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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.

Maine colleges, Sports

Ultimate tournament to bring 1,800 college athletes to South Portland

by Steve Craig October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

The seventh Lobster Pot, hosted by Maine Ultimate, is often the first chance for club teams to compete during the school year.

Sports

Men’s soccer: Kennebunk’s Max Murray leads the way for No. 15 Vermont

by Steve Craig October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

In his first season as a full-time striker, Murray has won three America East Offensive Player of the Week awards.

Football, Sports, Varsity Maine

High school football teams go soft in the fight against brain injuries

by Steve Craig and Mike Mandell October 9, 2022October 9, 2022

Lightweight and spongy Guardian Caps, designed to reduce the force of impact of blows to the football helmet, are starting to be embraced by teams in Maine.

Football, Sports, Varsity Maine

Football notebook: Lower divisions holding their own – and then some – in interclass games

by Steve Craig September 29, 2022September 30, 2022

Of the 30 interclass games played in the first four weeks of the high school season, 17 have been won by teams in the lower division.

Local & State, News

Authorities continue search for Freeport teen missing since Thursday

by Bonnie Washuk and Steve Craig September 24, 2022September 25, 2022

Theo Ferrara, 14, was last seen about 4:30 p.m. walking on Flying Point Road toward Brunswick. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighs about 125 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.