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
August 11, 2011

GOLF: Gay wins Match Play Invitational

MANCHESTER — Ryan Gay won holes 15 and 16 to clinch a 3 and 2 win over Matt Greenleaf in the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational at the Augusta Country Club on Wednesday.
Published
August 11, 2011

MSGA MATCH PLAY INVITATIONAL: Gay tops Hamel, Plummer

MANCHESTER — Tim Gay watched his son Ryan’s golf match against Mark Plummer on Wednesday afternoon and remembered when all Ryan wanted to do was play a round with Plummer, who owns a record 13 Maine Amateur titles.
Published
August 10, 2011

Gay beats Plummer to advance to match play semis

MANCHESTER — Top seed Ryan Gay won a pair of close matches on Wednesday, to advance to the semifinals of the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational at the Augusta Country Club
Published
August 10, 2011

MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Tournament going according to plan

MANCHESTER — There weren’t many surprises during the first round of the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational. Only two of the 16 matches were won by the lower-seeded player. There also wasn’t much suspense during the opening round, as just one of the 16 matches made it 18 holes, and nine matches were decided in 15 holes or fewer.
Published
August 9, 2011

GOLF: Change of pace at match play tourney

AUGUSTA — Expect some aggressive play during the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational, especially from Ryan Gay.
Published
August 5, 2011

TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Football season is here

PORTLAND — Jack Cosgrove, the head football coach at the University of Maine for nearly 20 years, paused just after he stepped to the podium. He looked at his notes, then out at the room, and smiled.
Published
August 4, 2011

TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Good end to tourney

FARMINGTON — On the final day of the New England Babe Ruth 13-15-year-old tournament, the teams from Trumbull, Conn., and Braintree, Mass., more than made up for the lack of sportsmanship on display the previous night at Hippach Field. After Trumbull’s 3-1 win in the tournament’s championship game, after all the trophies and plaques had been handed out, the last two teams standing posed together at home plate while friends and families from both sides snapped pictures and mingled.
Published
August 3, 2011

13-15-YEAR-OLD BABE RUTH NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS: Braintree advances to finals

FARMINGTON — The 1 hour, 45 minute rain delay before the start of Tuesday’s New England Babe Ruth tournament game between Manchester, N.H. and Braintree, Mass., did nothing but prolong Braintree’s incredible run out of the loser’s bracket and into the championship round.
Published
August 2, 2011

BASEBALL: Former big leaguer, known for elbow surgery, visits Harold Alfond Fenway Park

OAKLAND — Wyatt Viles listened to every word Tommy John had to say. The 10-year old from Strong watched John cock his left arm in a throwing motion, then mimicked the motion as best he could, twisting his left hand so the baseball turned from his body, then twisting his hand towards himself as he threw.
Published
August 2, 2011

BABE RUTH: Central Maine is 2-0 in 13-year-old regional

The Central Maine 13-year old Babe Ruth team is 2-0 in the New England tournament, and coach Butch Cunningham doesn’t think his team has played its best baseball yet.