Rei’s two-run single provides the winning margin against Trenton.
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 inNews, Sports
Fans of Iceland’s long-shot World Cup soccer squad live and die with ‘our team’ at Portland pub
Tiny Iceland, playing in the sport’s premier event for the first time, loses to Nigeria, 2-0, but one fan says, ‘Just being in the World Cup is a victory for us.’
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Posted inSports
American Legion baseball is on the decline in Maine
American Legion teams are dwindling as players prefer to play on travel teams to get more exposure and face better competition.
Posted inSports
The Shipyard Old Port Half Marathon will have new starting and finishing lines
The changes are made to avoid congestion in downtown Portland on Saturday.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Varsity Maine
Reclassification made a huge difference in lacrosse this spring
There were fewer blowouts on the schedule, and six schools played for state championships for the first time.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, News, Sports, Spring sports, Varsity Maine
Class A boys’ lacrosse: Thornton ends perfect season with title
The Trojans rally in the fourth quarter to win its first boys’ lacrosse title with a win over Falmouth.
Posted inGirls Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Class B girls’ lacrosse: Cape Elizabeth beats Yarmouth in OT
Emily Healy scores with 42.9 seconds left to give the Capers their first state title.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Class C boys’ lacrosse: Waynflete rolls past Lincoln Academy for title
Hank Duvall and Miles Lipton each score seven goals as Flyers beat Lincoln Academy, 18-4.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Wells seeks exclamation point for stellar athletic year
The Warriors have already won football and wrestling championships and reached the state final in boys’ basketball, and now play for a baseball championship.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education, Sports, Varsity Maine
School board ends long, emotional debate with vote to remove Native American imagery from Wells mascots
The unanimous vote leaves Skowhegan as the only high school in Maine to retain a Native American nickname or imagery.