FARMINGTON — Sometimes in a baseball game, the smallest details turn into the biggest plays. That was the case in Saturday night’s New England Babe Ruth tournament game between Franklin County and Manchester, N.H.
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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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Franklin picks up win
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County 13-15-year-old Babe Ruth team lost to Apple Valley twice in the state tournament. But as host of the New England regional, Franklin jumped on the chance to take a game from their rivals.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Franklin wins opener
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County 13-15-year old Babe Ruth team lost to Apple Valley twice in the state tournament. But as host of the New England regional, Franklin jumped on the chance to take a game from their rivals.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Apple Valley, Farmington face off in 1st round
FARMINGTON — Two central Maine teams will participate in the New England 13-15 year old Babe Ruth tournament over the next few days at Farmington’s Hippach Field. One hopes the experience it gained as 14-year olds at the New England tournament last summer will pay off. The other hopes a strong showing in the state tournament last week is a springboard to a deep run.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Mainers stick together
FARMINGTON — As Edwin Thompson was being introduced at a meeting of all the Duke University coaches, one loud cheer went up from the back of the room.
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BASEBALL: Cape Cod League honors Jabar
One summer in college, Joe Jabar worked as a landscaper on Cape Cod, and part of the job involved digging graves.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Farmington set to host N.E. Regional
FARMINGTON — When Steve Tricomi, the state Babe Ruth baseball commissioner asked Farmington’s Dave Duley if Franklin County would be interested in hosting the New England 13-15 year old tournament, Duley was surprised.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Wrapping up hot, successful day
A few final thoughts on this year’s Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl, as we now look forward to the football season …
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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.