The popular Cape Elizabeth 10K will be held as an in-person event this summer for the first time since 2019.
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 inSports, Varsity Maine
More than half of Maine basketball teams will not play a full regular season
COVID shutdowns and the open MPA postseason tournaments are main reasons why 55% of high school teams will not play all 18 games.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
MPA Football Committee urges more competitive 11-man schedules
The panel also approves a ceiling of 33 players for teams intent on playing eight-man football.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Cheverus High plans to return to 11-man football
The Stags played one year of eight-man football, dominating opponents last fall en route to the Large School Division championship.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Athletic directors are feeling the strain of the pandemic
A demanding, high-stress job to begin with has become more complex and emotionally charged.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Deering freshman Elsa Freeman reaches national soccer stage
Freeman is the only player from Maine – and one of just six from New England – participating in this weekend’s ODP National Training Camp in Florida.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys basketball: Streaking York nips streaking Gray-New Gloucester
The Class B Wildcats win their seventh straight game and put an end to the eight-game streak of the Class A Patriots.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
MPA tournament sites coming into focus
The basketball tournament schedule is virtually unchanged, but sites are still unsettled for some sports.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school football notebook: Scarborough’s Flaker wins team MVP award at all-star game in Florida
UMaine gets commitments from two of the top players in Class A – Thornton Academy quarterback Jack Emerson and Bonny Eagle running back Zac Oja.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Will a lineman win the Fitzpatrick Trophy for the first time since 1977?
Bonny Eagle’s Thomas Horton is one of three finalists for this year’s award, given to the top senior in Maine high school football.