AUGUSTA — Beat the Bangor High School boys basketball team once in a season, and you’re doing something right. Beat the Rams twice, and you’re in rare company. Beating Bangor three times is next to impossible. On Saturday night at the Augusta Civic Center, Lawrence couldn’t quite pull off the feat.
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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Eastern A boys: Third time is no charm for Lawrence
After two regular-season wins over Bangor, the Bulldogs fall in the quarterfinals, 48-31.
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EASTERN B BOYS BASKETBALL: Gardiner knocks off Nokomis in overtime
BANGOR — With Nokomis playing excellent defense on Gardiner’s top-scoring duo, guard Jake Palmer and center Aaron Toman, somebody else had to step up for the Tigers.
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EASTERN A BOYS BASKETBALL: Too close to call
As the top seed with a 17-1 record, Hampden Academy is the favorite entering the Eastern Class A boys basketball tournament. But after a regular season in which a number of good teams regularly beat each other up, Hampden wears the favorite title loosely.
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CENTER COURT: Gardiner, Nokomis hope to make run at MDI
Gardiner Area High School boys basketball coach Jason Cassidy and his staff sat in the bleachers and scouted Wednesday night’s preliminary round game between Waterville and Nokomis. Cassidy was glad to not be playing in a prelim game himself.
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EASTERN CLASS B BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Pearl foul shot lifts Nokomis to win in Eastern B prelim
NEWPORT — Everybody involved with the Nokomis and Waterville boys basketball teams had seen this movie. It ran eight days ago in Waterville’s gym. Waterville guard Chris Hale takes the last shot. Eight days ago, Hale’s buzzer beater went in, giving the Purple Panthers a two-point win over the Warriors.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defense lifts Madison to MVC title
AUGUSTA — If the Madison Area Memorial High School girls basketball team used the Mountain Valley Conference championship game as a tune-up for the Western Class C playoffs, the Bulldogs left the Augusta Civic Center floor knowing this: If they play defense in the tournament as well as they played defense in the second half Monday, the Bulldogs will make a run deep into the tournament.
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Madison girls win conference title
Madison held Spruce Mountain to nine points in the second half, and scoreless over the game’s final 4 minutes, 56 seconds to take a 55-39 win and the conference championship. Madison (15-3) is the No. 2 seed in the Western C tournament, and will play a quarterfinal game at the Augusta Civic Center against either […]
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Heal points how-to guide
The high school basketball playoffs are here. Preliminary round games are Tuesday and Wednesday, and we hit the neutral sites in Bangor, Augusta and Portland on Friday.
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KVAC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: Panthers still the favorite
In recent years, the Waterville Senior High School indoor track and field teams have dominated the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference meet. The Purple Panthers will be the Class B favorites in both the girls and boys meets today at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, but they’ll face some strong competition, the girls from a deep Winslow team and the boys from Erskine and Belfast.