The decision to halt its Division III programs comes as part of the school’s announcement to go mostly online with limited on-campus students.
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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Maine ADs connect with peers in other states about restarting sports
Called the Pandemic Project Task Force, the online group shares ideas about the best ways to resume high school athletics.
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Maine CDC reports 36 more coronavirus cases, no new deaths
While hospitalizations continue to slow, it is the fifth straight day with at least 30 new confirmed cases.
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Regional scheduling might become option for high school teams
If limiting travel on buses is deemed a way to enhance safety this fall, many administrators and coaches would be in favor of abandoning conference-only schedules in favor of a regional approach.
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Despite safety measures, opinions vary on restarting youth club sports
Organizers and parents weigh concerns about COVID-19 against the desire for kids to play sports once again.
Posted inCommunity Sports, Local Sports, Sports
Little League: Some towns calling it quits for 2020, others are setting up summer alternatives
A few leagues have already been canceled, but many are hoping to play games in July and August.
Posted inCommunity Sports, Sports
Peaks to Portland swim switched to virtual event
Swimmers in the 39th annual event that benefits the YMCA of Southern Maine can log their 2.4 miles in a variety of ways and over multiple days this year.
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Deering High student dies in lawn-mowing accident on Peaks Island
Blain Alves, 16, got trapped between the mower he was operating and a parked boat.
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Maine Acts of Kindness: Finding new ways to support cancer patients
The co-owners of a growing cosmetic company have purchased $12,000 worth of goods from local small businesses that will be combined into gift boxes for cancer patients.
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The Virus Diaries: ‘Fear grows over time if we don’t face it’
A Falmouth woman and her young son take an anxious trip to the store, only to find that other shoppers feel the same uneasiness about being out in public during a pandemic.