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 15, 2015
High school spring preview: Designated mentors are helping first-year softball coaches
Schools are finding the importance of providing a sounding board.
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PublishedApril 14, 2015
Rosemary Campanella is on Kennebunk’s tennis team – sort of
The MPA’s nondecision irks area coaches but the Wells freshman will have opportunities to get on the court, says her coach.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2015
High school pitchers, catchers ready to roll
The opening week of baseball and softball practices in Maine has become more about fine-tuning than getting arms in shape.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2015
Wrestling athlete of the year: Hughes is still the wrestler to beat
Marshwood four-time champ set state all-time win record to cap his second Wrestler of Year season.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2015
Maine high school wrestling shifts to two classes; co-op teams possible
Low participation in Class C leads to the change, which also shifts the class of some teams.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2015
Standish native Mike Brown makes transition from MMA bouts
The former world champion is now guiding new and aspiring UFC fighters.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2015
Wrestling: Marshwood’s Beaulieu finishes second at New England championships
Bradley Beaulieu, a sophomore, sustains his first loss of the season but posts the best finish by a Mainer.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2015
MPA panel denies Wells High tennis player’s petition
Rosemary Campanella won’t be allowed to become a full member of the Kennebunk team.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2015
Biddeford wrestler still trying in a trying season
Dominick Day, preparing for the New Englands, is 37-1 despite a skin infection and broken nose.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2015
Not looking for a fight, ‘I just really want to play,’ says Maine student-athlete
Participation rules prevent a tennis standout at Wells High from competing at the varsity level. Now, Rosemary Campanella has taken her battle to the rule makers, and things may change.
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