WATERVILLE — Waterville’s Colleen O’Donnell said she tends to get down after losing a set. But at the state singles tournament, feeling sorry for yourself can get you knocked out in a hurry. When O’Donnell lost the second set of her Round of 16 match to Hampden’s Ashley Woodside, there was no time for moping.
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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SIDELINES: Now it’s Paul’s turn
Paul Mitchell’s brothers each have something named after them. George, the former United States Senator, has a school in Waterville that bears his name. John, an assistant basketball coach at Colby College for decades, shares the school’s basketball court with longtime head coach Dick Whitmore.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Eagles fall in 8 innings
SOUTH CHINA — Cony pitcher Zack Lachance didn’t lose any confidence after giving up the game-tying runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTES: Skowhegan pitcher thankful for new bats
We can debate for hours the decline in power numbers due to the new BBCOR bats in high school baseball this season. One thing that’s not up for debate is the increased safety, particularly for pitchers, and as evidence we have what happened last Friday when Skowhegan played Mt. Ararat.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Hard work pays off
OAKLAND — Jai Aslam has no secret formula, no arcane tennis knowledge, to explain his improvement this season. Unless you consider hard work and practice mysterious.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Waterville earns key win
WATERVILLE — There was no doubt that both the Waterville and Winslow high school baseball teams were playoff bound. After Waterville’s 10-2 win in their rivalry game at Gaul Field on Wednesday, both teams have a clearer idea of where they stand in the Eastern Class B playoff race.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Eagles shut out Indians
SKOWHEGAN — One thing Messalonskee pitcher Devin Warren is never going to worry about is defense. With brothers Sam and Jake Dexter at shortstop and second base, and Travis St. Pierre at third, Warren is not afraid of his pitches being put in play.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Miles of tennis
First, there was Allison, followed by Jeff, Kelly and Dan. All the Miles children followed Allison’s lead and joined the Winthrop High School tennis team.
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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Another Waterville sweep
SKOWHEGAN — The result of the eighth annual Community Cup track meet was the same as the first seven, wins for both the Waterville Senior High School girls and boys teams. Even with some of the top athletes in the area absent, including Waterville sprinter Georgia Bolduc and Messalonskee distance star Harlow Ladd, a number of others used the meet as an opportunity to tune up for next week’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championship meet.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTES: Cobras improve every game
After taking last season off to rebuild the program, the Carrabec High School baseball team is back.