A boys triple jump duel is set in Class A, and the battle for the Class B girls title could be tight.
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 inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Mark Soehren takes ‘a huge amount of pride in what we accomplished’ at Oxford Hills
The North Dakota native, who led the Vikings to the 2022 state title, steps down after 12 seasons, says it’s time for someone else to take charge.
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Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and field: Sarah Moore helps NYA girls shine bright at WMC championships
Carter Libby, Ben Cobb and Trevor Amos win titles for the Gray-New Gloucester boys, and Madeline Ellis, Eagen Whitten and Cadyn Langlois excel for Poland.
Posted inSports, Tennis, Varsity Maine
Top seeds from Yarmouth, Kennebunk win singles state championships
Sofia Mavor and George Cutone, two seniors headed to prestigious service academies, prove they are the best with dominating semifinal and final victories.
Posted inOlympics, Sports
Pro runner Emily Durgin filling schedule with big races
Durgin, a former Bonny Eagle and Cheverus runner who’s made $23,000 on the USATF Running Circuit so far this year, plans to compete in the Beach to Beacon 10K this summer.
Posted inBoys Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Record-setting Yarmouth boys’ soccer coach Mike Hagerty steps down
In 27 seasons, Hagerty built the Clippers into a powerhouse that won 13 state championships.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school football: Out-of-state games, more balance for 11-man divisions highlight 2024 schedule
Two Class C schools play against out-of-states opponents this fall, while Brewer will host Salem, Massachusetts.
Posted inSports
Cumberland’s Victoria Bossong ready to chase down Olympic berth for the Philippines
Bossong hopes to obtain citizenship in the coming days as she prepares to run the women’s 800 meters at the Philippine track championships.
Posted inMaine, Sports
Willie Greenlaw, one of the greatest athletes to come out of Portland, if not Maine, dies at 90
Greenlaw, who starred in football and baseball at Portland High and the University of Nebraska in the 1950s, packed a rare combination of speed and power in his 5-foot-11, 190-pound frame.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Westbrook School Department suspends baseball players, removes varsity coach
First-year varsity coach John McCarthy is no longer with the team as the school investigates a possible code of conduct violation.