Followers of Deering and Portland high schools agree at a meeting that participation in middle schools is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately.
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 inFall sports, Football, Sports, Varsity Maine
Fitzpatrick Trophy dinner postponed
Event will be held Jan. 27 in Portland due to weather forcast.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Crosstown rivals in Portland contemplate combining their football teams
As participation drops, parents of Deering and Portland high school players will toss around the idea of unifying their teams Thursday night.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football coach Jim Hartman returning to Yarmouth High
The former Portland coach led the Clippers to state titles in 2010-11 and will now coach an eight-man team.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
With Maine high schools fielding fewer football players, plan for 8-man teams gains ground
The proposal catches some athletic directors by surprise after they responded to a survey about interest in 8-man football.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Six finalists announced for Gaziano lineman awards
The awards honor Maine’s top senior linemen in high school football.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Six finalists announced for Gaziano lineman awards
The awards honor Maine’s top senior linemen in high school football.
Posted inNews, Sports, Varsity Maine
Certified trainers keep athletes safe from injury. So why do so few Maine schools have them?
When it comes to using athletic trainers, Maine lags the nation and the rest of New England.
Posted inNews, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ soccer players – not football players – at greatest risk for concussions
Twelve years of national data shows concussions happen more frequently in girls’ soccer than in any other high school sport.
Posted inSports, UMaine Sports
UMaine didn’t have to look far to find its next head football coach
One day after Joe Harasymiak leaves for Minnesota, the school names offensive coordinator Nick Charlton as his replacement.