Teenagers on up to 80-year-olds cheered and mourned one of the last nights of racing at the ‘Beech.’
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 inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football notebook: Oxford Hills, Bangor vying to keep pace with Class A powers
The 3-0 Vikings are hosting Bonny Eagle. “All of us in Class A could see this coming from Oxford Hills” said Scots coach Kevin Cooper.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school teams hoped for a normal fall season. COVID had other plans
With COVID-19 cases soaring across Maine and impacting high schools, there has been a rash of postponed and canceled games.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
No rust: Leavitt dominates Wells in delayed season opener
H.S. football: The Hornets, who had their first two games canceled because of COVID issues with their scheduled opponents, rack up 587 yards total offense and hold the Warriors to 36 yards and one first down.
Posted inFootball, Lewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education, Sports, Varsity Maine
Lewiston among high school football teams dealing with COVID disruptions
The Blue Devils, along with Marshwood, Brewer and Noble, have players in quarantine because of COVID-related concerns.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Champion distance runner has a new accomplishment at 18 – author
Sofie Matson wrote a novel during her senior year at Falmouth High that has been published by The Telling Room.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Just 13, Emerson Flaker is following in the footsteps of her fast brothers
The younger sister of Scarborough High stars Jarett and Jayden Flaker, she set three state youth sprint records this summer after winning a national pentathlon championship.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Ruby Haylock, Eli Spaulding top Maine golfers at New England Junior Amateur
Eli Spaulding of Freeport ties for fourth, Maine’s best boys finish since 2016; Ruby Haylock places third in the girls division.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Ruby Haylock, Eli Spaulding show they can compete with some of New England’s best junior golfers
Freeport’s Spaulding plays 36 holes in 1-under par and is alone in fifth in the New England Junior Amateur Championship at Val Halla. Haylock is tied for sixth in the girls competition.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Greely High pitcher to play in elite tourney staged for MLB scouts
Zach Johnston is one of 175 high schoolers across the nation heading to the invitation-only Area Code Underclass Games in Los Angeles.