The middle distance runner had been preparing for the U.S. Olympic Trials in hopes of making her first Summer Games 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.
When the checkout line becomes the front line
Most of us have been advised to stay home, but cashiers have to interact with other humans all day long, although many have changed the way they work.
Boys’ indoor track: 2020 Varsity Maine All-State team
Class A athletes dominate the list, with several performances at or near the top of Maine’s all-time rankings.
Boys’ indoor track: Jarett Flaker, Scarborough
Even with a nagging hamstring injury, the speedy senior won two Class A titles and posted Maine’s season-best times in five individual events.
Golf courses offer respite from virus anxiety, at least for now
Several southern Maine courses are open with dramatically modified operating policies designed to keep golfers and staff safe.
Infection of Cape Elizabeth 12-year-old seen as sign of community spread
District officials say the Maine CDC has contacted anyone considered to have been in close proximity to the boy, a student at the middle school.
Start of spring high school sports practices delayed to April 27
The Maine Principals’ Association has pushed back preseason practices by a month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
In just a day, Portland’s minor league sports go dormant
The G League (Red Claws) and ECHL (Mariners) have suspended their seasons, while the start of the Sea Dogs’ baseball season will be delayed.
Spring sports canceled at some Maine colleges amid coronavirus concerns
Bowdoin and Bates will forgo the rest of their spring schedules, while other schools are still weighing their options.
Football: Hardy says he’s ready to strengthen Deering football
A former Deering player and a 2011 graduate, John Hardy takes over as head coach after four years as an assistant with the Rams.