozens of players went from the Pittsfield school to Division I college basketball, and some even went on to successful professional careers in the NBA.
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COLLEGE WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Mules easily win opener
WATERVILLE –Looking back, the Colby College women’s lacrosse team might remember losing in the first round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament as a blessing.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Quite a career for Light
On Monday, New England Patriots left tackle Matt Light plans to officially announce his retirement.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: McCarty lifts Husson to title
After losing the first game of the North Atlantic Conference softball tournament, Husson University pitcher Becca McCarty approached the rest of the tournament with one thought in her mind.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTES: Winslow adjust to wood bats
While many teams have seen a decline in power with the use of the new BBCOR bats or wooden bats this season, the Winslow High School baseball team is hitting as well as it has in years.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Madison holds off Mt. Abram rally
MADISON — When the Mt. Abram baseball team rallied for three runs in the top of the fifth inning, Madison third baseman Travis Emerson didn’t blink.
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COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Colby’s Kone should contend for national title
WATERVILLE — On a raw May day that felt more like March, Dom Kone worked at becoming the best sprinter in the country.
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COLLEGE NOTES: UMF set for playoffs
The University of Maine at Farmington men’s lacrosse team enters the playoffs playing its best lacrosse of the season, according first-year coach Jon Evans. The Beavers will have to prove that if they hope to advance in the North Atlantic Conference tournament.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTES: Offense, bullpen key for Cougars
The bad news for the Mt. Blue High School baseball team is, in three games, the Cougars haven’t had a starting pitcher get through the third inning yet. The good news is, the Cougars are hitting and have a relief ace, and that’s led them to a 2-1 record despite the early inning struggles on the mound.