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.
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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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.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Still not America’s game
Some thoughts while I wait out the slowest sports day of the year…
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SOCCER: Locals help team win regionals
The Portland Phoenix Under-20 men’s soccer team won the Northeast Region with a 4-2 win over the Massachusetts Bulldogs last week. With the win, the Phoenix earned a spot in the national tournament later this month in Tampa, Fla.
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MAINE AM: Golfers set to tee off
Ryan Gay can’t hide his enthusiasm for the Portland Country Club.
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MORNING SENTINEL BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Waterville’s Bishop ends iron-man streak with 2nd title
It appears the only thing that’s going to keep Kyle Bishop out of the Waterville Senior High School baseball team’s lineup is graduation. Since starting his first varsity game as a freshman in 2008, Bishop played in 80 consecutive games for the Purple Panthers.
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MORNING SENTINEL BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Dan Stefanilo leads turnaround at Mt. Blue
A season can’t slip away after a bad season opener can it? It can, but after a 9-1 loss at Lawrence on opening day, Mt. Blue High School baseball coach Dan Stefanilo wouldn’t let his team dwell on the negatives. In his post game talk with the team, Stefanilo pointed towards the Lawrence dugout.
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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Desire to improve lifts Waterville senior Greenspan
A good tennis player wanted to get better. A good coach was eager to help. Waterville Senior High School senior Thomas Greenspan and boys tennis coach Jim Begin were the perfect combination of determination and mentoring.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Kariya the best Black Bear
The best athlete to ever wear the blue and white of the University of Maine retired on Wednesday. The victim of too many blows to the head resulting in too many concussions, Paul Kariya and his doctor decided it’s not worth risking his long term health to continue to play hockey.