Maria Curit has had a knack for coming up big in the big track and field meets. This weekend at the Division II New England Championships on her home track, the Stonehill College sophomore from Biddeford has some bigger goals in mind. “I want to run (sub-56 seconds) in the 400 and make the finals […]
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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Breaks of game favor Thornton
Softball: More often than not, the ball seemed to be bouncing for the Trojans and not Noble.
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No letup for Storm’s pitching
Scarborough beats South Portland, and has gone 31 innings without a starter giving up a run.
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High school lacrosse notebook: Traditional powers feeling early-season stings
When North Yarmouth Academy beat the Cape Elizabeth boys last Wednesday, then stopped defending Class A champion Scarborough on Saturday, some were calling the victories upsets. Beating Cape, yes, call it an upset, said NYA Coach Peter Gerrity. But beating Scarborough felt more like an overdue outcome. “We always felt after playing Scarborough to one-goal […]
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Sanford surprises Red Riots
Softball: Sam Adams leads the way on the hill and at the plate in an 8-1 victory at Sanford.
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Girls’ lacrosse: Waynflete chugging along
The Flyers, with an experienced team, meet little resistance from Kennebunk in lacrosse.
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Thornton collects first win
Jeff Gelinas does it with his offense as well as his pitching, hitting two home runs.
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Softball Notebook: Western Class B is full of teams chasing Fryeburg
It’s early in the season but Fred Apt, coach of five-time Western Class B champion Fryeburg Academy, sees an important change for 2013. “I think the league is more well balanced than it has been in quite a few years,” Apt said after his team took close, competitive wins at Poland (2-1) and against Greely […]
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College Connections: Brunswick grad taking charge for Wheaton
Leila Mills has scored a lot of goals, but never one like this. Last Thursday, Mills — a Wheaton College junior from Brunswick — scored with a second remaining in regulation to give the Lyons an 8-7 women’s lacrosse win against Bridgewater State. “I’ve never been able to score one like that. It was really […]
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Red Storm beat ‘Wait until next time’ Riots
Scarborough romps 15-5, as South Portland elects not to use pitcher Erin Bogdanovich so early in the year.