The 30-year-old from Sanford, making her first appearance at the Olympics, finishes seventh in her semifinal and is edged out of the final by less than a second.
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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Sanford native Rachel Schneider arrives in Tokyo for Olympic debut
Schneider is soaking up the atmosphere and doing final workouts before competing Friday in the semifinals of the 5,000-meter run.
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Fryeburg Academy’s Morgan Fusco named Miss Maine Softball
Fusco, a senior catcher, batted .620 with seven home runs and 26 RBI while leading the Raiders to the top seed in Class B South.
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Basketball recruit Dom Campbell taking his game to Notre Dame
The former Waynflete standout plans to sign a national letter of intent to play for the Fighting Irish.
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Plourde takes 5-stroke lead into final round of Maine Women’s Amateur
For the second day in a row, Bailey Plourde of Newcastle shoots the best round at Bangor Municipal Golf Course.
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Plans for pro soccer stadium get rolled out to Portland officials
Backers say they have received ‘official approval as an expansion market’ in USL League One, contingent upon stadium development.
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Charity games at Hadlock Field on Friday to benefit ALS research
Former Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen is scheduled to pitch in the second game of a doubleheader against all-stars from southern Maine’s summer college league.
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Meet the most coveted basketball recruit from Maine in a generation
Six-foot-nine Dominick Campbell of Scarborough turned heads with his performance at a tournament in Dallas, generating interest from high-profile college programs across the nation.
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For players and fans, the return of pro golf to Maine was a hit
The Live and Work in Maine Open, which wrapped up on Sunday, will return to Falmouth Country Club for the next four years.
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Ramey leads crowded leaderboard at Korn Ferry event in Falmouth
Chad Ramey holds a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Live and Work in Maine Open, with eight other golfers within three strokes of the top.