Clay Cordasco went from losing every game at Sacopee Valley to starting every game at Oregon State. His brother Kyle is primed to become the family’s second Division I player.
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 inAmerican Journal, Football, Lakes Region Weekly, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Gaziano Award winners to be named Saturday
Bonny Eagle’s Will Horton among six of the state’s top high school linemen in line for the two $5,000 scholarships.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: What will Fitzpatrick Trophy voting look like in the future?
Sunday’s winner will be from a power program, but the voting demographic will shift toward eight-man football in years to come.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Gaziano Award winners to be named Saturday
Six of the state’s top high school linemen are in line for the two $5,000 scholarships.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Unified basketball starts its sixth season
Unified basketball teams pair students with developmental disabilities with traditional students.
Posted inSports
Maine Sports Hall of Fame announces 2020 inductees
Five men and four women will be inducted in ceremonies at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium on Sept. 20.
Posted inMaine Celtics, Sports
Red Claws rally for 107-103 win over Salt Lake City
Guards Tremont Waters and Carsen Edwards lead a fourth-quarter comeback as Maine beats Salt Lake City to extend its winning streak to seven.
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Football: Biddeford hires Steve Allosso as head coach
It will be the first time since 1977 that the Tigers will be led by someone who did not attend Biddeford High.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Bagshaw again scores 45 for Greely, but Kennebunk prevails, 79-66
The Rams weather an early hot streak by Logan Bagshaw – who scored 45 points for the second time this season – and answer with balanced precision to get the win over the Rangers.
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With football rosters shrinking, number of eight-man teams expected to double this fall
Ten Maine high schools played in the reduced-player division in its first season last fall. Eleven or more schools are likely to join them in 2020.