Hampden resident starred at the University of Maine before embarking on a nine-year career in professional football.
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 inMaine colleges, Sports
Crash course in curling for Maine club teams
Curling is gaining popularity at Maine colleges, and several teams are competing – and learning – this weekend in a tournament at Belfast Curling Club.
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Posted inSports
Curling: 11 teams take place in annual Crash Spiel tournament
Curling clubs at Maine colleges introduce students to the sport.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys basketball: Gardiner fends off Mt. Blue
Tigers pull it together late to earn KVAC A victory in Gardiner.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Commentary: Mt. Blue, Gardiner freshmen coming into own, and quickly
Cougars’ Zach Poisson and Tigers’ Kalvin Catchings turn in standout performances in KVAC showdown.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys basketball notebook: Winthrop survives gut check
Tuesday’s win over Boothbay was a chance for the Ramblers to learn about closing out close games.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Commentary: Eight-man football growing in Maine
There could be more than 20 schools playing eight-man football in Maine next fall, and that’s a good thing, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inFootball, Varsity Maine
Football: Mount View, Waterville look at 8-man football
Declining football participation at area schools makes move necessary.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Women’s basketball: Maine opens conference play with win over Hartford
Maddy McVicar scored a career-high 20 points for the Black Bears.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Women’s basketball: Saar leads from the point for the University of Maine
With injuries to seniors, junior point guard Dor Saar is now the leader of the Black Bears, Travis Lazarczyk writes.