The powerful running back is one of four finalists for the Fitzpatrick Trophy, which will be awarded Sunday.
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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Boys’ basketball: York keeps rolling with 62-44 win against Wells
The Wildcats improve to 10-1 behind a multi-pronged offensive attack.
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Boys’ basketball: Cheverus knocks Gorham from unbeaten ranks
The Stags improve to 9-2 with an impressive defensive effort in a 51-37 win.
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Football: Six local seniors named finalists for the Gaziano Lineman Awards
The offensive and defensive lineman winners, to be announced on Jan. 23, will each receive a $5,000 scholarship.
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Wrestling: New names, veterans impress at Spartan tournament in Sanford
Marshwood/Traip freshman Kylan Berry and Biddeford/Thornton junior Joe Lathwood win titles in their first seasons in Maine.
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Former standout athlete at Yarmouth High was ‘flat-out tougher than the next guy’
Gibson Harnett was competitive by nature, but showed great compassion and empathy as he battled a rare, incurable sarcoma.
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Basketball notebook: Medomak’s DePatsy credits support on his way to 400th win
In southern Maine, the Scarborough boys and girls and Windham boys are among teams enjoying strong starts this season.
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Greely High grad sets her sights on 2024 Paris Paralympics
Delaney Nolin, 29, won a silver and a bronze medal as a sprinter representing the U.S. at the Para Pan American Games in Chile.
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Wrestling: For the first time, girls get their own regular-season meets
This week’s Noble Invitational will feature a competition for girls only, to run concurrently with its usual format for co-ed teams.
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Varsity Maine Football Player of the Year: Noah Carpenter, Leavitt
The senior was a standout quarterback – and so much more – on a Class C championship team that defeated three Class A teams en route to a 11-0 record.