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.
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 inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
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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Posted inSports, Times Record Sports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
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.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
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.
Posted inSports
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Morning Sentinel/Kennebec Journal owner considering sale of his newspapers to new nonprofit
Reade Brower, who owns the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, and other daily and weekly newspapers across the state, has been in preliminary discussions with the Maine Journalism Foundation.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel owner considering sale of newspapers to new nonprofit
Reade Brower, who owns the KJ, Morning Sentinel and other daily and weekly newspapers across the state, has been in preliminary discussions with the Maine Journalism Foundation.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Basketball: Saturday’s state championship schedule altered by storm threat
Saturday afternoon sessions in Portland and Bangor have been postponed, but for now Class AA games are still set for Saturday night at Cross Insurance Arena.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Times Record Sports
Women’s basketball: Windham’s Talon leads St. Joseph’s to NCAA tourney
The junior scored 18 points in the fourth quarter of the Monks’ GNAC championship game victory to clinch the team’s first NCAA Division III tournament bid since 2019.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Maddie Ripley hopes her historic victory inspires more girls to try wrestling
The Oceanside High junior, who on Saturday became the first girl in Maine to win a state title while competing against boys, earns another championship on Tuesday.