The event returns to the Expo – now officially named the James A. Banks Sr. Exposition Building – with four days of boys’ and girls’ games starting Monday.
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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Scarborough’s Jayden Flaker makes quick impact in college football
A true freshman, Flaker helped North Carolina Central win the national championship among historically Black colleges and universities.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Oxford Hills’ Eli Soehren named a finalist for Fitzpatrick Trophy
Vikings QB, Portland’s Kennedy Charles and Cape Elizabeth’s Nick Laughlin are the finalists for the award that goes to the best senior high school football player in Maine. The winner will be announced at a banquet on Jan. 15.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Cape Elizabeth coach Sean Green resigns
Green guided the Capers to their first state championship in 2021 and went 23-8 in three seasons.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Portland High grad becomes force on UNH defensive line
Nathan Kapongo, a redshirt sophomore, has helped the Wildcats advance to the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Portland High football coach Jason McLeod resigns
McLeod directed the Bulldogs to the Class B state final and an 18-5 record the past two seasons.
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NESN’s Tom Caron joins ownership group backing professional soccer in Portland
A native of Lewiston and passionate soccer fan, Caron is announced as a minority owner of the USL to Portland group which hopes to have a pro soccer team playing in Portland by 2024.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
As fall season winds down, high school sports return to pre-pandemic norms
For the first time since 2019, Maine’s fall high school sports season was not significantly altered.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
As high school football rivalries go, this one is heating up fast
Over the last three seasons, only one team has challenged Leavitt for supremacy in Class C – defending state champion Cape Elizabeth. They meet again for the regional title on Saturday.
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Southern Maine high school standouts sign National Letters of Intent
Seniors from across the region accept athletic scholarships during the NCAA’s early signing period for all sports except football.