The panel also approves a ceiling of 33 players for teams intent on playing eight-man football.
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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Cheverus High plans to return to 11-man football
The Stags played one year of eight-man football, dominating opponents last fall en route to the Large School Division championship.
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Athletic directors are feeling the strain of the pandemic
A demanding, high-stress job to begin with has become more complex and emotionally charged.
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Deering freshman Elsa Freeman reaches national soccer stage
Freeman is the only player from Maine – and one of just six from New England – participating in this weekend’s ODP National Training Camp in Florida.
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Boys’ basketball: Yarmouth, York serving notice in Class B South
The teams played into overtime in the Clippers’ season-opening win. Since then, each team has one narrow loss.
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Boys’ basketball: York nips Gray-New Gloucester, 68-66
The Class B Wildcats win their seventh straight game and put an end to the eight-game streak of the Class A Patriots.
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Boys’ basketball: Yarmouth quickly gets back on track with win over Freeport
The Clippers improve to 10-1 with a resounding 57-31 victory, bouncing back from their first loss of the season.
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MPA tournament sites coming into focus
The basketball tournament schedule is virtually unchanged, but sites are still unsettled for some sports.
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High school football notebook: Scarborough’s Flaker wins team MVP award at all-star game in Florida
UMaine gets commitments from two of the top players in Class A – Thornton Academy quarterback Jack Emerson and Bonny Eagle running back Zac Oja.
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Boys’ basketball: Falmouth’s starting guards are hitting on all cylinders
Seniors Brady Coyne and Jack Stowell were projected to be among the best players in Class A South, and they haven’t disappointed.