Starter Tanner Houck struggles with his command and reliever Andrew Schwaab gets touched for seven runs in a doubleheader opener.
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.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College baseball: St. Joseph’s veteran lineup is looking for elusive title
The Monks’ seniors have won nearly 72 percent of their games the past four seasons and hope to win the school’s first GNAC championship since 2014.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
H.S. football: Schools to vote Thursday on controversial realignment
The MPA’s general membership will vote on a plan to reduce Class A football to eight teams and drop six longtime Class A programs to Class B.
Posted inMaine, News
Patients punch back at Parkinson’s disease through boxing lessons
Rock Steady Boxing, a program introduced in Maine just over two years ago, helps participants battle the degenerative disease, both physically and psychologically.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Trejyn Fletcher’s Deering debut draws plenty of pro scouts
More than 20 scouts were at Hadlock Field in Portland to watch one of the nation’s top prospects go 2 for 3 with two runs in a 20-4 loss to Marshwood.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
H.S. football: Class A will have only eight teams in 2019
Portland and Deering are among the former Class A schools that will play in Class B next fall.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Matt Fleming, Bangor
The 6-foot-6 senior altered his game and led the Rams to the Class AA state title.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: 2019 Varsity Maine All-State team
Player of the Year Matt Fleming of Bangor is joined by standouts from across the state.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Sea Dogs waste good debut by Denyi Reyes, lose in 10 innings
Reyes pitches six innings of two-hit, one-run ball but Portland’s bullpen gives up the lead.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
A year later, Barbecue Yee is trying a different path to baseball success
After unsuccessfully suing Portland schools in 2018 to get on the Deering High varsity team, Yee has chosen not to play high school baseball this spring.