After a long pause during the pandemic, MMA and boxing return to Maine with events Friday and Saturday in Portland.
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 inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ soccer: NYA shuts out Rangeley to win to Class D South title
The Panthers score four goals in the first 12 minutes en route to their third consecutive regional championship.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Maranacook ousts Old Orchard Beach from eight-man playoffs
The Black Bears score three late touchdowns to pull away for a 56-28 victory in the Small School South quarterfinals.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine men’s hockey team learns in first games under new coach
The Black Bears lost a pair of games at Nebraska Omaha last weekend as they adjust to a new style of play.
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Off the ice since March 2020, Maine Mariners charting new course at training camp
With a new coach and a new NHL affiliation with the Boston Bruins, the Mariners are happy to be back after taking the 2020-21 ECHL season off.
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Proof of vaccination or negative test required to attend UMaine hockey and basketball
The new rule goes into effect for this weekend’s women’s ice hockey games vs UConn.
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Football: Maine can’t overcome penalties, defensive mistakes in loss to Elon
The Phoenix convert 75 percent of their third-down tries in a 33-23 Colonial Athletic Association win.
Posted inGolf, Sports, Varsity Maine
Golf: Freeport’s Eli Spaulding, Leavitt’s Jade Haylock win Class B state titles
Yarmouth captures the team championship at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
New coach aims to bring UMaine men’s hockey back into prominence
Ben Barr’s reputation as an elite recruiter will be put to the test as he tries to revive a program that has lost the luster from its glory days in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Women’s college basketball: Young Maine squad hopes to surprise people
The Black Bears have five freshmen and five sophomores on their roster.