The wrestling competition for high school and college-age wrestlers will be held July 20 in Old Orchard Beach.
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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Youth flag football in Maine takes a broader approach
The Maine Flag Football League will schedule intertown games and plans to start a middle school league.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Portland’s Terion Moss departs UMaine basketball program
As a freshman last winter, he made 15 starts and averaged 27 minutes a game for the Black Bears.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Deering’s Trejyn Fletcher signs $1.5 million deal with St. Louis Cardinals
Fletcher, an outfielder, was the 58th selection in the Major League Baseball draft, the highest pick from Maine since 2008.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Trejyn Fletcher, Colton Carson among Mr. Maine Baseball finalists
Eight players are in the running for the Dr. John Winkin Award, given to the Maine’s top high school senior in baseball.
Posted inBaseball, Local & State, Sports, Varsity Maine
Will Deering High baseball prodigy turn pro? History provides clues
Outfielder Trejyn Fletcher, drafted in the second round by the St. Louis Cardinals, has a full college scholarship to Vanderbilt University but is likely to receive a signing bonus of at least $1.2 million.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Deering star Trejyn Fletcher picked by Cardinals in 2nd round of MLB draft
Fletcher, who stands to get a signing bonus of more than $1 million, must now decide between pro baseball and a scholarship to play at Vanderbilt.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
USM’s baseball season ends with 13-inning loss in regional final
The Huskies win their first game Sunday, then lose the if-necessary game to New England College in an NCAA Division III regional.
Posted inBaseball, Local Sports, Maine colleges, Softball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Bates College softball assistant is new owner of Maine Hits
Danica Gleason, 24, of South Portland is now running the indoor softball and baseball training center in Scarborough. Bates junior pitcher Kirsten Pelletier is serving as the softball pitching instructor.
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Newcastle’s Bailey Plourde tied for fourth at NCAA Division III golf championship
The Maine Women’s Amateur champion led after the first round but struggled to a 7-over 79 in Round 2.