The Black Bears beat UMass Lowell, 67-54, and will play Friday for a third straight conference championship, at Stony Brook.
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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The Black Bears win their ninth straight game, ousting Vermont.
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UMaine’s Carroll stepping up at the right time
Maeve Carroll is playing a bigger role for the Black Bears as they begin the playoffs in women’s basketball.
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Men’s basketball: Colby heading to NCAAs for first time in 23 years
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Class C boys basketball: Winthrop pulls away from Dexter to win 2nd straight crown
Ramblers rally back in the second half to turn the Tigers aside.
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Class C girls basketball: Central Aroostook edges Winthrop for title
Maci Beals shakes off foul trouble, leads Panthers with 20 points.
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Boys’ basketball: Forest Hills makes it two in a row in Class D
Parker and Mason Desjardins combine for 49 points, and the Tigers complete another unbeaten season with a 69-53 victory over Machias.
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UMaine women win in OT to halt Stony Brook’s 22-game winning streak
Maddy McVicar scores a career-high 28 points as the Black Bears win their sixth straight, 64-62.
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DeVito has rooting interest in this Super Bowl
Mike DeVito, a former UMaine defensive lineman, ended his nine-year NFL career with the Chiefs after the 2015 season.