The first half of the season is traditionally tough for the Colby College football team, but this season was particularly so.
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 FIELD HOCKEY PLAYOFFS: Goalie saves the day
THORNDIKE — It happened so quickly, Alexis Lachance only had time to react, not think. The Winslow High School field hockey team’s goalie saw the giveaway right in front of her, saw Mt. View’s Janelle Thornley with the ball, and the next thing Lachance knew, she was sprawled on the turf.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Rivalry? Not yet
They’ve played just twice in the last three years, so there’s no grudge through repetition. They sit approximately 60 miles apart, so there’s no disdain through proximity.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTES: Playoffs start now for Eagles
The Pine Tree Conference Class A playoffs don’t start until Nov. 4, but as far as Messalonskee High School coach Wes Littlefield is concerned, they start this weekend.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Flipping out in PTC Class A
The Pine Tree Conference Class A has been the most entertaining and competitive high school football league in the state this season. If you don’t believe me, follow me as I explain how the PTC could take fans into the football twilight zone as it heads to the postseason.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Winslow, Oak Hill renew rivalry
For a few years in the past decade, Winslow and Oak Hill were rivals in the Pine Tree Conference’s Class B division. Now that both are playing in the Campbell Conference Class C, the Raiders and Black Raiders will meet for the first time since 2008.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Winslow captains showing the way
WINSLOW — Winslow High School football coach calls Shane O’Connell “The Gov,” because O’Connell served as the Governor of Boys State this past summer. Siviski calls Vitaliano Tantoco “Vital,” because of his importance to the Black Raiders’ line play.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Pellerin adjusting quickly to college
Jordan Pellerin knew what was coming. Even so, the Waterville Senior High School graduate found the life of a Division I college athlete a shock at first
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOBALL NOTEBOOK: PTC A top seed could go to coin flip
With three weeks left in the Pine Tree Conference’s Class A regular season, it appears that six teams are fighting for the league’s four playoff spots.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Hurt with no end in sight
When his last, best hope for a normal, pain-free life told Thomas Yerrick that he will not get better, Yerrick did what, at the time, he thought was best. He swallowed a lot of pills and attempted suicide.