A tournament this weekend highlights the growth of club teams here and the popularity of the game.
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.
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Scarborough earns 5-1 softball win over Thornton
Scarborough stays unbeaten by doing ‘everything right’ on offense and defense.
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High School Notebook: Cheverus softball ready to extend fast start
The Stags are 5-0, but want to avoid last season’s fade.
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College Connections: Fitzpatrick finishes with league-wide respect
Cheverus grad Grace Fitzpatrick is the GNAC women’s lacrosse player of the year.
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Softball: Cape Elizabeth remains unbeaten
The Capers improve to 5-0 with a 5-1 victory over Fryeburg Academy.
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Red Riots hold and ‘get it done’ in 4-3 softball win over Thornton
Olivia Indorf gets the last out with the tying run on third.
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College Connections: Black flourishing on the track at Tufts
Brunswick’s Mitchell Black is among the top 800-meter runners in NCAA Division III.
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Scarborough rallies for softball victory
The Red Storm trail 4-0 before beating South Portland, 13-4.
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Softball: Scarborough rallies past South Portland
The reigning Class A champions erase a four-run deficit and slug their way to a 13-4 win.
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Local auto racing ready to hit high gear
Oxford Plains, Wiscasset and Beech Ridge set for the season.