FARMINGTON — There have been a lot of good quarterbacks at Mt. Blue High School over the years, and 15 years after winning the 1996 Fitzpatrick Trophy as the state’s top high school football player, Dustin Ireland is still the gold standard.
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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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Loubier stays calm, results show
Did Matt Loubier just sink a 30-foot putt, or did he slice a tee shot into the trees? You can’t tell from looking at him.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Colby puts start behind it with 3rd straight win
WATERVILLE — That 0-4 start is a fading memory for the Colby College football team. Playing their final home game of the season Saturday, the Mules rallied in the second half to take a 20-10 win over Tufts.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Jones earned his shot
The photo is almost seven years old now and was taken shortly before the start of Josh Jones’ senior basketball season at Erskine Academy.
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PUNT, PASS & KICK: Competitors fired up for trip to Gillette
When Molly Folsom returns to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Sunday for her third trip to the New England Punt, Pass and Kick championship, she will be joined by a few other representatives from Fairfield PAL’s football league.
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PTC B FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: A little luck fuels Mt. Blue past Gardiner
FARMINGTON — Momentum is one pass that slips through a defender’s fingers, only to find the receiver in the corner of the end zone.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Confident Mules look for 3 in a row
One win became two, and just like that, a Colby College football team that started the season 0-4 is riding a winning streak.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Eagles get another shot at Bulldogs
Messalonskee vs. Lawrence, take two.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lining up to lead unbeaten Lawrence
FAIRFIELD — Take two defensive tackles starting at the varsity level for the first time. One defensive end who used to play linebacker. One defensive end who never expected to play the position, and what do you have?
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Lawrence has options at quarterback
Lawrence quarterback Spencer Carey was cleared to do some throwing this week, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he will be under center when the Bulldogs host Messalonksee in a Pine Tree Conference Class A semifinal game Friday night, coach John Hersom said.