The Blue Blazes snap a five-game losing streak and should finish sixth in the Class A South standings
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.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Track and field: Meet records fall at SMAA championships
A historic boys’ 100-meter dash highlights a day of fast times at Falmouth High.
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Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Throwing coach is a ‘ball of positivity’ for successful York High track team
A novice to the sport when she was hired in 2017, Missy Freeman has helped York’s strong track program hit new marks in the shot, javelin and discus.
Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Softball: York rallies for 9-2 win against Cape Elizabeth
Stymied for five innings, the Wildcats score eight times in the sixth inning and improve to 14-1.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Marshwood shuts out Westbrook, 5-0
With a new look lineup and good starting pitching, the Hawks get a key win against one of the top-ranked teams in A South.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Bonny Eagle grad among top base stealers in college baseball
UMass Lowell freshman Jacob Humphrey leads the River Hawks with a .337 batting average and has been caught stealing just once in 46 attempts.
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Baseball: Brennan Rumpf walk-off homer gives Falmouth 4-2 victory
The Navigators win it in the eighth inning after Bonny Eagle forces extra innings with a two-run homer by Nick Riker in the seventh.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Just say no: High school pitchers are piling up no-hitters
There already have been 11 no-hitters this spring in southern Maine – and two pitchers have thrown a pair.
Posted inSports
Maine’s Shawn Warren shoots 8-over 78 in first round of PGA Championship
The Windham native and teaching pro at Falmouth Country Club is playing in his third major championship.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Cape’s Brendan Tinsman enjoying breakout season for Wake Forest baseball
Brendan Tinsman, a 2018 Cape Elizabeth High graduate, is batting .349 with 20 home runs as the starting catcher for the Demon Deacons.