Isabel Agnew and Paige Buchanan are college athletes thanks to racquet sport.
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.
High School Wrestling Notebook: Noble’s Keisker in uncharted territory
The team’s youngest captain improves rapidly
McAuley’s winning streak ends at 56
Thornton Academy wipes out a 15-point deficit for a stunning 50-49 victory.
Girls Basketball: Thornton upsets McAuley, 50-49
Thornton Academy’s win Tuesday night snaps McAuley’s 56-game win streak.
High schools girls’ basketball notebook: Smith’s return sparks McAuley
Olivia Smith is back with the Lions after sitting out the first five games with a knee injury.
Wrestling: Marshwood wins Spartan meet
The Hawks rally in the finals with the help of three individual champions.
Girls’ basketball: Allie Clement scores 1,000th point as McAuley rolls
The Lions look sharp in a win against Windham.
Noble wrestling: A New England champion barely wins
Peter DeGallo of Gardiner takes a double-overtime victory.
Girls’ basketball: Thornton hands Portland first loss
Olivia Shaw scores 19 points to pace the Trojans to a 51-35 win.
Girls’ basketball: Portland edges South Portland
The surprising Bulldogs are still undefeated after a 50-46 win.