Thornton Academy questioned the legality of a Falmouth player’s stick and was rewarded with an overtime possession that led to a state championship.
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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Baseball: Scarborough beats Oxford Hills in eight innings to win Class A
Nick Thompson’s home run lifts the Red Storm past the previously undefeated Vikings.
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Boys’ lacrosse: Yarmouth hangs on to win Class B title
The Clippers beat Greely 11-10 to win their first state title since 2009.
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Baseball: Class A finalists feature tough pitching staffs
In other state championship games, Freeport goes for its first title in Class B and Lisbon looks to avenge its Class C loss to Orono two years ago.
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Lacrosse: Tough losses have fueled Class B title quests
The Yarmouth boys and girls and the Greely boys are looking to make up for overtime losses in the 2018 playoffs.
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Boys’ lacrosse: NYA beats Waynflete 9-7 in Class C semifinal
The Panthers reverse last year’s result to knock off the defending state champions.
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Girls’ lacrosse: No. 9 Lake Region rallies to top NYA in Class C semifinal
Shauna Hancock scores six goals and Katie Keenan adds three to lead the defending state champions to an 11-10 win.
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Deering’s Trejyn Fletcher signs $1.5 million deal with St. Louis Cardinals
Fletcher, an outfielder, was the 58th selection in the Major League Baseball draft, the highest pick from Maine since 2008.
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Trejyn Fletcher, Colton Carson among Mr. Maine Baseball finalists
Eight players are in the running for the Dr. John Winkin Award, given to the Maine’s top high school senior in baseball.
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Baseball: Freeport edges top-seeded York 2-1 to win Class B South title
Brothers Heath and Blaine Cockburn combine to strike out 11, and the Falcons will head to their second state championship game in four years.