The Trojans score their only run without a hit in the fifth inning.
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
Class A track: Records fall as Scarborough, Bangor win titles
Cheverus senior Victoria Bossong sets three meet records but is thwarted in her attempt to win four races by Bangor sophomore Anna Connors.
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Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Scarborough edges South Portland, 1-0
And both teams expect more of the same low-scoring contests once the Class A South playoffs heat up.
Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Spotlight: Grace Wallace, Westbrook
The sophomore is power-hitting threat for the Blazes’ softball team, and a champion marksman with a rifle.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Marshwood, Berwick Academy becoming friendly neighbors, but still not rivals
Marshwood beats prep school Berwick Academy for the third time this season, 6-3.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Tackle football, wrestling returning to Maine high schools in coming year
Two days after the state retired its Community Sports Guidelines, the Maine Principals’ Association announces that all interscholastic activities are being allowed.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Maine removes pandemic guidelines governing youth and high school sports
The decision could allow for tackle football and wrestling to return to Maine high schools, and give the Maine Principals’ Association greater autonomy in its decisions on school sports.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
High school rivals continue success as college pole vaulters
Travis Snyder has a good crack at qualifying for the NCAA Division I championship, while Ben Drummey is ranked second in Division III after a breakout freshman season.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
When will Maine say yes to high school football?
Maine is one of just four states that did not allow tackle football during the 2020-21 school year, and has yet to approve it for this fall.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ lacrosse: Falmouth-Cape game could be state final preview
Unbeaten Berwick Academy, which typically plays in a private school league, also will be a factor in the Class A title hunt.