When her teammates at Maine Maritime Academy began practices for the 2011-12 season, Alexis Bennett was with them. For the first time in her college basketball career, Bennett, a junior, wasn’t still with the Mariners soccer team.
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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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Fitzy ballot cause for debate, celebration
Every year, the list of Fitzpatrick Trophy semifinalists comes out, and every year, those of us who cover or watch a lot of high school football compile a list of players who didn’t make the ballot. This year, that list seems longer than usual.
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MORNING SENTINEL FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Dexter excells in all parts of the game for Messalonskee
No player in the Pine Tree Conference Class A, and arguably the state, did more for his team in all three phases of the game than Sam Dexter. That is why Dexter is the Morning Sentinel Football Player of the Year.
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MORNING SENTINEL FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Brady turns Mt. View football into a winning program
First, Jack Brady had to convince the Mt. View High School football it could win. Then, he had to convince them they could do it again, and again.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Colby head coach Mestieri resigns
WATERVILLE — Ed Mestieri, Colby College’s head football coach for the past eight seasons, resigned Friday.
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COLLEGE HOCKEY: Dominant 2nd period lifts Bowdoin over Colby
WATERVILLE — It wasn’t so much a dominant second period that lifted the Bowdoin College men’s ice hockey team to a 6-2 win over rival Colby. It was more a dominant few minutes,
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Colby coach resigns
WATERVILLE — Ed Mestieri, Colby College’s head football coach for the past eight seasons resigned Friday.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tracy, Carroll on Fitzy ballot
Lawrence High School running back Shaun Carroll, Jr. and Mt. Blue running back Izaiha Tracy are among the 12 semifinalists for the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy. The award is annually given to the senior voted the top high school football player in Maine.
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MORNING SENTINEL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Junior bursts on scene in 1st year of running
It was the kind of season many cross country runners would love to go out on, but Lawrence High School’s Erzsebet Nagy is just getting started.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Wilder has Monarchs right on schedule
Many observers of the Colonial Athletic Association think the Old Dominion University football team overachieved this season. The league’s coaches picked the Monarchs to finish 10th in the 11-team conference in their annual preseason poll, but ODU went 9-2 in the regular season, 6-2 in conference games.