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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: A rivalry, sort of
In Waterville and Winslow, they’re trying to resurrect a rivalry.
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GOLF: Hayes wins Match Play title
Johnny Hayes IV, playing out of Prouts Neck Country Club, shot 7-under par on the front nine in the championship round to build an insurmountable lead. Play ended on the 14th hole of Natanis Golf Course’s Tomahawk course, with Hayes taking a 6 and 4 win.
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GOLF: After delay, semifinals set at Match Play Invitational
Two rounds of the Match Play Invitational were scheduled for Thursday at Natnis Golf Course’s Tomahawk course, but when heavy rain in the morning suspended the quarterfinal round with two of the four matches still competing, officials elected to push the semifinals to this morning at 8 a.m., with the championship round to follow.
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GOLF: Alvarez still alive in Match Play after marathon day
Joe Alvarez, of Penobscot Valley Country Club, needed 24 holes to beat Mike Doran in the first round. In the second round, Alvarez needed 21 holes to defeat top-seed Ricky Jones. In all, Alvarez played two and a half rounds of golf, 45 holes, on the Natanis Golf Course’s Tomahawk course, and he’ll be back at it at 7 this morning in the quarterfinals.
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GOLF: New home for Match Play
VASSALBORO — Now in its third year, the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational leaves the Augusta Country Club, but it’s not going far.
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JUNIOR LEGION BASEBALL: Post 14 wins state title
Tri-Town tied the Junior Legion baseball state championship game with two runs in the top of the seventh inning. Post 14 came back and scored in the bottom of the eighth to win 4-3 to win its first state championship.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Reynolds a pool prodigy
FAIRFIELD —This is just for fun. A nice, laid back, friendly game of 8-ball. But Taylor Reynolds gets the look. She can’t help it. Her eyes narrow, her brow furrows and, with every shot, the 15-year old Winslow High School sophomore looks like she’s concentrating on the most important thing in the world.
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GOLF NOTEBOOK: Sweet will take break before school
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.
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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.