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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PublishedJuly 12, 2011
SOCCER: Locals help team win regionals
The Portland Phoenix Under-20 men’s soccer team won the Northeast Region with a 4-2 win over the Massachusetts Bulldogs last week. With the win, the Phoenix earned a spot in the national tournament later this month in Tampa, Fla.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2011
MAINE AM: Golfers set to tee off
Ryan Gay can’t hide his enthusiasm for the Portland Country Club.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
MORNING SENTINEL BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Waterville’s Bishop ends iron-man streak with 2nd title
It appears the only thing that’s going to keep Kyle Bishop out of the Waterville Senior High School baseball team’s lineup is graduation. Since starting his first varsity game as a freshman in 2008, Bishop played in 80 consecutive games for the Purple Panthers.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
MORNING SENTINEL BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Dan Stefanilo leads turnaround at Mt. Blue
A season can’t slip away after a bad season opener can it? It can, but after a 9-1 loss at Lawrence on opening day, Mt. Blue High School baseball coach Dan Stefanilo wouldn’t let his team dwell on the negatives. In his post game talk with the team, Stefanilo pointed towards the Lawrence dugout.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2011
MORNING SENTINEL BOYS TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Desire to improve lifts Waterville senior Greenspan
A good tennis player wanted to get better. A good coach was eager to help. Waterville Senior High School senior Thomas Greenspan and boys tennis coach Jim Begin were the perfect combination of determination and mentoring.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Kariya the best Black Bear
The best athlete to ever wear the blue and white of the University of Maine retired on Wednesday. The victim of too many blows to the head resulting in too many concussions, Paul Kariya and his doctor decided it’s not worth risking his long term health to continue to play hockey.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2011
BASKETBALL: KV YMCA men’s league keeps players involved
AUGUSTA — Sean McNally said his competitive fire is gone, that it dried up and blew away as soon as the University of Maine men’s basketball team ended the 2010-11 season with a loss to Hartford in the first round of the America East tournament in March.
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PublishedApril 18, 2011
SNOWBOARDING: Warn following his dream
On the first day of the USA Snowboard Association national championships, Jake Warn broke his wrist during a practice run. Jake, 11, a fifth grader at Winslow Elementary School, was afraid his first trip to nationals was over before it really began.
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PublishedApril 17, 2011
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: UMF stars get to play with the big dogs
Eric Taylor and Andrew Dean walked into the locker room at North Wilkes High School in Hays, N.C., and tried not to look awestruck in front of their new teammates.
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PublishedApril 16, 2011
Boston Marathon a highlight for many
It takes so long to properly train for the Boston Marathon, that when you finally run it, it’s almost anticlimactic, right?
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