After the allegations involving the Brunswick High football team, athletic directors and coaches in Maine are assessing how they can protect their students and programs from the destructive forces unleashed by hazing.
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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Fitzpatrick Trophy returns after year on the sideline
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Brunswick fires football coach, cancels rest of season in wake of hazing investigation
The school department’s investigation was launched after officials were told that a player was held down and a sex toy was put into his mouth during a team retreat in August.
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Hazing incidents can have ripple effects for years to come
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Players kicked off Brunswick High football team in wake of hazing allegations
Superintendent Phil Potenziano would not specify how many players have been removed, citing confidentiality concerns.
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Brunswick High football team resumes practices amid hazing probe
The school district and local police continue their investigations into an alleged incident that took place during a team retreat in August.
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Beech Ridge Motor Speedway nears its finish line after 73 years
Teenagers on up to 80-year-olds cheered and mourned one of the last nights of racing at the ‘Beech.’
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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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High school teams hoped for a normal fall season. COVID had other plans
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