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.
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.
Posted inSidelines, Sports, Varsity Maine
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Sports, Varsity Maine
Skowhegan Area High School student-athletes voice mascot preferences
Fourteen student-athletes weigh in, with Riverhawks receiving the most votes in informal poll.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference athletic directors discuss fall sports scheduling
Cross-conference games and travel plans highlight focus of meeting.
Posted inSidelines, Sports
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.
Posted inSports
Sidelines: The moment never got too big for teen Ruby Haylock at Maine Women’s Amateur
When the 15-year old golfer needed to make a clutch shot, she did, and it paid off in a big way, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inSports
Sidelines: Golfers competing in the Maine Women’s Amateur enjoy a little cooldown
After Monday’s scorching temps, Tuesday’s average summer day was a blessing, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Sidelines: After year away, former champ Bailey Plourde returns to Maine Women’s Amateur
The 2018 tournament champion, Bailey Plourde reestablished herself as the favorite after missing last year’s tournament, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Sports
Contenders will tee off early as Maine Women’s Amateur opens at Augusta Country Club
The past two champs, Jordan Laplume and Bailey Plourde, enter as favorites to win the three-day tournament.