Travis Lazarczyk

Press Herald

Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal since 2000. 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. Over the years, Lazarczyk has been honored with numerous state, regional, and national awards for his work, including a first place for column writing from the Associated Press Sports Editors in 2011, and inclusion in Notable Sports Writing of 2009 in Best American Sports Writing. When not working, he can be found, reading, hiking, or drinking too much coffee.

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Published
June 13, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: New guys spark Panthers

Matt Lee hadn’t played baseball since eighth grade. Josh Gormley hadn’t been on a diamond since Little League. Yet without them, the Waterville Senior High School baseball team would not be playing in its fourth consecutive regional championship game today, trying to win a third straight Class B state title.
Published
June 13, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Messalonskee wins 1st Eastern A title

AUGUSTA — After losing at Brewer on May 12, the Messalonskee High School baseball team held a team meeting. The Eagles were 5-5, and felt like they were underachieving.
Published
June 12, 2012

BASEBALL: Messalonskee routs Lewiston for Class A East title

Messalonskee won its ninth consecutive game, winning its first regional title in Class A and reaching the state championship game for the first time since 1973, when the Eagles won the Class B crown.
Published
June 12, 2012

BASEBALL: Winkin Award finalists announced

Eight baseball players from across the state were named finalists for the John Winkin Award, presented each year to the top senior playing high school baseball in Maine.
Published
June 12, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Eagles, Blue Devils not expecting rout

It’s been almost two months since the Messalonskee and Lewiston high school baseball teams played their one regular-season game. Lewiston won that game, 9-2.
Published
June 10, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Wild rally for Waterville

WATERVILLE — As the Waterville baseball team prepared to hit in the bottom of the fifth inning of its Eastern B semifinal game against John Bapst of Bangor, coach Don Sawyer thought the season was over. What was he going to say to his team after this? The Purple Panthers were two-time defending Class B state champs, and they were about to lose a home playoff game via the mercy rule.
Published
June 10, 2012

SIDELINES — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Time for change in football

The final vote won’t be until next spring, so that gives Maine’s high school football community plenty of time to debate and discuss the proposed four class system.
Published
June 9, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Waterville completes incredible comeback

WATERVILLE — Three outs from losing via the mercy rule, the Waterville Senior High School baseball team staged an improbable comeback to take a 14-13 win over John Bapst in a Class B East semifinal game.
Published
June 9, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Waterville gets another shot

WATERVILLE — Making the Class B state championship tennis match last year was a learning experience for the Waterville Senior High School girls tennis team. The Panthers had just one senior, and had three freshmen playing singles.
Published
June 8, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Panthers moving on

WATERVILLE — Waterville Senior High School baseball coach Don Sawyer considered having J.T. Whitten take a pitch. The count was two balls, no strikes and there was two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Nah, Sawyer thought, let him swing away.