Steve Craig – Page 79 – 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.

Football, Sports, Varsity Maine

H.S. football: Class A will have only eight teams in 2019

by Steve Craig April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Portland and Deering are among the former Class A schools that will play in Class B next fall.

Boys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine

Boys’ basketball: Matt Fleming, Bangor

by Steve Craig April 7, 2019July 15, 2019

The 6-foot-6 senior altered his game and led the Rams to the Class AA state title.

Boys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine

Boys’ basketball: 2019 Varsity Maine All-State team

by Steve Craig April 7, 2019July 15, 2019

Player of the Year Matt Fleming of Bangor is joined by standouts from across the state.

Local Sports, Sports

Sea Dogs waste good debut by Denyi Reyes, lose in 10 innings

by Steve Craig April 5, 2019April 5, 2019

Reyes pitches six innings of two-hit, one-run ball but Portland’s bullpen gives up the lead.

Baseball, Sports, Varsity Maine

A year later, Barbecue Yee is trying a different path to baseball success

by Steve Craig April 1, 2019April 5, 2019

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.

Local Sports, Sports

Biathlete Clare Egan isn’t ready to retire after all

by Steve Craig March 29, 2019March 28, 2019

The Cape Elizabeth native capped her best season on the World Cup with her first podium finish and now has put retirement thoughts on hold.

News, Schools & Education, Sports, Varsity Maine

Loss of Special Olympics funding would hurt Maine’s Unified sports programs

by Steve Craig March 28, 2019March 27, 2019

Special Olympics Maine receives about 8 percent of its funding from federal grants it uses to support Unified sports programs in 107 schools across the state.