Chris Poole is ranked No. 1 in the World Match Race Tour point standings heading into the regular-season finale in Bermuda, Oct. 2-7.
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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Men’s pro soccer team coming to Portland, slated for 2025 start
Local investors have been granted an expansion team by United Soccer League and will play games at Fitzpatrick Stadium, pending city approval.
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Gray-New Gloucester/ Raymond Little Leaguers are a hit at home
Community support, which was already strong, went ‘bonkers’ when the team won the New England Region championship Thursday night to earn a trip to the Little League World Series.
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Gray-New Gloucester/Raymond earns trip to Little League Baseball World Series
The Maine champions turn back a comeback bid by Canton, Massachusetts, in the New England Region final, holding on for a 2-1 win.
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Gray-New Gloucester/Raymond earns trip to Little League Baseball World Series
The Maine champions turn back a comeback bid by Canton, Mass., in the New England Region final, holding on for a 2-1 win.
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The crowds return on the 25th anniversary of Beach to Beacon
The Cape Elizabeth 10K road race attracts its biggest field of runners since 2017 on a day that featured tight races won by Ethiopia’s Addisu Yihune and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri.
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Lobster Bowl: Soehren leads East to 28-23 win
Oxford Hills QB Eli Soehren throws three touchdown passes and runs for a score as the East snaps a three-game losing streak in the all-star football game.
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Track and field: Brunswick boys win Class A title in a long, rain-delayed meet
The Dragons were unfazed by the rain and subsequent two-hour halt in the action, as was quadruple winner Anna Connors of Bangor, which won the girls’ team title.
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Maine high school basketball coaches puzzled by rule change affecting free throws
Changes to national high school rules include the elimination of 1-and-1 free throws, and resetting team foul counts after each quarter.
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As a child, he learned to sail on Casco Bay. Now he’s ranked No. 1 in the world
Falmouth High graduate Chris Poole, 34, recently became the first skipper to win every match race at the prestigious Congressional Cup regatta in California.