Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene, working to bring the passion and dedication of athletes, coaches and communities to readers. In some ways his career has come full circle. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop in Skowhegan. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he wrote two books, had a multi-year stint as the Press Herald's freelance motorsports columnist and taught fifth grade. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A graduate of Michigan State University and Southern New Hampshire University, Steve can be forgiven for living in Hampton, New Hampshire. He and his wife Deb, two children, and numerous dogs and cats have called Hampton home since 1995 and he still hasn’t finished painting their 150-year-old home.
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PublishedApril 16, 2025
Will perennial Maine girls lacrosse powers maintain control this spring?
Several programs are showing signs that they are closing the championship-caliber gap.
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PublishedApril 16, 2025
Southern Maine girls lacrosse players to watch in 2025
Seniors dominate the list of athletes expected to make big impacts this season.
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PublishedApril 16, 2025
Southern Maine girls lacrosse teams to watch in 2025
Kennebunk has the talent to return to the top.
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PublishedApril 15, 2025
Rhode Island FC ousts Hearts of Pine in U.S. Open Cup
Portland gives up two goals in the first half and loses to USL Championship team Rhode Island FC.
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PublishedApril 15, 2025
Southern Maine baseball players to watch in 2025
NCAA Division I commits are among southern Maine’s best players this spring.
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PublishedApril 15, 2025
With more elite baseball pitchers in Maine, catchers look to keep pace
Maine’s high school catchers have had to improve to keep pace with top pitching recruits, and this year, the state’s diamonds are full of quality backstops.
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PublishedApril 15, 2025
Southern Maine baseball teams to watch in 2025
Gorham in Class A and Greely in Class B are the teams to beat.
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PublishedApril 14, 2025
Hearts of Pine meet Rhode Island in third round of U.S. Open Cup
Tuesday’s soccer game will be the third at Lewiston High for Maine’s newest professional sports team.
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PublishedApril 10, 2025
Deering boys basketball, Massabesic wrestling coaches step down
Todd Wing led the Rams to regional final appearances in 2016 and 2020, while Joe Eon guided the Mustangs to a state title in each of the past three seasons.
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PublishedApril 9, 2025
Hearts of Pine’s new midfielder travels the extra mile
In a span of five days, Masashi Wada flew from Japan to Portland to Spokane, where he started in the first USL League One game he’d seen.
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