The Rams climb out of an eight-point hole at halftime and then hang on to win the season opener.
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.
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Boys’ basketball: Team-by-team outlook
Your guide for all the southern Maine teams entering the 2019-20 season.
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Boys’ basketball: Can Greely make a run at No. 4?
The Rangers, Class A champions the past three seasons, suffered big losses to graduation. But they still have sharpshooting Logan Bagshaw – and that’s a good place to start.
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Boys’ basketball: 10 teams to watch
Bonny Eagle is ready to prove its run to the Class AA state final was no fluke, but the Scots will face plenty of challengers.
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Boys’ basketball: 10 players to watch
Seniors dominate our picks as the top players in southern Maine entering the 2019-20 season.
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Fitzpatrick Trophy semifinalists named
State champions Zach Maturo of Bonny Eagle, Justin Bryant of Marshwood and Camden Jordan of Leavitt headline a 12-player group vying to be named the top senior in Maine high school football.
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Started in 1911, Thanksgiving football rivalry remains ‘big time’
Portland and Deering had tough seasons, but players and coaches and players are excited to be part of the 108th edition of the holiday series.
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Football: The Gold Balls have been handed out. Now let’s look in the crystal ball
This season provided a blueprint of sorts for what to expect in Maine high school football in 2020.
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Photos: Eight-man football finds a home in Maine
Old Orchard Beach has success in a new league designed to help save a staple high school sport.
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Football notebook: Scots unfazed after reversed call leads to TD
Game officials overturned a penalty at a key juncture of the first half, but Bonny Eagle kept its focus.