Updates to the state’s Community Sports Guidelines mean that youth basketball and hockey leagues should halt activities until Dec. 14.
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 inSports, Varsity Maine
If winter sports happen, high school athletes will be wearing masks
No decisions have been made on the winter season, but the MPA’s Sports Medicine Committee is reviewing feedback from key state agencies on some of its proposals.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
For now, high school athletes not impacted by mandatory mask order
The Maine Principals’ Association says athletes will not be required to wear face masks while competing, but that is likely to change once the state’s sports guidelines are updated.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Boys Hockey, Indoor Track, Sports, Swimming, Uncategorized, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
What could high school sports look like this winter in Maine?
It’s been a successful fall season outside for many schools, but winter sports played inside present challenges that require creative problem-solving during the pandemic.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school notebook: Cross country qualifiers filling the state field
With no state playoffs for soccer, some high schools have created four-team ‘tournaments’ to add a little end-of-season excitement.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
It’s been a challenging fall for these Maine college athletes
Four Maine high school grads attending schools beyond the Northeast have had varied experiences adjusting to college life, sports, and in some cases an absence of competition, during the pandemic.
Posted inSports
Hockey outbreaks in New England have Maine CDC on alert
No positive cases have been linked directly to a hockey referee who worked seven games in Maine and tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inSports
For now, it’s practices only for youth hockey teams at Maine ice rinks
Games around the state were shut down last week after a referee who worked eight games tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inSports
Maine Mariners: We need fans to have a season this winter
Unless the state budges on its indoor gathering limits, the puck will not be dropped at Cross Insurance Arena.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
State tells youth hockey organization: You’re on thin ice
The Maine Amateur Hockey Association, which has been playing indoor games despite a state recommendation against it, is weighing its options after receiving a letter from the health commissioner.