Portland gives up two goals in the first half and loses to USL Championship team Rhode Island FC.
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 inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Southern Maine baseball players to watch in 2025
NCAA Division I commits are among southern Maine’s best players this spring.
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Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
With more elite baseball pitchers in Maine, catchers look to keep pace
Maine’s high school catchers have had to improve to keep pace with top pitching recruits, and this year, the state’s diamonds are full of quality backstops.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Southern Maine baseball teams to watch in 2025
Gorham in Class A and Greely in Class B are the teams to beat.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine meet Rhode Island in third round of U.S. Open Cup
Tuesday’s soccer game will be the third at Lewiston High for Maine’s newest professional sports team.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Deering boys basketball, Massabesic wrestling coaches step down
Todd Wing led the Rams to regional final appearances in 2016 and 2020, while Joe Eon guided the Mustangs to a state title in each of the past three seasons.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine’s new midfielder travels the extra mile
In a span of five days, Masashi Wada flew from Japan to Portland to Spokane, where he started in the first USL League One game he’d seen.
Posted inLocal & State, Sports
Maine Legislature to discuss three-year halt on artificial turf installation
The bill, LD 1177, would halt any installation of new synthetic turf and also stop renovation of existing spaces.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine will host another Open Cup game
Portland will play Rhode Island FC on April 15 at Lewiston High.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Jamier Rose, Noble
Rose helped turn Noble around and is the first athlete to win both the Fitzpatrick Trophy and Mr. Maine Basketball.