Old Orchard Beach High wins over fans by showing how the game is still football, and better in some ways, during a victory against Telstar.
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 Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ soccer: There’s an influx of talented seniors this fall
Max Murray is among four seniors in southern Maine who are returning to high school soccer after playing in development academy programs the past few years.
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Posted inBoys Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ soccer: 10 teams to watch
Class A Gorham and Class B Yarmouth are clear favorites, but both have worthy challengers. Waynflete looks to repeat its Class C title run.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Is this linebacker tough? Ask anyone who knows her
Elizabeth Drelich has switched this fall from field hockey to football – and her new teammates are impressed by how quickly she is acclimating to the sport.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education, Sports, Varsity Maine
Fewer Maine students getting in the game, survey shows, as high school sports participation falls 4.5%
The drop during the 2018-19 school year – the first time Maine fell below 50,000 athletes in 22 years – came as participation nationwide declined for the first time in 30 years.
Posted inSports
Portland’s Trejyn Fletcher adjusting to his first season of pro baseball
After one quick advancement in the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm system, the 18-year-old has been working to improve in the rookie Appalachian League.
Posted inMaine Mariners, Sports
Cumberland’s Ted Hart signs with Maine Mariners
A four-year player at Yale, Hart will try to become the first Maine native to play for Portland’s ECHL squad.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Eight-man football officially starts in Maine
It’s a new version of the sport in the state, but the first day of practice feels much the same for players and coaches.
Posted inSports
Making it in professional golf is a rough shot
For talented golfers like Jack Wyman, trying to climb the ladder toward the PGA Tour is a costly and often humbling venture.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
New Deering AD is ready to promote and grow the school’s athletic programs
After spending most of his professional career in the college ranks, Michael Daly says he wants to help ‘high school kids achieve their dreams.’