Freshman Faith Blethen out-distanced senior teammate Hannah Morley and the rest of the field as the Seahawks cruised to a team victory over St. Dom’s at the University of Maine at Augusta course. The Boothbay boys edged Lisbon for their title. The girls’ race, run first, belonged to the freshman phenom Blethen, who crossed the […]
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H.S. Golf: Locals vie for individual titles
With the team championships wrapped up, the attention is now on the Individual Championships as the state’s best high school golfers descend upon Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. Class A and B boys’ golfers will take on the Tomahawk course once again, while the Class C boys and the girls’ will try to tame the […]
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Boys’ soccer: Mountain Valley escapes Lisbon in MVC showdown
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley tightened up its defense when it had to against a formidable Lisbon squad and came away with a well earned 2-1 win over the Greyhounds at Chet Bulger Field on Tuesday. The teams played a wide open first half with seeming reckless abandon, forcing each team’s keepers — Mountain Valley’s Jacob […]
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H.S. Football: Gilbert, Elwell turn tide with defensive gem as Oak Hill overtakes Lisbon
The play that turned another grueling installment of the Route 9 rivalry in the undefeated Raiders’ direction was a rare one in which the Greyhounds veered a different way. Connor Elwell jarred the ball loose from Tyler Halls’ grasp on an option keeper midway through the second quarter. Steven Gilbert cradled up the friendly hop […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Lisbon looks to break Oak Hill’s recent spell
It is the undercurrent or subplot to an NFL or major college football game almost every week: Teacher versus student. Assistant coaches grow under the tutelage of a wise, veteran coach, become students of the game and move on to hang their own shingle over a program. And of course they achieve varying degrees of […]
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Field hockey: Fairbanks’ goal lifts Lisbon to crucial victory at Winthrop
“Who’s exhausted?” Most Greyhounds raised a right arm, confessing that they didn’t have much left to give at the end of Wednesday’s game against Winthrop. “Good!” No, great is more like it, if you’re a Lisbon fan. Mallory Fairbanks’ goal with 10:34 remaining in regulation gave the Greyhounds a 1-0 win over the Ramblers, cementing […]
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High school football: Lisbon denies Boothbay
LISBON — It wasn’t exactly the equivalent of ripping up the defensive playbook and starting over, but the Lisbon Greyhounds’ adjustments without the ball were enough to reinvigorate their stout, bend-don’t-break philosophy and confuse Boothbay, helping the Greyhounds shut out the Seahawks 19-0 at Thompson Field on Saturday afternoon. “We changed our whole entire defense […]
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Girls’ soccer: Lisbon outlasts Carrabec
LISBON — Lisbon girls’ soccer coach Jake Gentle will be one of the first people to say how important goaltender Alexandra Sult is to his team. On Friday against Carrabec, the Greyhounds led the hard-charging Cobras by two when Sult grabbed at her eye in pain after a collision. Sult left the game, already with […]
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Field hockey: Allison, Falcons ditch Greyhounds
RUMFORD — When Chelsea Allison got an opportunity on a breakaway, she thought of her team and what a victory would mean to Mountain Valley. The junior forward scored on a breakaway with nine seconds left to play as the Falcons got back on track with a 3-2 win against stunned Lisbon in a field […]
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Field hockey: Winthrop scores late, escapes Lisbon
In Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference matchup, the Greyhounds blinked first and the Ramblers took advantage, getting the game-winning goal from Moriah Hajduk with 11:06 remaining in regulation en route to a 2-0 win. The victory gives Winthrop a 5-3 mark, while the Greyhounds fall to 2-6 after another close loss. All six of Lisbon’s setbacks […]