BANGOR — Matt Hall is listed as 6-feet tall, and that might be a mild stretch for the Gardiner Area High School senior. One thing is clear, whether he’s 6-foot, 5-11 or as tall as the Paul Bunyan statue that stands in front of the Bangor Auditorium, Hall can jump.
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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EASTERN B GIRLS BASKETBALL: Nokomis rolls along
BANGOR — Nokomis Regional High School senior Marissa Shaw summed up her team’s second half defensive effort simply.
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EASTERN B BOYS BASKETBALL: Gardiner reaches regional final
BANGOR — Matt Hall is listed as 6-feet tall, and that might be a mild stretch for the Gardiner Area High School senior. One thing is clear, whether he’s 6-foot, 5-11 or as tall as the Paul Bunyan statue that stands in front of the Bangor Auditorium, Hall can jump.
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EASTERN A BOYS BASKETBALL: Mt. Blue, EL similar in approach
When Edward Little boys basketball coach Mike Adams calls out “23,” it means the same thing as when Mt. Blue coach Jim Bessey says it.
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EASTERN B BOYS BASKETBALL: Gardiner faces tough test
After the Medomak Valley boys basketball team beat Gardiner in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championship game, 61-57, coach Nick DePatsy praised the Tigers.
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CLASS B INDOOR TRACK & FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Brown stars, Panthers win
LEWISTON — The Waterville girls indoor track and field team went into the Class B state championship meet with a number in mind: 132. That’s the team record for points in the meet, and that’s what the Purple Panthers hoped to score.
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Waterville girls indoor track and field repeats as state champs
LEWISTON — The Waterville girls indoor track and field team went into the Class B state championship meet with a number in mind, 132. That’s the team record for points in the meet, and that’s what the Purple Panthers hoped to score. Waterville didn’t quite reach that mark, the Panthers finished the day at Bates […]
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HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Ladd looks for edge in rivalry
Messalonskee High School senior Harlow Ladd will be running for a state record today in the Class A boys 2-mile, but while Ladd will be competing at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, he’ll have one eye on the Class B indoor track and field state meet at Bates College in Lewiston.
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EASTERN A BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Cougars click on all cylinders
AUGUSTA — Brunswick boys basketball coach Todd Hanson made a prediction after his team’s Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal game against Mt. Blue.
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EASTERN A BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Bangor knocks off Lawrence
AUGUSTA — Beat the Bangor High School boys basketball team once in a season, and you’re doing something right. Beat the Rams twice, and you’re in rare company. Beating Bangor three times is next to impossible. On Saturday night at the Augusta Civic Center, Lawrence couldn’t quite pull off the feat.