After the Medomak Valley boys basketball team beat Gardiner in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championship game, 61-57, coach Nick DePatsy praised the Tigers.
Travis Lazarczyk
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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.
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Eastern A boys: Third time is no charm for Lawrence
After two regular-season wins over Bangor, the Bulldogs fall in the quarterfinals, 48-31.
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EASTERN A BOYS BASKETBALL: Too close to call
As the top seed with a 17-1 record, Hampden Academy is the favorite entering the Eastern Class A boys basketball tournament. But after a regular season in which a number of good teams regularly beat each other up, Hampden wears the favorite title loosely.
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Eastern B Boys: Gardiner edges Nokomis in OT
The Tigers get big contributions from Alonzo Connor and Matt Hall in a 56-47 quarterfinal victory.
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CENTER COURT: Gardiner, Nokomis hope to make run at MDI
Gardiner Area High School boys basketball coach Jason Cassidy and his staff sat in the bleachers and scouted Wednesday night’s preliminary round game between Waterville and Nokomis. Cassidy was glad to not be playing in a prelim game himself.
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EASTERN CLASS B BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Pearl foul shot lifts Nokomis to win in Eastern B prelim
NEWPORT — Everybody involved with the Nokomis and Waterville boys basketball teams had seen this movie. It ran eight days ago in Waterville’s gym. Waterville guard Chris Hale takes the last shot. Eight days ago, Hale’s buzzer beater went in, giving the Purple Panthers a two-point win over the Warriors.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defense lifts Madison to MVC title
AUGUSTA — If the Madison Area Memorial High School girls basketball team used the Mountain Valley Conference championship game as a tune-up for the Western Class C playoffs, the Bulldogs left the Augusta Civic Center floor knowing this: If they play defense in the tournament as well as they played defense in the second half Monday, the Bulldogs will make a run deep into the tournament.
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MSGA Match Play: First round produces very little suspense
MANCHESTER — There weren’t many surprises during the first round of the Maine State Golf Association Match Play Invitational. Only two of the 16 matches were won by the lower-seeded player. There also wasn’t much suspense in the opening round, as just one of the 16 matches made it to 18 holes and nine matches […]
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Eastern Class B hockey: Brewer blanks Lawrence
The unbeaten Witches cruise to an 8-0 win in a regional semifinal.
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CLASS B GIRLS BASKETBALL: Leavitt keeps game from becoming a shootout
PORTAND — Before the Class B girls basketball state championship game, there was talk that either Leavitt or Nokomis, or both, would break the record for most 3-pointers made in a state final.