The runner from Windham receives a special Beacon Box in honor of his assist to the Maine winner, Jesse Orach.
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 inSports, Varsity Maine
Maine ranks middle-of-the-pack in protecting high school athletes
A national survey judges states in the implementation of safety guidelines.
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Posted inBeach to Beacon, Local & State, News, Sports
Beach to Beacon runner who helped fallen rival: ‘It’s just what we do’
Rob Gomez, who held up Jesse Orach so he could cross the finish line first among the Maine men, says it was just an example of the spirit of the running community.
Posted inBeach to Beacon, Sports
Mary Keitany kills it again in Beach to Beacon women’s race
Coming off a world marathon record, Mary Keitany of Kenya breaks her own course record.
Posted inBeach to Beacon, Sports
Horne, Russ win Beach to Beacon High School Mile
Lily Horne of Freeport sets a course record to capture the girls’ race in in 5:28.8, while Sam Russ of Lincoln Academy wins a sprint to the finish for the boys’ title.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
St. Dominic Academy joining Lisbon High for football this fall
The new co-op arrangement is seen as a step toward reviving a football program at St. Dom’s, which last offered the sport more than 60 years ago.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Waterhouse Field renovations coming along
The historic facility will get new lights and a scoreboard and will use temporary bleachers for the football season.
Posted inSports
Staci Creech wins third straight Maine Women’s Amateur
Staci Creech shots 3-over 74 to win by five shots.
Posted inSports
Creech takes three-stroke lead at Maine Women’s Amateur golf
The two-time defending champion shoots a 1-over 72 in Tuesday’s second round.
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Creech, Plourde share early lead at Maine Women’s Amateur
Both golfers shoot even-par 71 at Martindale Country Club in Auburn.