The Colby College defense played its best game of the season last week in a 13-7 win at Hamilton.
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: Win, you’re in
The schedule says the Skowhegan vs. Bangor game tonight is not a playoff game, but everybody involved knows better.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: St. Pierre adds new dimension to offense
OAKLAND — Even before he threw the passes, Travis St. Pierre knew they would be touchdowns. He knew the slant to Gage Landry would work, and he knew Sam Dexter would make the catch, no matter how many Bangor Rams were draped over him.
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COLLEGE CONNECTION: Caron makes recovery for UNE
If it weren’t for the brace Katie Caron wore, new University of New England women’s soccer coach Heather Davis never would have known the forward was coming off a torn ACL last year.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTES: After Lawrence, seeds not yet set in PTC Class A
With Week 8 of the regular season complete, the Pine Tree Conference Class A playoff race is starting to come together.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mustangs in and will stay home
Not only did the Mt. View High School football team make the playoffs for the first time in its five-year history, the Mustangs earned the No. 4 seed in the Little Ten Conference tournament, and will host a game on Saturday.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maranacook happy to be home
Maranacook Community School football coach Joe Emery can’t recall the last time the Black Bears hosted a playoff game. Maybe it was back in the day, before the program was dropped in the 1980s, he said.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mt. Blue pulls away from Waterville
WATERVILLE — You can describe the Mt. Blue High School football team’s offense as a machine. Sometimes, the machine is slow to warm up.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK — Ain’t that a kick
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.
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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.