Organizations are being mandated to switch to bats that perform like wood, which make hit balls slower. But it’s a whole new expense.
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 inLocal & State, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Native Americans urge Wells-Ogunquit schools to stop using ‘false imagery’
The Maine ACLU is on their side as tribal representatives testify before a committee reviewing whether the high school should continue to use its Warriors mascot.
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‘What Can I Bring?’ answers an eternal food question with Southern recipes
Today Show contributor Elizabeth Heiskell provides accessible Southern edibles – but some of the recipe notes grate.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Deering football coach says he was run out by a parent
Jason Jackson had coached at the school for 3 seasons and wanted to stay.
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Wells mascot committee will hear from Native American leaders
The school district is reviewing its current use of Native American images.
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Each win by Wells High wrestlers goes to help kids with rare disease
One child who may benefit from pledged donations is 3-year-old Spencer Smith, a former wrestler’s son who has an illness often referred to as childhood Alzheimer’s.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News, Schools and Education, Sports, Varsity Maine
Scarborough High wrestler with one leg finds home after years of hardship
Sam Leishman’s limb was amputated when he was a baby in Ethiopia and he spent years in foster care in Colorado.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Three finalists announced for 47th Fitzpatrick Trophy
Maine’s top honor in high school football will go to Falmouth’s Jack Bryant, Scarborough’s Owen Garrard or Wells’ Nolan Potter.
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Big leap: High school basketball player last year, head coach now
Nineteen-year-old Skyler Archer takes over the boys’ varsity team at Seacoast Christian, starting a career ‘I’ve always dreamed about’ much earlier than he expected.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Class A football: Scarborough leaves no doubt
Red Storm surge past overwhelmed Windham.