It’s a new version of the sport in the state, but the first day of practice feels much the same for players and coaches.
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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Making it in professional golf is a rough shot
For talented golfers like Jack Wyman, trying to climb the ladder toward the PGA Tour is a costly and often humbling venture.
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Dan Curts, Sofie Matson are top Mainers at Beach to Beacon
Curts, 26, of Ellsworth, finished 12th overall. Matson, 16, becomes the youngest winner of the Maine women’s division.
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B2B High School Mile: Wells’ Allaire, Falmouth’s Piers win titles
Griffin Allaire sticks with the same move that earned him podium finishes the two previous years, and Karley Piers triumphs in her first attempt.
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Maine Junior Golf: Paine, Hornberger roll to titles
Connor Paine, 18, of South China, shoots under par for the second straight day. Mia Hornberger, 14, wins the girls’ title by six strokes.
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Maine Junior Golf: Paine takes lead with 4-under 68
Mia Hornberger of North Turner posted the low score among the seven girls competing with a 7-over 79.
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American Legion: Portland-area teams prepare for state tournament
Windham and the Cheverus-centric Charles J. Loring squad will try to knock off the favorites from Oxford Hills.
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Benson hired as MPA’s first Commissioner of Officials
Jeff Benson, the retired athletic director and veteran referee, will oversee game officials in all sports with an emphasis on recruiting and retention.
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Portland’s Kapongo adapting fast to football, academics
A native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nathan Kapongo, the former Portland Bulldog, has already started the transition to college at the University of New Hampshire.
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Lobster Bowl: West sets scoring record in rout
Quarterbacks Tommy Springer of Marshwood and Carter Edgerton of Biddeford and running back Tyler Bridge of Wells lead West squad to a 60-14 victory.