KITTERY — There probably isn’t an ideal day for the Traip Academy football team to face Lisbon, but Saturday afternoon’s combination of factors didn’t help.

With a considerable size advantage, the Greyhounds took full advantage of a mud-filled Memorial Field by piling up 392 yards of offense through a driving mist for a 44-12 victory in Class D South action. Lisbon (3-1) forced four turnovers and held Traip (1-3) to 78 yards from scrimmage.

“That’s a good team over there, but I’ll tell you what, we let one get away today,” Traip coach Ron Ross said. “We had a lot of turnovers, lots of mistakes. Defensively, I thought we played pretty well. Offensively, we didn’t show up today and I don’t know why.”

Lisbon quarterback Tyler Halls completed 12 of 17 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown, and added a 51-yard touchdown scamper to give Lisbon a 36-12 lead late in the third quarter.

“The field was a little sloppy and I thought both teams did well considering; there were a lot of mistakes made either way because of the field, but I’m happy with the outcome,” Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan said. “(Traip) had a nice flow going at the end of the first half, but I thought we came out and played a great second half. We’ve got a lot of big kids and they’re hard to move.”

The Rangers went three-and-out on their opening drive and Lisbon responded with a 10-play drive that ended with a 21-yard touchdown catch by Kurtis Bolton from Halls. Bolton added a 2-point conversion run to give the Greyhounds an 8-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Evan Porter immediately picked up his team’s spirits by returning the ensuing kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown, and then the Rangers stopped Lisbon on fourth down following an 11-play drive at Traip’s 17-yard.

On third-and-12 from the 15, Halls made a one-handed interception of Traip quarterback Angelo Succi (2-for-9, 31 yards) and returned it 35 yards for a score as time expired in the first quarter to give the Greyhounds a 14-6 lead.

“Tyler is quite an athlete. He had a one-armed interception and that long quarterback sneak,” Mynahan. “He understands the game of football and he’s tough to defend.”

Lisbon’s size wasn’t limited to its line, as near 300-pound fullback Noah Francis bowled his way to 74 yards on 17 carries. He culminated a 10-play drive with a 5-yard touchdown run following Evan Porter’s fumble to begin the second quarter and added a 1-yard scoring plunge to give the Greyhounds a 28-6 lead heading into halftime.

The Rangers got a glimmer of hope 17 seconds into the third, when Matt Kashmer blitzed and forced a Halls’ fumble, which Succi scooped up and ran 35 yards into the end zone to trim the deficit to 28-12.

“Kashmer came in and made the hit and I was blitzing as well,” Succi said. “I picked it up, ran it in and I was very proud of that.”

Traip stopped Lisbon on the next possession at its own 47 and worked the ball down to Lisbon’s 22 following Evan Pledger’s 14-yard run. Porter was stripped on the next play, which led to Halls’ touchdown run with 2:39 left in the third.

“I thought we had them,” Ross said. “We were driving on them and if we close the gap there; I think it’s a different game. I thought Angelo’s scoop-and-score would be a turning point where we would comeback. We had a game plan for the second half and we were going to work, but you can’t turn the ball over…and that’s what we did.”

Traip travels to Dirigo (2-2) on Friday night, after Dirigo evened its record with a 45-13 victory over Maranacook.

“If we fix our mistakes we’ll be alright,” Ross said. “I’m sure the weather had a little bit to do with it, but I know we’ve got a better offense than what we showed today.”