After letting a 10-point lead slip away, the fourth-seeded Red Eddies score key fourth-quarter buckets to get an upset win.
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 inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Wednesday’s Portland basketball tournament highlight reel
Some of the best plays from the Class AA North and South and Class A South boys and girls semifinals at the Portland Expo and Cross Insurance Arena.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Gray-New Gloucester girls basketball shows resolve
Abbey Steele’s shooting is the difference for the Patriots in a Class A South semifinal win against No. 2 Marshwood.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Falmouth sprinter pulls off upset at Class A indoor track championships
Max Shapiro beats Marshwood’s Andre Clark in the 55-meter dash, while the Bangor girls and Scarborough boys claim team titles.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Noble wins Class A wrestling championship
First-time individual champions and multi-time winners highlight the meet.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Maine’s top athletes will seek indoor track state records
Marshwood’s Andre Clark and South Portland’s Arnaud Sioho are capable of breaking their own records at the Class A state meet.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Maine baseball pitcher competing in top college conference
After two standout years at Georgetown, Cody Bowker will likely start for Division I power Vanderbilt.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Portland boys basketball advances with Joe Russo’s 500th win
The No. 3 Bulldogs shake off a lackluster first half and celebrate a 54-38 victory against No. 6 Oxford Hills in a Class AA North quarterfinal.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Here are 5 Maine boys hoop teams that can upset a top seed
These squads are capable of making basketball tournament magic.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
The top 5 matchups we’d like to see in Maine boys hoop tournament
How can you not get excited about a potential unbeaten-vs.-unbeaten regional final?