By dragging out a decision on high school fall sports, state officials do wrong by its students, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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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Maine high school student-athletes anxiously await final decision on fall sports
Key panel recommends all fall sports can play, but MPA will issue final ruling Thursday afternoon.
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Athletes, parents rally in Augusta to support a fall high school sports season
About two dozen people turned out for the Let Us Play gathering to advocate for playing high school sports this fall.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Bolduc, Littlefield named interim co-head football coaches at Winslow
Assistants replace longtime coach Mike Siviski, who retired last week.
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Golf: Brian Bilodeau finishes one stroke ahead of Caleb Manuel to win inaugural Maine Event tournament
A strong start was the key to Bilodeau’s win in the inaugural Maine Event tournament.
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Commentary: The annual Maine Event golf tournament is a big hit, and it’s easy to see why
With both men and women participating, the tourney provides an exciting array of matchups, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Inaugural Maine Event golf tournament set to bring out the state’s best competitors
A who’s who of Maine golf will compete in the two-day tournament created as a replacement for the canceled Charlie’s Maine Open.
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Orlando Magic head coach Steve Clifford adjusts to life inside the NBA bubble
Temperature and oxygen level checks are part of daily routine for University of Maine at Farmington graduate as playoffs set to start.
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Remember When: Ryan Gay shook off the nerves to win his first Maine Amateur golf title
The 17-year-old Pittston native held off some big names in the sport to win the 2008 championship at Biddeford-Saco Country Club.
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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.