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.

News

Paying tribute to John Winkin

by Travis Lazarczyk August 17, 2014August 17, 2014

Players and friends share stories of ‘the greatest coach in the history of the state of Maine.’

Sports

Guenther captures Maine Women’s Amateur golf tournament

by Travis Lazarczyk July 30, 2014July 31, 2014

Leslie Guenther survives a rain-delayed 82 to win by two shots.

Sports, Varsity Maine

Spread offense helps turn Lobster Bowl into a scoring festival

by Travis Lazarczyk July 18, 2014July 18, 2014

The all-star football game for graduated high school seniors has evolved from running-first to passing-first offenses.

News

by Travis Lazarczyk May 31, 2014May 31, 2014

The meetings in Wiscasset were sometimes contentious, with residents “very dug in about this issue.” John Dieffenbacher-Krall expected that. It was the fall of 2010, and Dieffenbacher-Krall, executive director of the Maine Indian-Tribal State Commission, was working to get Wiscasset High School to change its nickname from the Redskins to just about anything else. One […]