Janelle Bouchard’s path to Indiana, where she’s the starting catcher on the Division I Valparaiso University softball team, began before she even reached Kennebunk High. “When I was an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island, I first saw Janelle when she was in the eighth grade playing for her travel team in the […]
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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Patriots Day 5-miler: ‘King Louie’ rules the men; Anderson repeats for women
Louie Luchini wins by more than a minute, while Meredith Anderson beats her 2012 winning time by 17 seconds.
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Red Claws need Texas two-step
Step one would be tying the series Saturday against Rio Grande Valley, step two would be taking the series.
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D-League Playoffs: A lone star not enough for Red Claws
Josh Selby’s 23-point final period couldn’t overcome a poor start and now Maine must win twice in Texas.
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College connections: High school rivals join forces to lead a lacrosse resurgence
Abby Capobianco had just taken over as head coach of Assumption College’s moribund women’s lacrosse program and Camille Auger of Kennebunk was targeted as her first key recruit. When Auger came to the Worcester, Mass., campus for her official visit, her host was former Scarborough star Lindsay Hagerman. The two didn’t know each other but […]
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Softball preview: Two programs, one penthouse
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough High and South Portland. South Portland and Scarborough. When it comes to Western Class A softball the order doesn’t really matter. The two programs have been at the top, and figure to be there again this season. “Since we’ve been in Class A, South Portland’s been the school that’s either been in […]
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Claws ready for a debut in playoffs
Maine is home Thursday against Rio Grande Valley for the first playoff game in the club’s four-year history.
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College connections: After brief split, Colley twins are teammates again
Growing up together in Wells, the Colley twins – Becca and Lily – were “constantly grouped together,” said Becca. So when it was time to head off to college, they decided it was time to go their separate ways. Becca in particular, “had a strong desire to get out of Maine and make my own […]
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Junior Pirates build to their best for hockey nationals
The girls’ U19 team — 14 players from nine area programs — earned the right to play in California.
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College Connections: Regan Flaherty continues on path of family’s baseball excellence
Regan Flaherty knows in the baseball world he’s still Ed Flaherty’s son and Ryan Flaherty’s little brother. That’s the way it goes when his dad has won two Division III national titles at the University of Southern Maine and his brother is fighting for a roster spot with the Baltimore Orioles. “There are always a […]