This year’s list includes three wrestlers from Class A champion Noble and six repeat selections.
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 inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Varsity Maine Girls’ Wrestler of the Year: Maddie Ripley, Oceanside
Ripley, a junior, became the first girl in Maine to win an individual state title while wrestling against boys.
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Varsity Maine Boys’ Wrestler of the Year: Derek Cote, Noble
The senior finished his career unbeaten against Maine competition as a three-time Class A champion.
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Football: Brunswick hires Mark Renna as head coach
Renna, a former Gray-New Gloucester head coach, has 22 years of experience, most recently as an assistant at Yarmouth.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Orono holds off Oceanside, 61-58, to win Class B crown
The Red Riots survive a late flurry from Oceanside after having the lead for nearly the entire game.
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Boys’ basketball: South Portland beats Portland to win second straight Class AA title
Ben Smith scores a game-high 19 points and Jayden Kim adds 13 in the second half as the Red Riots are able to pull away from Portland, 52-42.
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Boys’ basketball: Remijo Wani, Portland ready for their championship moment
The Bulldogs’ leading scorer, a senior transfer from Deering, missed the football state championship game because of an injury.
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Boys’ basketball: South Portland had to evolve to get back to Class AA final
After a 21-point defeat at Thornton Academy in mid-January, the Red Riots realized they needed to change their approach.
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Basketball: Saturday’s state championship schedule altered by storm threat
Saturday afternoon sessions in Portland and Bangor have been postponed, but for now Class AA games are still set for Saturday night at Cross Insurance Arena.
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Boys’ basketball: Falmouth overcomes injuries, earns repeat trip to Class A final
Like a year ago, the Navigators will face a formidable foe in Brewer, which won its last two playoff games by a combined 84 points.