AUGUSTA — Sean McNally said his competitive fire is gone, that it dried up and blew away as soon as the University of Maine men’s basketball team ended the 2010-11 season with a loss to Hartford in the first round of the America East tournament in March.
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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SNOWBOARDING: Warn following his dream
On the first day of the USA Snowboard Association national championships, Jake Warn broke his wrist during a practice run. Jake, 11, a fifth grader at Winslow Elementary School, was afraid his first trip to nationals was over before it really began.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: UMF stars get to play with the big dogs
Eric Taylor and Andrew Dean walked into the locker room at North Wilkes High School in Hays, N.C., and tried not to look awestruck in front of their new teammates.
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Boston Marathon a highlight for many
It takes so long to properly train for the Boston Marathon, that when you finally run it, it’s almost anticlimactic, right?
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Athletes hope to get season started today
When the Messalonskee High School girls lacrosse team opens the season today, the players won’t be the only ones who need to shake any first-game jitters. First-year head coach Katie Gorham will have them, too.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Jones’ injury lingers in Skowhegan
Skowhegan Area High School’s Whitney Jones hoped to be on the softball field with her teammates by now, but the recovery from a foot injury is taking the senior shortstop longer than expected.
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COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Injury doesn’t slow Vigue at Thomas
The broken index finger on Cody Vigue’s right hand isn’t even a nuisance at this point. As a matter of fact, the Skowhegan Area High School graduate is using the injury as a teaching tool.
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SIDELINES: Not all wins equal for Colby
Chris Healy wanted to say something snarky. He wanted to say something that almost assuredly would end up tacked to a bulletin board in a Bowdoin College locker room.
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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Wood, Winslow continue to improve
The 2009-10 season was a good one for the Winslow High School boys basketball team. The Black Raiders won 12 games and reached the preliminary round of the Eastern Class B tournament.
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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Nokomis’ Braley makes major impact
On one hand, Chris Braley knows what waits for him if he returns to Nokomis Regional High School next year. A chance to help the Warriors continue to improve on this past season, when they earned the team’s first winning record in almost a decade.