In a tightly contested game, the Bulldogs get 40 points from Scott Sawtelle and beat Westbrook, 58-54.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
Posted inBaseball, Softball, Sports, Spring sports, Varsity Maine
High schools: Baseball and softball players report in Maine
Portland has high hopes even if the Bulldogs do have to start the year in a basement.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Wrestling: 2019 Varsity Maine All-State team
Our selection of the state’s top high school wrestlers includes two freshmen and two sophomores.
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Girls’ wrestling: Zoe Buteau, Oak Hill
The senior mostly wrestled boys the last four years, and won the 132-pound title at the inaugural MPA girls’ wrestling championships this winter.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Boys’ wrestling: David Gross, Bucksport
The 6-foot-2, 285-pound junior came back from a series of knee injuries to compile a 33-1 record this winter.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine men’s basketball: Isaiah White plans to transfer
The redshirt junior guard averaged 13.5 points this season.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school football notebook: Marshwood will stay in Class B
The MPA adjusts the enrollment breaks, negating a proposal that would have put the defending champion Hawks in Class A.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine men’s basketball team sees progress this season, if not results
After a five-win season, the Black Bears will play in the America East quarterinals at top-seeded Vermont.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Elite baseball prospect lands at Deering High for senior season
Trejyn Fletcher, 17, who had been attending a prep school in New York state, is rated among the top high school players in the nation.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Yarmouth High AD Susan Robbins to step down after 14 years
Robbins oversaw an athletic program that won state championships in 13 sports.