The Capers use a 7-2 third quarter to pull away for a 17-6 win against South Portland, capping an undefeated season with its third straight state championship.
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 inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Previewing Tuesday’s state championship games
South Portland will go for its second Class A title in three seasons, while Yarmouth and Old Town meet in a rematch of the 2017 Class B championship game.
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Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ lacrosse: Waynflete rolls to 14-6 win over NYA in Class C title game
The Flyers use tight defense and pinpoint shooting to win their third straight state championship.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Maine, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Gorham boys’ lacrosse players reinstated, help Rams to pull off playoff upset
Seven seniors had been suspended last week in the wake of protests over the team’s head coach, who was asked to leave the team by school officials.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and field: Lewiston’s Makenna Drouin, Oxford Hills’ Sierra Carson win Class A titles
Lewiston junior wins both hurdle events and Carson claims javelin championship. Brunswick wins boys title, and Bangor claims third straight girls crown.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Maine, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Seven players, coach removed from Gorham High boys’ lacrosse team
Veteran Coach Clayton Jones was told not to return to the team a day after 7 seniors walked away from the sidelines during a game in which they were benched.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and field: High school athletes primed for state championships Saturday
State records could fall at meets in Topsham (Class A), Freeport (Class B) and Augusta (Class C).
Posted inBaseball, Sports
Where have you gone, Little Leaguers?
In southern Maine and across the country, participation in an iconic baseball tradition – and a model for organized youth sports – has dropped significantly in recent decades.
Posted inSports
Former Deering High star Trejyn Fletcher released by St. Louis Cardinals
Fletcher, the Varsity Maine Player of the Year in 2019, struggled to make progress in the Cardinals’ minor league system.
Posted inSports
Women’s soccer: Maine Footy makes an imprint in its Portland debut
Maine Footy, a squad of current and former collegiate players, launch their inaugural season in the United Women’s Soccer league.