The senior is one of the top defensemen in the state and a big reason why South Portland/Freeport/Waynflete is playing for the Class A championship on Saturday.
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.
Boys’ hockey: Previewing Saturday’s state championship games
There will be new champions crowned in both Class A and Class B at Cross Insurance Arena.
Boys’ hockey: Thornton Academy holds off Bangor to advance to Class A final
Evan Beaudette’s power-play goal late in the second period breaks a 2-2 tie and sends the Trojans to Saturday’s state championship game.
Basketball: MPA approves five-class structure for basketball
The Maine Principals’ Association’s Classification Committee also allows for teams with a winning percentage of fewer than 25% over four seasons to play down one class.
Video replay for high school basketball? Be careful what you wish for
Commentary: Another disputed call at the end of a playoff game brings cries for video replay to assist game officials.
Boys’ basketball: Brewer edges Falmouth in final seconds for first state title
After letting an early 10-point lead slip away, the Witches rally in the final minute to win the Class A championship game, 42-41.
Women’s basketball: Maine pulls away from Binghamton for America East quarterfinal win
Anne Simon leads the Black Bears with 24 points as Maine advances to a semifinal matchup with Albany.
College hockey: Goalie Victor Ostman keys resurgent Black Bears
UMaine, entering its final regular-season series, has at least a home game in the first round of the Hockey East playoffs with a chance for a bye to the quarterfinals.
Women’s basketball: UMaine gets boost from Simon’s return as conference tourney starts
Anne Simon, the 2022 America East Player of the Year, missed more than half the regular season with a sprained ankle.
Girls’ basketball: Old Orchard Beach edges NYA to win first regional title
Elise MacNair scores 26 points to lead the Seagulls to a 39-36 overtime victory in the Class C South championship game.