The top-seeded Red Storm set up a showdown with defending Class AA South champion South Portland.
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.
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Boys’ basketball: Windham knocks off defending state champions
Mike Gilman hits a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining in the Eagles’ 55-53 upset of top-seeded Portland.
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Girls’ basketball: No. 1 Brunswick overwhelms Falmouth
The unbeaten Dragons open defense of their Class A South title with a 74-25 quarterfinal win.
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Girls’ basketball: Greely rolls to 83-40 quarterfinal win
Anna DeWolfe and Camille Clement combine for 57 points in the Rangers’ victory over Leavitt.
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Wrestling: Marshwood pulls off surprise title in Class A
The Hawks, with just seven wrestlers competing, win for the sixth time in seven seasons.
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Oak Hill wrestler hopes to be first girl in Maine to pin down a state championship
Junior Zoe Buteau, who last week became just the fourth girl to win a regional title, must win three matches Saturday to make history.
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Boys’ basketball: Falmouth fights off York in double overtime
Freshman Nicco Pitre leads the Yachtsmen to a 62-56 win in a Class A South quarterfinal.
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Wrestling: Sanford looks for memorable finale at state championships
The Spartans, winners of 17 wrestling state championships, host their final championship event at Memorial Gym in what shapes up as a wide-open Class A meet.
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Move to retire Wells’ Native American mascot gets significant support
The superintendent and the high school football coach tell study committee members they’re ready to retire the imagery while keeping the Warriors name.
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Boys’ basketball: Gilman lifts Windham to quarterfinal win
Mike Gilman surpasses the 1,000-point plateau as the Eagles beat Bangor.