Lewiston and Gray-New Gloucester collect runner-up honors, as well.
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.
Boys’ hockey: Falmouth extends streak with 6-1 win at Lewiston
The No. 1 team in the Varsity Maine poll earns its ninth victory in a row.
Three Mainers join UMaine football team on National Signing Day
Keegan Andrews of Kennebunk, Jaykob Dow of Hermon and Jaxon Gross of Bucksport sign national letters of intent to play for the Black Bears.
Women’s basketball: UMaine holds off Albany in key conference game
The Black Bears execute down the stretch after letting an 18-point lead slip away as they hand the Great Danes their first America East defeat, 50-49.
Former boxing champ Joey Gamache embraces his role as a trainer
The Lewiston native, who won world titles in two weight classes in the early 1990s, is training Otto Wallin, one of the world’s top-ranked heavyweights.
For high school athletes turned marketers, getting rich isn’t the goal
Student athletes capitalizing on the new ‘name, image and likeness’ policy say promotions lead to increased visibility, even if the financial payoffs are slim.
In setting classification, MPA should look at more factors than enrollment
COMMENTARY: Enrollment should be a piece of the classification puzzle, but participation, success and local resources also should be considered.
Portland High player organizes Hockey Fights Cancer game in her dad’s memory
Sloane O’Donnell Fox shared a love of the sport with her father, who died three years ago after battling bile duct cancer.
Yarmouth’s Mike Hagerty earns national coaching honor
The longtime soccer coach was named National Boys’ Soccer Coach of the Year.
Women’s basketball: Sophomore Adrianna Smith coming up big for UMaine
The 6-foot forward had back-to-back 30-point games last week, and has been a key in the Black Bears’ 3-0 start in conference games.