Leavitt had its first two games canceled because of COVID issues with their scheduled opponents.
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
High school football returns, with plenty of mysteries after a year’s hiatus
Coaches agree that they know little about their opponents, and some are still trying to decipher their own squads.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
From Class A to D, keep an eye on these teams in 11-man football
Many of the traditional powers should be strong again as tackle football returns to Maine after a year’s absence.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
30 high school football players to watch in Maine
Seniors dominate this group, coming off a year where there was no tackle football.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
More high school football teams dealing with COVID disruptions
Teams at Marshwood, Lewiston, Brewer and Noble have players in quarantine because of COVID-related concerns.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Champion distance runner has a new accomplishment at 18 – author
Sofie Matson wrote a novel during her senior year at Falmouth High that has been published by The Telling Room.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Just 13, Emerson Flaker is following in the footsteps of her fast brothers
The younger sister of Scarborough High stars Jarett and Jayden Flaker, she set three state youth sprint records this summer after winning a national pentathlon championship.
Posted inSports
Spaulding, Haylock top Maine golfers at New England Junior Amateur
Eli Spaulding of Freeport ties for fourth, Maine’s best boys’ finish since 2016; Ruby Haylock places third in the girls’ division.
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Freeport 15-year-old shows he can compete with some of New England’s best junior golfers
Eli Spaulding plays 36 holes in 1-under par and is in fifth in the New England Junior Amateur Championship at Val Halla.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Greely High pitcher to play in elite tourney staged for MLB scouts
Zach Johnston is one of 175 high schoolers across the nation heading to the invitation-only Area Code Underclass Games in Los Angeles.