The Bulldogs show off their talent and depth, improving to 3-0-1 with their win over the Navigators.
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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Football: Lightning halts game at Kennebunk in second half
The Rams, playing for the first time on their new field, will have a 23-6 lead against Massabesic when the Class B game resumes Saturday with 4:05 left in the third quarter.
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Men’s pro soccer team coming to Portland, slated for 2025 start
Local investors have been granted an expansion team by United Soccer League and will play games at Fitzpatrick Stadium, pending city approval.
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Football: Class A newcomer Portland beats Thornton Academy with last-minute TD
The Bulldogs knock off a kingpin in their return to the largest class, winning on a touchdown pass from Louis Thurston to Reegan Buck.
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High school football season begins with flourish for Old Orchard Beach
In the official kickoff of the 2023 season in Maine, the defending eight-man Small School champions score quickly and often in a 64-0 rout of Traip Academy.
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Boys’ soccer: 10 teams to watch in southern Maine
Windham might be the strongest team in an always tough Class A South, while Yarmouth is loaded with talent as it defends its Class B championship.
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Boys’ soccer: 25 players to watch in southern Maine
Eight juniors and a sophomore are included in our list of some of the region’s most-talented soccer players.
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Boys’ soccer: Waynflete grad takes over the Flyers’ Class C powerhouse
Will Burdick, 25, is the program’s new head coach after Brandon Salway retired this summer with 332 career victories over 34 seasons.
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What’s old becomes new in Maine high school football this fall
Four teams – Portland, South Portland, Noble and Windham – are moving back to Class A, with coaches and players embracing the challenge.
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11-man football: When projecting champs, ‘It feels wide open this year’
For the first time in a decade, there seems to be greater parity in most of Maine’s 11-man regions.