AUBURN — After scoring 20 points in an overtime loss to Dirigo on Wednesday, Lisbon’s Tyrese Joseph popped in 20 more Friday in a 58-26 Mountain Valley Conference win over St. Dominic Academy. Joseph dominated the Saints in the paint, pulling down 11 rebounds for a double-double and adding four steals as the Greyhounds improved […]
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Girls’ basketball: Monmouth opens with win over Lisbon
LISBON — The Monmouth Academy girls’ basketball team watched a 12-point first-half lead reduced to four points by Lisbon in the Mountain Valley Conference season-opener for both teams on Saturday. With the fans in the new Greyhounds’ home gym firmly behind their team, Lisbon went to the half down just five points behind and seemingly […]
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Boys’ basketball: Greyhounds howl in new gym
LISBON — A new gym and a really big win made the Lisbon Greyhounds’ Friday night. Ditto for fans on both sides of the gym. The Lisbon Greyhounds fended off Monmouth Academy in a Mountain Valley Conference boys’ basketball game and came away with a 48-39 victory. The roomy, pristine gym was undoubtedly an inspiration […]
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2015-16 Lisbon boys’ basketball preview
Coach: Jake Gentle (fourth year) Conference: MVC Class: B South Last year’s record: 5-13 Returning players: Senior — Troy Galarneau (6-3 forward); Juniors — Noah Carter (5-7 guard), Austin Bedford (5-10 guard), Josh Huston (6-2 forward), Andrew Balser (6-1 forward); Sophomore — Jonah Sautter (5-11 guard). Key losses: Johnny Yim, Andrew Golino, Darren Ward, Joe Philbrick, R.J. Sargent. […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon welcomes back veteran group
Lisbon christens its new gym with a substantial group of seven returnees that received on-the-job training in the old one a year ago. The Greyhounds saw their win total cut in half after a tournament appearance in 2013-14, but they should be a year older and wiser in the MVC. Lisbon still lacks height, but […]
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2015-16 Lisbon wrestling preview
Coach: Ted Albasini Conference: Mid-State Class: B Last year’s results: Fifth at Class C states Returning athletes: Juniors — Kurtis Bolton, Nick Lerette; Sophomore — Brad Harriman. Key losses: J.D. Martin, Colin Higgins, Josh Collier. Promising newcomers: Freshmen — Xavier Adams, Lucas Francis. Outlook: The Greyhounds are young but accomplished at the top. Bolton is a two-time state […]
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The Hot Corner: Just another senior moment for emotionally charged Oak Hill
WALES — You can’t throw a water bottle at the Oak Hill football huddle without hitting a senior. If a senior gets hurt, a classmate replaces him. When a senior makes a rare mistake, another one provides a play to balance the books and protect the lead. There’s little doubt that maturity is the primary reason […]
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Class D South football championship: Oak Hill outlasts Lisbon, 21-20
The Raiders get a stop, helped by the fickle fate of a loose pigskin, to protect the lead in the fourth quarter. Then they bleed the clock dry. It worked again on a blustery Saturday afternoon, and yet again at Lisbon’s expense. After the Greyhounds’ third unanswered touchdown of a titanic comeback ended in a […]
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Class D South Football Final: No secrets between Oak Hill, Lisbon
Two Class D championship runs showed Oak Hill the value of regular-season losses as teachable moments and motivators. The Raiders were knocked off by Old Orchard Beach and Winthrop in 2013 and Dirigo in 2014 before hoisting championship gold. Now Oak Hill enters the Class D South title game undefeated, at home, against a Lisbon […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill, Lisbon series not one-sided as it looks
If those people get restless and seek another gridiron topic that seems to defy logic and the laws of probability, may we suggest certain elements of the high school rivalry between Class D South regional finalists Oak Hill and Lisbon? They collide at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, in Wales, in a playoff game for the fourth […]