Except for Scarborough pulling an upset, the regional final matchups are just as expected.
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
Top high school athletes put decisions in writing
Emily Esposito of Gorham and Lily Posternak of York are among the athletes signing letters of intent with their college choices.
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Posted inFall sports, Football, Sports, Varsity Maine
Scarborough football’s success shouldn’t come as a surprise
The Red Storm believed they would beat Thornton and now have their sights on top seed Bonny Eagle in Class A South.
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Football: Scarborough stuns Thornton Academy, 36-29
The Red Storm oust the two-time defending state champs from the Class A South playoffs.
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Football: Kennebunk dethrones Marshwood
The unbeaten Rams hold off the two-time defending Class B state champion, 13-7.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school football notebook: Questions abound in semifinals
The answers will determine who advances to the Class A and B finals in the South.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ soccer: Yarmouth tops Greely to win B South
Cory Langenbach gets two goals and an assist as the Clippers knock off the defending champ to reach the state final.
Posted inMaine colleges, News, Sports
UMaine athletics to receive $1.5 million donation
The grants from the Harold Alfond Foundation ‘will be a game-changer for fundraising.’
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Marshwood tops Westbrook, 33-20
The two-time defending champion Hawks win their B South quarterfinal game, setting up a rematch with No. 1 Kennebunk.
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Football: Scarborough beats South Portland, 42-6
The Red Storm advance to the Class A South semifinals against Thornton Academy.