Saturday’s game at Fitzpatrick Stadium will cap the first season of eight-man football in Maine – with more teams likely to play in 2020.
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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Former Marine turned to farming and helps other vets do the same
‘We, and I think a lot of veterans who get into agriculture, view (it) as just another mission,’ says former intelligence officer Anne Devin.
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Boys’ soccer: Falmouth shocks Lewiston to win Class A title, 5-2
The Yachtsmen score the first four goals en route to their first Class A championship, and 12th title overall under Coach David Halligan.
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Boys’ soccer: Central Aroostook stuns NYA for Class D title
Central Aroostook scores two late goals and captures its first state title with a 2-1 victory.
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Boys’ soccer: Falmouth, Yarmouth, Waynflete and NYA shoot for titles
In Class B, Yarmouth will look to regain its crown against several Caribou athletes who showed last winter they could win on the big stage.
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Football notebook: Cheverus standout performing with purpose
Senior Sean Tompkins is averaging two touchdowns a game while honoring the memory of a good friend.
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Boys’ soccer: Yarmouth returns to B championship game with 5-1 win
Trailing Greely at the half, the Clippers turn up the offense for five second-half goals and will be in the state final for the fifth time in six years.
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Boys’ soccer: Late score propels Falmouth past Gorham 2-1 for Class A South title
Rion Dos Santos heads in the winner with 3:24 to play, setting up a Class A state final against two-time champion Lewiston.
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Football: Mt. Ararat earns program’s first playoff victory
The Eagles’ eight-man squad, formerly a struggling Class B team, wears down Yarmouth in the second half of a 52-20 victory.
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Football: Thornton edges Scarborough 28-27 in overtime
The Trojans stop a 2-point conversion to down the Red Storm and win their 20th consecutive game.