The Stags ran roughshod over opponents in their one season in eight-man football. Now they will be in competitive Class C South, their fourth league in four seasons.
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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Cape Elizabeth’s Brendan Tinsman getting his first taste of pro baseball
His game action has been limited, but the former Wake Forest catcher is busy working with Los Angeles Angels’ pitching prospects in Arizona.
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Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: JP Estrella will make his college choice known Sept. 2
The 6-foot-11 center/forward from South Portland has taken official visits to Marquette, Tennessee, Iowa and Syracuse, and received scholarship offers from Duke and Kansas.
Posted inSports
UMaine’s Sam Mills cruises to title as top Mainer at Beach to Beacon
The Biddeford High graduate beats the heat and the competition to win the Maine men’s division in 31 minutes, 8 seconds.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Orono’s White, Mt. Ararat’s Libby win Beach to Beacon high school mile races
Ruth White sets a girls’ course record in the fifth running of the event held on the eve of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K.
Posted inField Hockey, Football, Sports, Varsity Maine, Volleyball
High school notebook: Open postseason tournaments coming to an end
The Maine Principals’ Association will return this fall to having playoffs made up of teams in the top two-thirds of the Heal points.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Poland’s James Frost wins Match Play Invitational on extra hole
In a well-played final, Frost makes a birdie putt to edge Garrett Olson, 1-up, at Falmouth Country Club.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
For multi-sport athletes, summer’s a busy, hectic season
Training and games for high school teams combined with travel team schedules can keep young players on the go seven days a week.
Posted inNews
Pros and amateurs highlight Saturday’s 16-fight MMA event at Thompson’s Point
New England Fights will stage an outdoor mixed martial arts show – just the second in the promotion’s history – and has plenty of interesting storylines.
Posted inMaine Mariners, Sports, Uncategorized
Former player Terrence Wallin named new Mariners’ coach
Wallin, 30, an assistant coach last season, replaces Ben Guite who recently took the top men’s hockey job at Bowdoin College.