Agreste helped the Trojans reach the state final as a player in 2009.
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 inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Kennebunk’s Charlie Burch joining national lacrosse hall of fame
The UNE men’s head coach will be inducted into the National Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame for his coaching success and promoting the game at the Maine public school level.
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Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine settle for tie with South Georgia
Portland can’t get the winner even with a 25-minute man advantage to close the game.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine sign former LA Galaxy center back
Sega Coulibaly made 49 starts for the MLS club before from 2021-23
Posted inLocal & State, Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine opts in to landmark NCAA settlement that allows direct payments to athletes
The state’s only Division I program had initially planned to opt out of a ruling that would allow schools to directly pay student-athletes.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine begin grueling portion of season
Friday’s game at Rhode Island FC starts a seven-game stretch in just over four weeks that will test the club’s depth.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Biddeford baseball battles past Mt. Ararat to win Class A title
The Tigers rally from two three-run deficits to beat Mt. Ararat and win their first state crown since 1984.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Biddeford baseball, with a chip on its shoulder, playing for Class A state title
The Tigers won five games and did not make the playoffs in 2024, but never doubted they were title worthy and on Saturday have a chance to win the school’s first baseball title in 41 years.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Uncategorized, Varsity Maine
A look at Maine’s high school baseball championship games
Class A features teams looking to end title droughts.
Posted inGirls Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Kennebunk girls lacrosse cruises into Class A final
The No. 1 team in the Varsity Maine poll gets ahead of Cape Elizabeth quickly and is never threatened in a semifinal win.