Travis Lazarczyk

Travis Lazarczyk

Staff Writer

tlazarczyk@centralmaine.com

(207) 861-9242
Travis Lazarczyk has worked at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal since 2000. He covers football, basketball and baseball. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/tlazarmaine



Latest Articles by Travis Lazarczyk


June 15, 2013

TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Dad has the answers

Dads, they all have opinions. Give my father, John Lazarczyk, an opening, and he'll go on for an hour about how the Baltimore Colts of the 1950s were an indestructible football machine.


June 15, 2013

CLASS B BASEBALL: York shuts down Winslow in title game

In the Class B baseball state championship game Saturday afternoon at Larry Mahaney Diamond, Adam Bailey had Winslow hitters guessing for all seven innings. The 6-foot-6 righty was dominant at times, and always effective, and his effort on the mound led the Wildcats to a 4-1 win and their first state title since 1971.


June 13, 2013

EASTERN B SOFTBALL FINAL: Mariners too much for Tigers

BREWER -- When the Oceanside and Gardiner softball teams played in the regular season and Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B championship game, the games were pitchers' duels. In the Eastern B final Thursday night at Coffin Field, it was a slugfest, with a big edge to Oceanside.


June 12, 2013

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: After tourney, all-stars get spotlight

Next week, Waterville junior Brian Bellows will think about playing in the Maine Underclassmen Showcase baseball game, but right now, his attention is focused on today's Eastern B final against Winslow.


June 11, 2013

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Eagles use new tactic

WATERVILLE — The idea first came to Messalonskee High School baseball coach Ray Bernier three or four years ago, as he prepped his team to play Bangor.


June 8, 2013

EASTERN A BASEBALL SEMIFINAL: Messalonskee gets hot, beats Hampden to reach final

BANGOR -- If it's the playoffs, the the Messalonskee High School baseball team must be heating up.


June 8, 2013

TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Bruins make tough month bearable

May, 2013 was the worst month of my life, and I was happy to see it fade into the past.


June 3, 2013

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Mt. Blue, Waterville both set to play for regional titles

Before her team faced top-ranked and unbeaten Hampden Academy in the Eastern Class A girls tennis semifinals Saturday, Mt. Blue coach Judy Upham told her team it had already overachieved.


June 1, 2013

CLASS A TRACK AND FIELD: Folsom sets pole vault record, Nagy wins 3 events

On the hottest day of the track and field season (temperatures at the Brewer Community Track reached the low-90s), the athletes who dealt with the heat fared the best, whether a seasoned veteran or a relative beginner.


May 29, 2013

NBA: UMF graduate Clifford on the big stage

On Tuesday, Steve Clifford spoke to Len McPhee, his basketball coach at the University of Maine at Farmington. Even as he accepted the head coaching job with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, Clifford's roots were not far from his mind.



Latest Blogs by Travis Lazarczyk


April 24, 2013

BASKETBALL: Cony interviewing candidates


April 17, 2013

BASEBALL: Gardiner sharp in opener


March 25, 2013

Winslow school board meeting turns contentious


March 8, 2013

BOYS HOCKEY: Greely, Messalonskee set for showdown


March 2, 2013

HOCKEY: Ex-Lawrence goalie gets into coaching


February 27, 2013

BOYS HOCKEY: Start times changed for Eastern B semis


February 20, 2013

BASKETBALL: Worster, Carey, Lee finalists for Mr., Miss Maine


February 20, 2013

BOYS BASKETBALL: Belanger comes through for Valley


February 18, 2013

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defense lifts Hyde by Valley


February 16, 2013

BASKETBALL: Gillespies play key roll for Valley