A few final thoughts on this year’s Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl, as we now look forward to the football season …
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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LOBSTER BOWL: Dramatic comeback for West
BIDDEFORD — Imadhi Zagon wasn’t even supposed to be on the kickoff team. But with the West down by four points with four and a half minutes to play in the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl, Zagon asked his coaches to let him try and return the kick.
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LOBSTER BOWL: West looking to end East’s streak
HEBRON — There was a time when all the pressure to win the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl was on the West. The West won the first nine games in the annual football game to raise money for the Shriner’s Hospitals. When the East finally won a game, in 1999, the West went and won three more in a row.
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LOBSTER BOWL: White proves a quick learner
HEBRON — It was the first football game of Zach White’s career, a preseason game against Maine Central Institute, and he was playing defensive back.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Central Maine cruises in opener
FAIRFIELD — Fantastic pitching and defense, combined with timely hits and aggressive baserunning was the formula for Central Maine in the first round of the 14-year old Babe Ruth state tournament Wednesday at Keyes Field.
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LOBSTER BOWL: McKee’s hard work pays off
HEBRON — When you break it down, all Colin McKee really did was what all good wide receivers do. He saw an opening, and he went for it.
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BASEBALL: Central Maine wins opening game of Babe Ruth tourney
FAIRFIELD — Fantastic pitching and defense, combined with timely hits and aggressive baserunning was the formula for Central Maine in the first round of the 14-year olds Babe Ruth state tournament on Wednesday at Keyes Field.
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BILLIARDS: Reynolds win national title
Taylor Reynolds competed in the Billiard Education Foundation’s Junior National Championship three times before this summer. Each time was she came home with the same hardware.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Uniform is Jeter’s only fault
The baseball fan inside me and the Boston Red Sox fan inside me are at war. It’s going nuclear, in the form of heartburn and self-reflection.
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AUTO RACING: Busch tunes up for TD Bank 250
OXFORD — Kyle Busch ran a few laps around Oxford Plains Speedway, then he’d have his crew tinker with the new car, built by Dale Shaw for Busch to race in the TD Bank 250 on July 24. Then it would be back to the track for some more laps, followed by more work on the car.