The runner from Windham receives a special Beacon Box in honor of his assist to the Maine winner, Jesse Orach.
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 inBeach to Beacon, Local & State, News, Sports
Beach to Beacon runner who helped fallen rival: ‘It’s just what we do’
Rob Gomez, who held up Jesse Orach so he could cross the finish line first among the Maine men, says it was just an example of the spirit of the running community.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
St. Dominic Academy joining Lisbon High for football this fall
The new co-op arrangement is seen as a step toward reviving a football program at St. Dom’s, which last offered the sport more than 60 years ago.
Posted inSports
Staci Creech wins third straight Maine Women’s Amateur
Staci Creech shots 3-over 74 to win by five shots.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Lobster Bowl: Final high school football game a tribute to mother’s memory
Playing brings solace instead of a sting to a Sanford athlete whose mom died shortly before a playoff game.
Posted inNews, Sports
Biddeford native Brian Dumoulin, Penguins seek an NHL three-peat
The defenseman led Pittsburgh in ice time during its championship run this spring.
Posted inMaine colleges, News, Sports
UNE athletic director Jack McDonald to step down
He served as the school’s AD for two years, after 20 years in the same post at Quinnipiac University.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
MPA extends regular season for baseball/softball
Decision comes after abundance of weather postponements.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Posternak, Lufkin earn top honors at Varsity Maine Awards
York’s Lily Posternak and Brewer’s Austin Lufkin are named athletes of the year as more than 450 people turn out for the awards show at USM in Gorham.
Posted inSports
Reid Lanpher earns PASS win at Beech Ridge
The 18-year-old driver takes the track’s season opener for his second straight PASS victory.