State champion Massabesic puts five on the list.
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 inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys indoor track: 2025 Press Herald All-Region team
A trio of Class A sprinters highlight this group of southern Maine standouts.
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Girls indoor track: 2025 Press Herald All-Region team
Four distance runners highlight group of top performers in southern Maine.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Portland High football coach Sean Green resigns after 2 seasons
Green, who led PHS to the 2024 Class A title, announced his departure on social media Friday afternoon.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine to play another Open Cup game in Lewiston
The Portland men’s pro soccer team, coming off a strong victory in the first round, will host USL Championship foe Hartford Athletic.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine win historic first game
Maine’s pro men’s soccer team dominates in its U.S. Open Cup victory at Lewiston High in front of estimated crowd of 3,200.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Anticipation high for Hearts of Pine opener
Lewiston High was site for Thursday’s historic first official game for Maine’s men’s pro soccer team.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Hazing allegations shuttered Lisbon football. The school says it’s ready to play again.
Varsity teams that don’t complete a season face a 2-year ban from competition under MPA rules, but Lisbon hopes to win its appeal Thursday.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine ready, excited to make their Maine debut
Portland’s men’s professional soccer team will play its first countable game Thursday in Lewiston in a first-round U.S. Open Cup match.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
From the Congo to the NFL? Portland grad chasing the dream
A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nathan Kapongo’s first exposure to football was as a Portland High sophomore.