The Waterville Senior High School boys basketball team can clinch a playoff spot for the first time since the 2003-04 season with a couple more wins.
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 BOYS BASKETBALL: Maranacook surprises Gardiner
READFIELD — Whether it was Kyle Boucher showing off some of his post moves, or Seth Miller slashing into the lane for a layup, or Taylor Wilbur sticking a 3-pointer from the corner, there wasn’t much the Maranacook Community School offense didn’t do Thursday night against Gardiner.
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Maranacook sinks Gardiner
READFIELD — Kyle Boucher recorded a triple-double, leading the Maranacook Community School boys basketball team to a 60-44 win over Gardiner on Thursday.
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ACTION SPORTS: Surgery ends Wescott’s season
Two-time Olympic Snowboardcross gold medal winner Seth Wescott’s season is over, but the Carrabassett Valley native is upbeat for the future, immediate and long term.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Your superstitions just don’t matter
In today’s AFC championship game, I’m picking the New England Patriots to defeat the Baltimore Ravens, earning a spot in the Super Bowl.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL NOTES: Change helps Bulldogs get back on track
After last week’s home loss to Cony, Lawrence coach Mike McGee tweaked his team’s defense.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Short-handed Gardiner picks up big win
GARDINER — With big man Aaron Toman out with an ankle injury, the Gardiner boys basketball team had to find a way to minimize Leavitt’s advantage in the paint.
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Gardiner runs past Leavitt
GARDINER — With big man Aaron Toman out with an ankle injury, the Gardiner boys basketball team had to find a way to minimize Leavitt’s advantage in the paint. “We were down Toman, so we weren’t going to pound it inside,” Gardiner coach Jason Cassidy said. The solution? Run. The Tigers played excellent transition basketball, […]
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Weather makes it better
By the time you read this, the AFC divisional playoff game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots will be over.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Valley faces tough challenge vs. Hyde
One of the biggest games of the season in Western Class D will take place Saturday, when Hyde travels to Bingham to take on Valley in a battle of the two remaining undefeated teams in the region. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.