You hear the word kickball, and your thoughts turn to elementary school, to booting that big, brownish-red ball around at recess with your friends.
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 FOOTBALL: Bulldogs defense dominates Dragons
FAIRFIELD — The Brunswick High School football team had something most opponents never have at Lawrence’s Keyes Field: a winning streak.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: A budding rivalry with plenty at stake
FAIRFIELD — It’s not the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean tonight’s Pine Tree Conference Class A game between Brunswick and Lawrence is any less exciting.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby hopes to turn things around in 2nd half
The first half of the season is traditionally tough for the Colby College football team, but this season was particularly so.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY PLAYOFFS: Goalie saves the day
THORNDIKE — It happened so quickly, Alexis Lachance only had time to react, not think. The Winslow High School field hockey team’s goalie saw the giveaway right in front of her, saw Mt. View’s Janelle Thornley with the ball, and the next thing Lachance knew, she was sprawled on the turf.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Rivalry? Not yet
They’ve played just twice in the last three years, so there’s no grudge through repetition. They sit approximately 60 miles apart, so there’s no disdain through proximity.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTES: Playoffs start now for Eagles
The Pine Tree Conference Class A playoffs don’t start until Nov. 4, but as far as Messalonskee High School coach Wes Littlefield is concerned, they start this weekend.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Flipping out in PTC Class A
The Pine Tree Conference Class A has been the most entertaining and competitive high school football league in the state this season. If you don’t believe me, follow me as I explain how the PTC could take fans into the football twilight zone as it heads to the postseason.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Winslow, Oak Hill renew rivalry
For a few years in the past decade, Winslow and Oak Hill were rivals in the Pine Tree Conference’s Class B division. Now that both are playing in the Campbell Conference Class C, the Raiders and Black Raiders will meet for the first time since 2008.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Winslow captains showing the way
WINSLOW — Winslow High School football coach calls Shane O’Connell “The Gov,” because O’Connell served as the Governor of Boys State this past summer. Siviski calls Vitaliano Tantoco “Vital,” because of his importance to the Black Raiders’ line play.