The 17-year-old Pittston native held off some big names in the sport to win the 2008 championship at Biddeford-Saco Country Club.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
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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Sidelines: Movies helped kill the time away from sports
Movies in lieu of sports were fun, writes Travis Lazarczyk, but having sports back is better.
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Everyday Athletes: Fitness a way of life for the ‘The Norridgewalker’
Norridgewalk native Bruce Farrin, nearly 86, proves exercise doesn’t have to stop with age.
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Golf notebook: Waterville Country Club to host the second day of the new Maine Event tournament
Day one of the tourney — which is replacing the Charlie’s Maine Open this year — will still be at Augusta Country Club.
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Maine harness racing industry, struggling financially because of pandemic, looks to reset season
After losing months of income, drivers and breeders hope August is the start of a short but strong season at Scarborough Downs and Bangor’s Bass Park.
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Sidelines: When it comes to high school sports in Maine, how green is green?
The green designation doesn’t mean sports are business as usual this fall, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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With green designation, school officials hopeful fall sports can be played
The decision to play sports largely rests in the hands of superintendents after the Maine Department of Education clears the way for schools to hold in-person instruction.
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Skowhegan Area High School student-athletes voice mascot preferences
Fourteen student-athletes weigh in, with Riverhawks receiving the most votes in informal poll.
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Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference athletic directors discuss fall sports scheduling
Cross-conference games and travel plans highlight focus of meeting.
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Sidelines: Sixty games of pitching questions for Red Sox
In a 60-game season, there’s no time to let a questionable pitching staff develop, Travis Lazarczyk writes.