Kate Hall sets two all-time Maine bests, and Denzel Tomaszewski runs the state’s fastest 100 ever.
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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Sanford survives a scare against Marshwood
Infielder Caitlin Pierce’s running catch preserves a 7-6 victory and enhances the playoff possibilities.
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Softball notebook: Greely finds success with coach known for success
Coaching at Greely High is something of a homecoming for first-year varsity softball coach Jessica Gomez. She went to Cumberland area elementary schools until her family moved to Jackman before sixth grade. A 2001 grad of Forest Hills, Gomez, then known as Brady, was a four-time, first-team America East pick at the University of Maine […]
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College Connections: Babson losing booming bat in softball
Babson College softball coach Dave Canan said he can think of only one reason why he’ll be glad that Scarborough’s Catie Funk is no longer on his team. “I won’t miss being petrified of being killed in the third-base box,” Canan said. “To be honest, when Catie was batting, I didn’t even stand there. I […]
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Red Riots beat Tigers, but ace gets hurt
Softball: Erin Bogdanovich hurts her right arm, but her coach says ‘she’ll be fine.’
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After tough start, Tigers have changed their stripes
The Biddeford High softball team is riding a nine-game winning streak after starting 0-3.
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Davis shows he need not look up to any MMA combatant
Though outsized, Marcus Davis wins a unanimous decision over Darius Heyliger in an MMA bout.
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Personal combat in the mix at Lewiston
MMA makes its return to the Colisee Saturday night with some Mainers among the combatants.
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Softball Notebook: Cape coach pleased 200th win came vs. Class B power
Some might have looked at last Friday’s Class B softball matchup between unbeatens Cape Elizabeth and five-time Western Class B champ Fryeburg as a test to see if the Capers were legitimate contenders. Cape Elizabeth Coach Joe Henrikson had already been convinced. “I have to be honest. I went into that game very confident. I’m […]
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College Connections: The kindest cut in the long run
Mitchell Black of Brunswick is currently the second-fastest 800-meter runner in Division III men’s track and field programs. Not bad for a young man who hoped he would be a soccer player in college. Black was a four-sport varsity athlete at Brunswick High. Good enough to be a first-team KVAC pick in basketball and soccer […]