The Blue Blazes will have to beat B South blueblood Kennebunk, which is gunning for its third straight championship game appearance.
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 inHearts of Pine, Sports
Heart-breaker: Spokane stuns Portland’s pro soccer team in semifinals
Hearts of Pine squander lead in extra time, then bow out of USL League One playoffs in seventh round of penalty kicks.
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Posted inBoys Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Yarmouth boys soccer rallies past Oceanside to win Class B title
Oceanside had the 16-time champions on the ropes, but Zacarias Binda produced his second straight overtime winner for the Clippers.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Cape Elizabeth girls soccer powers way to Class B title
The Capers take control early and keep Hermon on the defensive for the whole game.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Bonny Eagle football defeats Noble in A South semifinal
The No. 2 Scots use a power running game and their big-play defense to set up a regional final with No. 1 Thornton Academy
Posted inBoys Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Yarmouth boys soccer earns regional title with double-OT win
In a rematch of last year’s Class B South final won by Greely, the No. 1 Clippers advance to the state final on a goal by Zacarias Binda.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Cape Elizabeth girls soccer blanks Yarmouth in B South final
The Capers, who lost in the regional final the previous two years, set up a showdown of unbeaten teams against Hermon.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine’s Ollie Wright is at the Heart of Portland’s success
The Englishman leads the Hearts of Pine in goals and assists and scored the only goal in the club’s USL League One playoff win.
Posted inBoys Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Scarborough boys soccer repeats as A South champion
Denver Bachman’s second-half strike is the difference for the top-ranked and unbeaten Red Storm against No. 2 Falmouth
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine keeper saves the day in playoff win
Hunter Morse’s superior nine-save effort in Chattanooga is a main reason why Portland’s men’s soccer team advanced to the USL League One semifinals.