North Yarmouth Academy will play in both title games, with the boys meeting Waynflete and the girls facing Wells.
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, Uncategorized, Varsity Maine
Girls’ lacrosse: Yarmouth wins Class A North as Holt gets milestone victory
Coach Dorothy Holt’s 200th career win is a 14-5 victory over Falmouth that sends the Clippers to the state final against unbeaten Kennebunk.
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Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Softball: Bunt double lifts Biddeford to win over Windham in Class A South final
The Tigers edge Windham, 2-0, and will face Messolonskee in Saturday’s state championship game.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Thornton beats South Portland 8-1, heads to first state title game
Cody Bowker pitches a three-hitter as the Trojans avenge last year’s loss to South Portland in the Class A South final.
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Softball: Kennebunk loses key player, hangs on to top Portland, 5-4
The No. 3 Rams had control until an injury to senior Maddie Pike during a four-run Portland sixth inning.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ lacrosse: No. 1 Cape Elizabeth tops No. 4 Scarborough, 12-7, in Class A South semifinal
The defending Class A champs now get a chance to avenge a regular-season loss to Thornton Academy in the regional final.
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Softball: No. 2 Biddeford covers all the bases in 6-0 win against No. 10 South Portland
The defending regional champions get championship-level pitching, defense and hitting and advance to the Class A South semifinals.
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Gordie Salls retiring after nearly three decades as Sanford High AD
The Otisfield native was guided by his athletic mentors and has tried to do the same as Sanford’s athletic director since 1993.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ lacrosse: Marshwood stops Kennebunk, 10-7
The ninth-seeded Hawks advance to face top-seed Messalonskee – a team they beat last year en route to the Class B final.
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Baseball: No. 6 Westbrook tops Cheverus in Class A South playoffs
The Blue Blazes score early and Bronson Damon strikes out 10 in six gritty innings in a 6-3 victory.