Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene, working to bring the passion and dedication of athletes, coaches and communities to readers. In some ways his career has come full circle. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop in Skowhegan. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he wrote two books, had a multi-year stint as the Press Herald's freelance motorsports columnist and taught fifth grade. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A graduate of Michigan State University and Southern New Hampshire University, Steve can be forgiven for living in Hampton, New Hampshire. He and his wife Deb, two daughters, and numerous dogs and cats have lived there for nearly 25 years and he still hasn’t finished painting their 150-year-old home.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Cape Elizabeth teen is youngest skier on World Cup ski cross tour
Stuart Whittier, 19, is competing in Europe for the U.S. team in a sport that combines elements of freestyle skiing with traditional Alpine events.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2020
Winter high school season delayed again in four counties
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford and York counties are still designated as ‘yellow,’ which means teams in those counties can’t begin practices on Monday.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2020
UMaine men’s basketball: Looking for players to step up in home debut
The winless UMaine men’s basketball team takes on old rival New Hampshire on Saturday and Sunday at The Pit.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2020
UMaine men’s basketball: Looking for players to step up in home debut
The winless UMaine men’s basketball team takes on old rival New Hampshire on Saturday and Sunday at The Pit.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2020
A rare coaching trifecta: Cape’s Raymond is a man for all seasons
Since 2006, Ben Raymond has been a successful varsity head coach of three teams – boys’ soccer, swimming and boys’ lacrosse – and been making an impact on students past and present.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2020
Teen wins honor by combining her interests in softball, computer science
Yarmouth High student Elena Miller created a computer app that makes it easier to keep score of softball and baseball games.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Finally, UMaine men’s basketball may get in a season opener
The Black Bears were scheduled to start their season on Nov. 25 before heading into COVID quarantine for two weeks. They’ll try again this weekend with two games at Hartford.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2020
Jon DiBiase hired as Gray-New Gloucester baseball coach
The son of longtime coach Tony DiBiase has been an assistant in three sports at multiple schools.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2020
Frontline health care workers open to receiving COVID-19 vaccination
Workers say they are excited and ready to get vaccinated against the highly contagious virus.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
UMaine to resume winter sports schedule this week
Athletic competition had been paused for two weeks after multiple Black Bear teams reported positive COVID-19 tests.
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