In the North, Portland and Windham should contend for the regional title.
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 inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Class B: Quarterbacks should make the South competitive
Marshwood, the two-time defending state champ, could be challenged by several teams.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Class C football: Wells, Cape ready to battle for supremacy in the South
Each team has eight returning starters on both sides of the ball.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Replacing a legend
Cheverus’ Mike Vance is the latest to tackle the challenge of following a highly successful high school football coach.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school football notebook: Who will run with the ball?
Many of the area’s best teams are looking for their next primary ball carrier.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
McAvoy gets complete-game win for Sea Dogs
Portland splits a four-game series with the Altoona Curve.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
It’s time to get real when it comes to recruiting
A former college coach gives parents and students a harsh lesson about the realities of college recruiting.
Posted inSports
Biddeford’s Brian Dumoulin, first Stanley Cup winner from Maine, brings big prize home
Several hundred hockey fans turn out to see the Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman and hockey’s championship trophy at the Biddeford Ice Arena.
Posted inSports
Brian Dumoulin shares Stanley Cup with Biddeford faithful today
The former high school standout turned Pittsburgh Penguin won’t forget where he honed his hockey skills.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
As Beach to Beacon race grows, charitable donations fall off pace
Though revenues from the race through Cape Elizabeth have more than tripled in 15 years, its charitable gifts have declined by percentage.