McDuffie is the first player from Cape Elizabeth High to win the trophy, awarded to Maine’s top senior in high school football.
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.
The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change
So much has changed during the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic officially reached Maine on March 12, 2020. And many of those changes will last far after the pandemic ends. Some are permanent. More than 2,100 Maine families and communities have lost loved ones. Businesses have closed. Careers have ended. Some who survived the […]
Boys basketball: Cooper Flagg leads Nokomis to its first state championship
The freshman controls the game with a 22-point, 16-rebound effort as the Warriors defeat Falmouth, 43-27, in the Class A final.
Boys basketball: Preview of Saturday’s championship games in Portland
Oxford Hills takes on South Portland in Class AA, and Falmouth faces Nokomis in Class A at Cross Insurance Arena.
Boys basketball: State championship drought will come to an end in Class AA
South champ South Portland hasn’t won a state title since 1992. Oxford Hills never has. The teams meet at 9 p.m. Saturday at Cross Insurance Arena.
Boys basketball: Falmouth stands in way of Nokomis coronation
The Navigators know they are considered underdogs despite a 17-0 record against Class A teams and an average margin of victory of more than 25 points.
Top Maine wrestlers return to New England Championship tournament
Oxford Hills, Mountain Valley and Gray-New Gloucester will be represented at two-day tournament in Providence, which returns after a one-year hiatus.
AA South boys basketball: South Portland surges to regional title
The Red Riots get a big early lead, then end the third quarter on a 12-0 run to pull away from Thornton Academy, 56-39.
B South boys basketball: Yarmouth tops Medomak Valley to win regional title
Trailing 12-3 early, the Clippers play shut-down defense and get huge baskets from Stevie Walsh in a 47-35 victory.
Basketball: Eight regional championships at stake Saturday in Portland
The Class AA South boys’ title game between South Portland and Thornton Academy will cap a busy day at two sites.