Saturday’s state finals in Classes A, B and C feature two teams – Yarmouth (Class B) and Bucksport (Class C) – that came up one step short of a title last season.
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 inGirls Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ lacrosse: Waynflete impresses in 18-6 Class C semifinal win over Traip Academy
Chloe Marblestone and Lydia Birkness combine for nine goals as the second-seeded Flyers move one win away from a 12th state championship.
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Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Softball: York beats Freeport to earn right to defend its Class B championship
The Wildcats jump ahead early and keep gritty Freeport at arm’s length for 12-6 regional final victory.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Yarmouth edges Greely, 2-1, in B South final
Alec Gagnon’s two-run triple with two outs and two strikes in the seventh inning is the difference in a game of missed chances.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Familiar foes square off in the South regional finals
In Class B, Cumberland County neighbors Yarmouth and Greely will face each other for the sixth time in the past two seasons – and the Clippers have won five straight.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Falmouth beats Thornton Academy to snag spot in Class A South final
The No. 2 Navigators oust the third-seeded Trojans, 4-1, behind a big day from Jacoby Porter and their defense.
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Baseball: No. 2 Falmouth outlasts South Portland, 19-12
Outs were tough to get for both teams, as the Navigators advance to the Class A South semifinals without injured standout Brennan Rumpf.
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Baseball: No. 6 South Portland squeezes past Deering, 6-1
The defending Class A champs used a key bunt from freshman Jude Charltray to turn the preliminary playoff game around.
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Baseball: Class A South playoffs feature return of Massabesic and once-dominant Deering
After impressive regular seasons, the Mustangs and Rams are set to play postseason games Tuesday.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Class A track: South Portland, Scarborough stars lead their teams to titles
Arnaud Sioho wins four events to carry the Red Riots to their first boys’ state championship in 22 years, and Emerson Flaker leads the Red Storm to the girls’ crown by sweeping the sprints.