Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene, working to bring the passion and dedication of athletes, coaches and communities to readers. In some ways his career has come full circle. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop in Skowhegan. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he wrote two books, had a multi-year stint as the Press Herald's freelance motorsports columnist and taught fifth grade. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A graduate of Michigan State University and Southern New Hampshire University, Steve can be forgiven for living in Hampton, New Hampshire. He and his wife Deb, two daughters, and numerous dogs and cats have lived there for nearly 25 years and he still hasn’t finished painting their 150-year-old home.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
MPA Football Committee urges more competitive 11-man schedules
The panel also approves a ceiling of 33 players for teams intent on playing eight-man football.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2022
Cheverus High plans to return to 11-man football
The Stags played one year of eight-man football, dominating opponents last fall en route to the Large School Division championship.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2022
Athletic directors are feeling the strain of the pandemic
A demanding, high-stress job to begin with has become more complex and emotionally charged.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2022
Deering freshman Elsa Freeman reaches national soccer stage
Freeman is the only player from Maine – and one of just six from New England – participating in this weekend’s ODP National Training Camp in Florida.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
Boys basketball: Streaking York nips streaking Gray-New Gloucester
The Class B Wildcats win their seventh straight game and put an end to the eight-game streak of the Class A Patriots.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2022
MPA tournament sites coming into focus
The basketball tournament schedule is virtually unchanged, but sites are still unsettled for some sports.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2022
High school football notebook: Scarborough’s Flaker wins team MVP award at all-star game in Florida
UMaine gets commitments from two of the top players in Class A – Thornton Academy quarterback Jack Emerson and Bonny Eagle running back Zac Oja.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Will a lineman win the Fitzpatrick Trophy for the first time since 1977?
Bonny Eagle’s Thomas Horton is one of three finalists for this year’s award, given to the top senior in Maine high school football.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2022
Wrestling: Plenty of reasons to be motivated at Zeb Leavitt Memorial Invitational
For Cheverus, the event was about honoring one of the school’s former wrestlers. For other teams, it was a day to take advantage and learn from being in a tournament atmosphere.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2022
Several UMaine teams sidelined this weekend because of COVID-19 cases
The Black Bears have had to postpone or cancel events for women’s hockey, women’s basketball, swimming and indoor track.
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