Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene, working to bring the passion and dedication of athletes, coaches and communities to readers. In some ways his career has come full circle. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop in Skowhegan. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he wrote two books, had a multi-year stint as the Press Herald's freelance motorsports columnist and taught fifth grade. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A graduate of Michigan State University and Southern New Hampshire University, Steve can be forgiven for living in Hampton, New Hampshire. He and his wife Deb, two daughters, and numerous dogs and cats have lived there for nearly 25 years and he still hasn’t finished painting their 150-year-old home.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2023
Basketball: Saturday’s state championship schedule altered by storm threat
Saturday afternoon sessions in Portland and Bangor have been postponed, but for now Class AA games are still set for Saturday night at Cross Insurance Arena.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Women’s basketball: Windham’s Talon leads St. Joseph’s to NCAA tourney
The junior scored 18 points in the fourth quarter of the Monks’ GNAC championship game victory to clinch the team’s first NCAA Division III tournament bid since 2019.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Maddie Ripley hopes her historic victory inspires more girls to try wrestling
The Oceanside High junior, who on Saturday became the first girl in Maine to win a state title while competing against boys, earns another championship on Tuesday.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Class B indoor track: St. Dom’s boys win first state championship, York takes girls’ title
The Saints prevail in the boys’ meet with only five scoring athletes, while Cary Drake sweeps the three distance events for the York girls.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
Why are fewer Maine students playing high school sports?
Participation in athletics in Maine dropped by 12% over the past 10 years, far higher than the national rate of decline. Pandemic-era disruptions are only part of the answer.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
Class A wrestling: Noble claims championship with strong finish
The Knights get three individual champions and pull away late to outdistance Massabesic.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2023
Wrestling: Massabesic, Wells win dual meet state championships
Wells, the Class B champion, completes a perfect dual meet season in Saturday’s tournament at Cony High.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2023
Football: Leavitt’s Mayo, Oxford Hills’ Louvat win Gaziano Awards
They are the first from their schools to win honors the top senior linemen in Maine high school football.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
Football: Gaziano Lineman Award finalists announced
The winners receive $5,000 scholarships from National Distributors Inc., of South Portland, the company founded by Gaziano, who died in 2010.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Oxford Hills’ Eli Soehren wins 51st Fitzpatrick Trophy
The senior quarterback was the top vote-getter for the award given to the best senior high school football player in Maine.
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