The UMaine-Farmington graduate is isolating in Orlando, watching film of his team during the league shutdown.
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 Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Central Maine Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Jaycie Christopher, Skowhegan
The emerging sophomore dominated KVAC competition in her first season as a starter.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Central Maine Girls Basketball Coach of the Year: Mike Gray, Gardiner
Gray guided the Tigers to their first regional championship game in five years.
Posted inSidelines, Sports
Sidelines: As we keep our distance to help flatten the coronavirus curve, It’s easy to miss typical daily life
As he enters a third week practicing social distancing, staff writer Travis Lazarczyk acknowledges he took plenty for granted.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Central Maine Boys Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: Law Hinkley, Nokomis
A Nokomis senior, Hinkley won state and conference titles in the 200 meters.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Central Maine Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: Carly Warn, Winslow
A Winslow High School junior, Warn won the Class B state title in the triple jump as well as a pair of KVAC titles.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville’s Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter adjusts for coronavirus
The shelter is setting up an isolation room in case it’s needed to house a sick shelter resident.
Posted inSidelines, Sports
Sidelines: Looking for normal in nostalgia
Watching classic NCAA games on CBS gives a few hours of comfort in these trying days, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
In Japan, Nick Mayo waits as his professional basketball league suspends play
Messalonskee graduate stays in regular touch with parents as coronavirus concerns spread throughout the world.
Posted inSidelines, Sports
Sidelines: Duke upset early? An all-Big Ten Final Four? Although the NCAA men’s basketball tournament got canceled, we still played it out
There was no March Madness this season, but staff writer Travis Lazarczyk simulates the tournament, and there were still plenty of upsets.