To hear Dick Mynahan tell it, the ending to Lisbon’s season and to his four-plus decades coaching football there sounded pretty familiar. “It ended with a good team making a good play,” Mynahan said. “They had a great second half. They’ve got some real talented athletes. And the kid knew what to do with it.” […]
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H.S. Football: Halls stepped up when he was needed the most
“He was bringing the team up,” Greyhounds coach Dick Mynahan said. “That’s what a leader does, he knows when you’re down, you need to be brought back up. Called it a great game, and a great game it was.” Shortly after the team exchanged handshakes at midfield, and just minutes after MCI’s Eli Bussell turned […]
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H.S. Football: MCI rallies, shocks Lisbon for Class D title
PORTLAND — Devon Varney was all set up to be the hero. The junior kicker for Maine Central Institute was lined up for a game-winning, 37-yard field goal with 3.1 seconds left in the Class D state championship game. But the snap was low and Eli Bussell couldn’t firmly grasp the ball. Instead of falling […]
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H.S. Football: Lisbon’s Tyrese Joseph is a force as a blocker and receiver
LISBON — Daylight was escaping quickly, but the Lisbon football team practiced on. Doing so was a privilege, and one that wasn’t lost on senior tight end Tyrese Joseph: The Greyhounds earned the right to practice in such conditions this week. “It’s weird. We’ve dreamt about it and talked about it for so long, it’s […]
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H.S. Football: Lisbon, MCI in for a Class D dog fight
Don’t call Lisbon football coach Dick Mynahan a fortune-teller. He scouted Maine Central Institute — a team he would only face in the state championship — twice during the season, but it was due to preparation, not prediction. Yet Mynahan’s non-existent prediction came true, and the Huskies squad he traveled to watch twice is the […]
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H.S. Football: Family and football come together for Francis brothers
Noah and Lucas Francis never have to wonder where their mother, Amelia Tuplin, is during one of their football games. No matter the size of the crowd, her voice – and her jangling cowbell — resonate distinctly. Though many miles farther away, they don’t have to guess too hard about their father’s whereabouts, either. Shortly […]
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Scouting the showdown between Lisbon and MCI
Winthrop/Monmouth coach Dave St. Hilaire is familiar with the Lisbon Greyhounds, having faced them twice this season. He also has seen the MCI Huskies play twice this season, against Bucksport in the second week of the season, and last week in the regional final against Dexter. The Ramblers coach provides a coach’s perspective of Saturday’s […]
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H.S. Football: Lisbon assistants a big asset to Greyhounds
LISBON — Dave Moulton remembers when he was a little kid, watching the Lisbon football team play. He was such a big fan that when the team lost, it felt like he was losing too. Dozens of years and hundreds of players later, Moulton, a longtime Lisbon assistant coach, still gets those same feelings right […]
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First and 10: Head to head with Wil and Lee
Here’s the problem: The Greyhounds and Ramblers both played so well that it’s impossible to not feel bad for the losing team. I find myself wishing that I could pull the Winthrop/Monmouth players aside and tell them that despite the loss, they achieved greatness. The Ramblers lost some key players to injury and Lisbon continued […]
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Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan succeeded and brought out best in others
After 30 seasons, the venerable Greyhounds coach will lead his last game Saturday, in the Class D state championship at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. On a sweltering September Saturday in 2006, Lisbon High School coach Dick Mynahan and his charges emerged from the shady grove behind what was then a stone dust track, beyond the […]