This year both teams have new coaches heading into their holiday exhibition, the only Thanksgiving high school football game in the state.
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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Class B football: Kennebunk beats Lawrence for first title since 1991
The Rams assert themselves late with three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 40-20 victory.
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Class A football: Thornton Academy rallies to beat Portland in title game
The Golden Trojans score three touchdowns in the second half of a 24-14 victory for their sixth championship since 2012.
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Portland soccer team to finance stadium upgrades, but pay no rent for 10 years
Portland United LLC commits to at least $1 million in capital improvements to Fitzpatrick Stadium in a lease agreement approved by the city council.
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Football: Portland stuns Oxford Hills with late TD to win Class A North
Cordell Jones races 76 yards for the winning score with 17.4 seconds left after the Vikings had rallied from a 22-7 deficit.
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Football: Wells heads to Class D title game with 35-6 win over Winthrop
Dominic Buxton leads the Warriors’ ground attack with 167 yards and three scores in a victory over Winthrop/Monmouth-Hall-Dale.
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Boys’ soccer: Previewing Saturday’s state championship games
Deering is going for its first Gold Ball in Class A ,while Yarmouth looks for its eighth in nine seasons in Class B.
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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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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.
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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.