With three weeks left in the Pine Tree Conference’s Class A regular season, it appears that six teams are fighting for the league’s four playoff spots.
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: Hurt with no end in sight
When his last, best hope for a normal, pain-free life told Thomas Yerrick that he will not get better, Yerrick did what, at the time, he thought was best. He swallowed a lot of pills and attempted suicide.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Surprise pass fuels MDI win over Nokomis
NEWPORT — The Mt. Desert Island High School football team is known as a team that will grind out yardage with a strong running game. The Trojans did that Saturday at Nokomis, but it was a pass that was the biggest play of the game.
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His pain never ends
When his last, best hope for a normal, pain-free life told Thomas Yerrick that he will not get better, Yerrick did what, at the time, he thought was best. He swallowed a lot of pills and attempted suicide.
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PTC A FOOTBALL: Defense sparks Lawrence to win
FAIRFIELD — On a night when the Lawrence High School football team’s offense wasn’t its sharpest, the Bulldogs’ defense was in top form.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby ready to get 1st win
It’s a chicken or the egg argument. Is the Colby College defense last in the New England Small College Athletic Conference in points allowed because it’s faced powerful offenses in Trinity and Middlebury, or are the Bantams and Panthers the top two scoring teams in the league because they’ve faced Colby?
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Unbeatens ready for showdown
Leavitt and Mt. Blue aren’t complete strangers. In recent years, when Mt. Blue was in the Pine Tree Conference Class A division, the teams would meet in the preseason. Now that they both play in the PTC B, that preseason contest has been scrapped.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Making it happen
You’ve seen him at nearly every high school football game you’ve ever watched. He’s the player who looks too small, or too slow, to pay any heed.
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COLLEGE HOCKEY: Colby taps Moore
WATERVILLE — To replace Jim Tortorella as men’s ice hockey coach, Colby College conducted a nationwide search. Turns out, the best candidate was only a few towns away.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Unbeatens prepare for battle
The top two teams in the Pine Tree Conference Class B division, Leavitt and Mt. Blue, meet on Friday night in the biggest game in the state this weekend. Both teams are 5-0, and the anticipation for this game has been building since last spring, when Mt. Blue announced it would drop from Class A to B.