Steve Craig – Page 69 – Lewiston Sun Journal

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.

Sports, Varsity Maine

Regional scheduling might become option for high school teams

by Steve Craig June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

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.

Sports

Despite safety measures, opinions vary on restarting youth club sports

by Steve Craig June 7, 2020June 7, 2020

Organizers and parents weigh concerns about COVID-19 against the desire for kids to play sports once again.

Community Sports, Local Sports, Sports

Little League: Some towns calling it quits for 2020, others are setting up summer alternatives

by Steve Craig May 24, 2020August 16, 2023

A few leagues have already been canceled, but many are hoping to play games in July and August.

Community Sports, Sports

Peaks to Portland swim switched to virtual event

by Steve Craig May 20, 2020May 21, 2020

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.

Local & State

Deering High student dies in lawn-mowing accident on Peaks Island

by Steve Craig and Dennis Hoey May 19, 2020May 21, 2020

Blain Alves, 16, got trapped between the mower he was operating and a parked boat.

Local & State, News

Maine Acts of Kindness: Finding new ways to support cancer patients

by Steve Craig May 13, 2020May 14, 2020

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.

Local & State, News

The Virus Diaries: ‘Fear grows over time if we don’t face it’

by Steve Craig May 11, 2020May 12, 2020

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.