LIVERMORE FALLS — Key penalties stalled several offensive drives and forced Spruce Mountain and Lisbon to slug it out on defense the entire first half. But the Greyhounds (6-0) adjusted their offense, scored two third-quarter touchdowns and sidestepped the Phoenix (4-2) with a 22-6 victory at Griffin Field on Friday night. “We changed our formation […]
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St. Dom's Robbie Dick gets crash course in Lisbon football tradition
Saint Dominic Academy sophomore Robbie Dick has made an immediate impact on the Lisbon High School football team. LISBON FALLS — Robbie Dick was ready to give up his dream of playing football through high school and college. One year out of football was enough for the St. Dom’s sophomore. He and Saints’ athletic director […]
Boys' soccer: Lisbon scores early, then keeps Mountain Valley quiet
Mountain Valley’s Espen Lamberg, left and Lisbon’s Ben LeClair vye for a head ball during Wednesday afternoon’s boys’ soccer game in Lisbon. LISBON — It’s roughly an 80-minute drive from Mountain Valley High School to Lisbon High School, or the same amount of time as a regulation high school soccer game. After making that length-of-a-game […]
Lisbon football shakes off Dirigo
Lucas Francis of Lisbon carries the ball on a quarterback keeper during a game against Dirigo in Lisbon on Saturday. LISBON — The ball was right there, thrown perfectly by Lisbon quarterback Lucas Francis to wide receiver Henry Doyle. But, the first-quarter heave slipped through the first-year football player’s hands, keeping the Class D South […]
Lisbon boys' soccer falls to Hall-Dale
FARMINGDALE — Senior Tyler Nadeau’s 59th-minute penalty kick Friday afternoon might have best summed up the Hall-Dale boys soccer team’s 2-0 victory over Lisbon in a Mountain Valley Conference game at Simmons Field, in that it wasn’t ideally executed despite being effective enough to get the job done. “I’ll take it, but it was a […]
Girls' soccer: Lisbon, Carrabec finish tied at 1-1
Lisbon’s Emma Houle, left, battles Carrabec’s Katrina Mason for the ball during their teams’ MVC girls’ soccer matchup Monday. LISBON — The Lisbon girls’ soccer team had offensively opportunities but it was the defense that carried the Greyhounds to a 1-1 tie with Mountain Valley Conference foe Carrabec on Monday. The last three games, the […]
HS Football: Greyhounds hold on to nip Falcons, 22-20
RUMFORD — Bradley Harriman and the Lisbon Greyhounds may not be very familiar with Chet Bulger Field, but they know open field when they see it — even when they’re in punt formation. Harriman scampered 39 yards on a fake punt to set up what proved to be the winning touchdown — a four-yard run […]
Lisbon trounces Wiscasset in boys' soccer
Lisbon’s Noah Austin (13) fends off Wiscasset’s Matt Martin (6) during a boys’ soccer clash at Lisbon on Friday. Austin scored a goal as the Greyhounds rolled to a 7-0 victory. LISBON — Lisbon High School boys’ soccer coach Dan Sylvester preached to his team the importance of starting quickly in Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference […]
Head to head: Taking stock of Leavitt, D South and chicken tenders
Lee: So, is this the Leavitt football program I’ve heard all about? Or is this something more? The Hornets’ season actually got off to a slow start against York. They were trailing by double digits in the game, then, BAM, they reeled off 41 straight to beat the Wildcats, 55-34. Then, last week, Leavitt scored […]
Girls' soccer: Lisbon figures out Wiscasset
WISCASSET — Live by the sword, die by the sword. It was the offside trap that Wiscasset lived by in an early season Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer matchup with Lisbon on Thursday. Four times, the Greyhounds were whistled for offsides in the early going. Then Lisbon figured out the strategy, and took advantage, reeling […]