LISBON — Tyler Halls won’t soon forget his first start at quarterback for Lisbon High School. He was a sophomore summoned into emergency duty one week earlier when senior and three-year starter Kyle Bourget suffered a torn ACL just before halftime in a semifinal win over Old Orchard Beach. Halls, a speedy receiver with good hands […]
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Class D South football semifinal: Adams’ catch vaults Lisbon past Dirigo
DIXFIELD — Lisbon’s heart-stopping football playoff history includes The Drive. The Stand, times two. And now you can add The Catch. Henry Adams reached up to cradle Tyler Halls’ throw to the Lisbon sideline with his fingertips. He tucked it in, planted his left foot inside the chalk and kept his right foot in the air. […]
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Dirigo, Lisbon peaking for semifinal showdown
Two of the best quarterbacks in the state, playing at the top of their games. Two proud programs that have progressed and improved throughout the season. Football semifinal matchups don’t get much more enticing than the Class D South showdown between No. 3 Lisbon (6-2) and No. 2 Dirigo (7-2), scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday […]
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H.S. Football: Mynahan wins 200th as Lisbon rolls Boothbay in quarterfinals
Saturday’s Class D South quarterfinal victory, a 33-8 thumping of Boothbay, was the quintessence of Mynahan. His team was efficient, calculated, impeccably prepared and merciful. And it was no ordinary win. It was No. 200 in Mynahan’s 29-year tenure at Lisbon, a number that rounds up to about seven each autumn in a state whose […]
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Class C South field hockey final: Oak Hill breezes to title over Lisbon
Oak Hill field hockey won its first regional championship in grand style, avenging a double-overtime loss to Lisbon in last year’s Class C South title game with a 3-0 victory at Fitzpatrick Stadium that was a breeze by comparison. “I’m going to remember this forever,” junior Erika Hannigan, one of three different goal-scorers for Oak […]
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Class C South field hockey semifinal: Collier launches Lisbon past NYA in OT
YARMOUTH — Between the first and second overtime periods Saturday, Lisbon field hockey sniper Chase Collier received a quick reminder about what to do if her speed produced a breakaway during the 7-on-7 sequence on North Yarmouth Academy’s fast, sometimes slippery artificial turf. “She has a lot of pressure on her. She’s aggressive and she’s fast. She’s […]
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Girls’ soccer: No. 7 Lisbon ousts No. 10 Carrabec in Class C South preliminary round game
LISBON — Throughout the regular season, Lisbon High School girls soccer coach Jake Gentle and his Greyhounds worked tirelessly on improving a defense that entered the season having lost a ton of talent to graduation. Though the ’Hounds struggled at times this season, the defense has finally come together. Lisbon showcased that hard work on […]
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Field hockey: No. 8 Lisbon shocks No. 1 Dirigo in quarterfinal
DIXFIELD — It is often said that history tends to repeat itself. That saying rang true as Lisbon and Dirigo met in the Class C South field hockey playoffs for the third year in a row. And as happened the first two times, the Greyhounds came away with a 1-0 victory. Where history wasn’t repeated, […]
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H.S. Football: Halls perfect on fourth down as Lisbon routs Maranacook
LISBON — Whether by air or by land or by trickery, Lisbon quarterback and punter Tyler Halls owned fourth down Saturday at Thompson Field. The Greyhounds were a perfect 6-for-6 at converting get-to-the-stick-or-else plays Saturday afternoon, and Halls had a hand or feet in all of them to spark Lisbon’s 30-11 Class D South football win […]
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Boys’ soccer: St. Dom’s shuts down Lisbon
LISBON — It seems like every great battle has a favorite and underdog. When the Lisbon High School boys’ soccer team meets up with rival St. Dom’s in a Mountain Valley Conference clash, the Greyhounds typically play the role of the underdog. In the latest chapter of this rivalry Friday, St. Dom’s toppled Lisbon, 2-0. […]