Many of the area’s best teams are looking for their next primary ball carrier.
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 inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
McAvoy gets complete-game win for Sea Dogs
Portland splits a four-game series with the Altoona Curve.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
It’s time to get real when it comes to recruiting
A former college coach gives parents and students a harsh lesson about the realities of college recruiting.
Posted inSports
Biddeford’s Brian Dumoulin, first Stanley Cup winner from Maine, brings big prize home
Several hundred hockey fans turn out to see the Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman and hockey’s championship trophy at the Biddeford Ice Arena.
Posted inSports
Brian Dumoulin shares Stanley Cup with Biddeford faithful today
The former high school standout turned Pittsburgh Penguin won’t forget where he honed his hockey skills.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
As Beach to Beacon race grows, charitable donations fall off pace
Though revenues from the race through Cape Elizabeth have more than tripled in 15 years, its charitable gifts have declined by percentage.
Posted inBeach to Beacon, Sports
B2B: Keitany sets women’s record with alarming ease
Even a late-night fire alarm can’t slow the Kenyan, who lowers the women’s record by 14.4 seconds.
Posted inBeach to Beacon, Sports
This year, the women are on their own in B2B
Elite female runners will start before the men for the first time at Beach to Beacon, with Mary Keitany of Kenya as the favorite.
Posted inSports
Club basketball has made a large impact on Maine girls’ basketball
Players are taking advantage of opportunities to improve skills against tough competition and impress college coaches.
Posted inNews, Sports
Alex Mukai of Cape Elizabeth wins Peaks to Portland
The 18-year-old swimmer beats five-time champ Scott Yeomans by 5 seconds; and Elizabeth Mancuso of Boston wins the women’s division.