Chief Ryan McGee said it will be up to the district attorney to decide if the actions of ‘a very small group of juveniles’ warrant charges.
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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Football notebook: Class B playoff race intensifies with teams seeking coveted byes
Thornton hosts Portland in big Class A showdown this weekend; Old Orchard Beach shows off its versatility.
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Lisbon High removes 7 players from football team in wake of hazing investigation
The announcement comes one day after the school forfeited a second football game in the wake of hazing allegations.
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Lisbon High will forfeit a second football game in wake of alleged hazing
Lisbon Schools Superintendent Richard A. Green made the call to cancel Friday’s home game with Freeport on Wednesday.
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Maine Marathon: Ryan Jara of Gorham earns his first marathon win
Jenise Madden of Massachusetts wins the women’s marathon, with record-setter Ryan Eiler and Phoebe Colvin Oehmig of Brunswick winning the half marathon titles.
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Maine Marathon on pace to feature largest field yet
There are changes to the course, a new spot for bib pickup, and cash prizes in the nonbinary category equal to male and female winners.
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Football: Varsity Maine takes a midseason peek at Fitzpatrick Trophy candidates
Count Jamier Rose, Wyatt Benoit and Tavian Lauture as early possibilities, but there’s a lot of games still to be played.
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Football notebook: Again, a shortage of game officials is forcing schedule disruptions
A drop in numbers is reported in numerous areas across the state, forcing some games to be moved off Friday nights.
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‘I like my brain cells’: More high school football players in Maine wearing protective ‘Guardian Caps’
The use of the caps, which are now allowed in NFL games, has increased significantly in Maine for practices in the last 2 years but has not carried over to games.
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Football notebook: Streaks are meant to be broken, and many were in Week 3
Madison, Edward Little and Biddeford earn long-awaited victories, but state’s longest win streak ends; the trend of Kennebunk-Marshwood wildness continues; Gardiner’s defense standing tall; and Spruce Mountain savors long trip north.