FAIRFIELD — On a night when the Lawrence High School football team’s offense wasn’t its sharpest, the Bulldogs’ defense was in top form.
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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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.
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COMMENTARY — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Taking the heat in Buffalo
One week ago, I witnessed the Buffalo Bills’ biggest win in years.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hornets too much for Panthers
TURNER — The Leaviit Area High School offense can do a little bit of everything, and on Saturday night in front of a large Homecoming crowd, the Hornets did a lot of everything.
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HARNESS RACING — WALTER H. HIGHT MEMORIAL: Western Comfort pulls away
SKOWHEGAN — It’s been a good year for Western Comfort. Coming into Saturday’s Walter H. Hight Invitational at the Skowhegan State Fair, Western Comfort had nine wins in 18 races, plus three second-place finishes and three more thirds.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: It’s a rush like few others
SKOWHEGAN — A.J. Barter spins his steering wheel as fast as he can, and he guns his car in reverse, but it’s no use. The right front tire on the passenger side is caught on the barrier, and all of Barter’s work just makes his car swing in big, herky-jerky arcs, like a pink fish trying to break free from a hook.