Deering is going for its first Gold Ball in Class A ,while Yarmouth looks for its eighth in nine seasons in Class B.
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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Hunting banned in four communities as Maine’s deer season starts Saturday
No hunting of any kind will be allowed in Bowdoin, Lewiston, Lisbon and Monmouth until further notice as law enforcement continues to search for the suspect in the Lewiston mass shootings.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Maine high school playoffs on hold in wake of Lewiston shootings
‘Given the horrific tragedy that’s occurred here, rescheduling a football game is a small thing,’ says one coach.
Posted inSports
Eliot’s Quinn McDaniel prospers in first season of pro baseball in Giants’ system
The former UMaine and Marshwood High star hit six homers and had a .424 on-base percentage in 29 minor league games after being drafted by San Francisco in July.
Posted inCross Country, Maine, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Transgender girl makes history with victory at cross country regional
Soren Stark-Chessa, a sophomore at Maine Coast Waldorf School, controlled the Class C South girls’ race from start to finish, with support from the crowd.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
These girls are at the center of action for their high school football team
Poland Regional seniors Emma Martin and Nicole Rioux are starters on the offensive line for the Knights.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Leavitt roars back to defeat Thornton Academy, 35-21
Down by 15 points at halftime, the Class C Hornets score 29 consecutive points to dispatch another Class A power and improve to 7-0.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Leavitt’s on a historic run, with powerful Thornton Academy up next
The defending Class C champions are undefeated and at the end of an unprecedented four-week stretch of playing teams in higher enrollment classes.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school notebook: Pitching prospect Wyatt Nadeau moves to prep school
Nadeau, a 6-foot-6 right-hander who has verbally committed to Vanderbilt, has left Gorham High for a prep school in Connecticut.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Wells asserts itself, hands Poland first loss, 32-6
The Warriors control the game up front against a Knights’ team that had allowed just eight points, six by its defense, in their first four games