The Maine Amateur Hockey Association says it is waiting for clarification from state agencies about whether hockey can be played indoors at some point this winter.
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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Hockey outbreaks in New England have Maine CDC on alert
No positive cases have been linked directly to a hockey referee who worked seven games in Maine and tested positive for COVID-19.
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For now, it’s practices only for youth hockey teams at Maine ice rinks
Games around the state were shut down last week after a referee who worked eight games tested positive for COVID-19.
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Maine Mariners: We need fans to have a season this winter
Unless the state budges on its indoor gathering limits, the puck will not be dropped at Cross Insurance Arena.
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State tells youth hockey organization that it’s on thin ice
The Maine Amateur Hockey Association, which has been playing indoor games despite a state recommendation against it, is weighing its options after receiving a letter from the state’s health commissioner.
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High school golfers to compete for state titles this weekend
Boys’ and girls’ individual titles, along with team championships, will be contested in three classes on Friday and Saturday at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
NESCAC cancels conference sports for winter season
Thursday’s announcement, made in response to the pandemic, affects Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges and is likely to impact where some high school games and championships can be held.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine athletics to receive $90 million from Alfond Foundation
The gift – part of a staggering $240 million for the University of Maine System – is the largest ever given to a New England public university for athletics.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school roundup: Freeport boys’ cross country team in quarantine
The school also postponed girls’ soccer games against Greely on Wednesday because of COVID-19 concerns.
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Biddeford community mourns loss of former high school athletic director
A close friend said Don Wilson, a respected educator who had a major impact on Biddeford athletics, suffered from depression and took his own life. He was 73.