Citing research that shows more depression and anxiety when school sports are shut down, athletic directors and coaches in Maine’s ‘yellow’ counties lobby for teams to at least be allowed to gather for drills and conditioning during the pandemic.
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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Maine teen is youngest skier on World Cup ski cross tour
Stuart Whittier, 19, is competing in Europe for the U.S. team in a sport that combines elements of freestyle skiing with traditional Alpine events.
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These boys’ basketball stars are transfers with good timing
Dominick Campbell and Brady Cummins have enrolled at out-of-state prep schools to enhance their prospects for Division I basketball scholarships.
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Winter high school season delayed again in four counties
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford and York counties are still designated as ‘yellow,’ which means teams in those counties can’t begin practices on Monday.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine men’s basketball: Looking for players to step up in home debut
The winless UMaine men’s basketball team takes on old rival New Hampshire on Saturday and Sunday at The Pit.
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Maine teen wins honor by combining her interests in softball, computer science
Yarmouth High student Elena Miller created a computer app that makes it easier to keep score of softball and baseball games.
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Finally, UMaine men’s basketball may get in a season opener
The Black Bears were scheduled to start their season on Nov. 25 before heading into COVID quarantine for two weeks. They’ll try again this weekend with two games at Hartford.
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Frontline health care workers open to receiving COVID-19 vaccination
Workers say they are excited and ready to get vaccinated against the highly contagious virus.
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UMaine to resume winter sports schedule this week
Athletic competition had been paused for two weeks after multiple Black Bear teams reported positive COVID-19 tests.
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State blows the whistle on basketball club’s plan to play before virus rules permit
Maine Hoops, the state’s largest organizer of club sport basketball games, plans to start games Dec. 18 – weeks before they are allowed under state guidelines.