Taylor Simpson scores three in the 6-0 win.
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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Field hockey: NYA edges Lisbon to win Western Class C title
Charlotte Eisenberg scores the winning goal in the third round of penalty corners.
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Field hockey regional finals feature freshmen
Lily Posternak is a key player for Class B York High.
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Field hockey: Scarborough nips Marshwood, 1-0
Rachel Wallace’s first-half goal holds up in a tourney game.
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Top rated Scarborough beats Marshwood in girls’ field hockey
Goal in the first half enough to secure win in regional semifinals.
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Western Class A Field Hockey: No. 2 Massabesic downs Westbrook
A Guillemette goal puts the Mustangs into the regional semifinals.
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Western Class A field hockey: Marshwood shuts out Cheverus
The Hawks, led by Lindsey Poirier, advance to the regional semifinals against No. 1 Scarborough.
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Field Hockey: York girls shut out Freeport 4-0 in playoff opener
YORK — Being a heavy favorite and with rain increasing, the last thing York High’s field hockey team wanted was to give Freeport any hope in Tuesday’s Western Class B quarterfinal. Freshman Lily Posternak sensed the urgency, battled ferociously for an early possession, then rifled a reverse stick swipe into the goal after 38 seconds. […]
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Field Hockey Notebook: Several playoff games could become upsets this week
As unheralded No. 11 seed Sanford High showed Saturday when it beat No. 6 Thornton Academy in the preliminary round, playoff upsets can and do happen in field hockey. Now the question is: Will it happen again this season? Here are three games on Wednesday that could have “upset special” attached to them. CLASS A: […]
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Field hockey: Westbrook holds off feisty Tigers
Micaela LeBeau’s early goal is enough in a 1-0 prelim win.