Alcoholic beverages will be available at Fitzpatrick Stadium, but tailgating is off-limits.
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.
Ready for a home opener? Yes, please, say Portland Hearts of Pine players
Maine’s professional soccer team will finally play at Fitzpatrick Stadium when it hosts One Knoxville on Sunday.
NFL teams invite football players with Maine ties to camp
Colby linebacker Julian Young and Portland High grad Nathan Kapongo earn tryouts with the Ravens and Chiefs, respectively.
Rhode Island FC ousts Hearts of Pine in U.S. Open Cup
Portland gives up two goals in the first half and loses to USL Championship team Rhode Island FC.
Hearts of Pine meet Rhode Island in third round of U.S. Open Cup
Tuesday’s soccer game will be the third at Lewiston High for Maine’s newest professional sports team.
Deering boys basketball, Massabesic wrestling coaches step down
Todd Wing led the Rams to regional final appearances in 2016 and 2020, while Joe Eon guided the Mustangs to a state title in each of the past three seasons.
Hearts of Pine’s new midfielder travels the extra mile
In a span of five days, Masashi Wada flew from Japan to Portland to Spokane, where he started in the first USL League One game he’d seen.
Maine Legislature to discuss three-year halt on artificial turf installation
The bill, LD 1177, would halt any installation of new synthetic turf and also stop renovation of existing spaces.
Hearts of Pine will host another Open Cup game
Portland will play Rhode Island FC on April 15 at Lewiston High.
Varsity Maine Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Jamier Rose, Noble
Rose helped turn Noble around and is the first athlete to win both the Fitzpatrick Trophy and Mr. Maine Basketball.