The final vote won’t be until next spring, so that gives Maine’s high school football community plenty of time to debate and discuss the proposed four class system.
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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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Waterville completes incredible comeback
WATERVILLE — Three outs from losing via the mercy rule, the Waterville Senior High School baseball team staged an improbable comeback to take a 14-13 win over John Bapst in a Class B East semifinal game.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Waterville gets another shot
WATERVILLE — Making the Class B state championship tennis match last year was a learning experience for the Waterville Senior High School girls tennis team. The Panthers had just one senior, and had three freshmen playing singles.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Panthers moving on
WATERVILLE — Waterville Senior High School baseball coach Don Sawyer considered having J.T. Whitten take a pitch. The count was two balls, no strikes and there was two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Nah, Sawyer thought, let him swing away.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Big 2nd inning costs Gardiner
WATERVILLE — Waterville Senior High School baseball coach Don Sawyer considered having J.T. Whitten take a pitch. The count was two balls, no strikes and there was two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Nah, Sawyer thought, let him swing away.
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EASTERN B GIRLS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP: Waterville wins 2nd straight title
WATERVILLE — Waterville Senior High School’s No. 1 singles player Colleen O’Donnell walked off the court after winning her match with Caribou’s Carlee Pinette. Waterville coach Jill Cristan quickly did the math. O’Donnell’s win was the Purple Panthers’ third win of the day, and that clinched the Eastern B title.
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EASTERN A BASEBALL QUARTERFINALS: Nutter, Messalonskee advance to semifinals
WATERVILLE — You can’t call the game Messalonskee High School’s Reid Nutter pitched on Wednesday afternoon a gem. It was more of a lump of coal squeezed into a diamond.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Winslow advances
WINSLOW — What’s this, the swinging Winslow Black Raiders playing small ball?
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BIKING: Clukey training for Trek Across Maine
AUGUSTA — Julia Clukey is used to going down hills as fast she can. Right now, she’s training to climb them.
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HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS PLAYOFFS: Panthers, Bulldogs ready for regional finals
When the Waterville Senior High School girls tennis team faces Caribou in the Eastern Class B final, the Purple Panthers will face an unknown opponent.