In a baseball context, Lisbon High School pitching ace Kyle Bourget destroyed the curve. Bourget received medical clearance to return 4 months and 16 days after suffering the injury in a football playoff game. He continued the amazing comeback Friday, spinning a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Greyhounds past Saint Dominic Academy, 2-1. “They said […]
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Lisbon baseball preview
Coach: Randy Ridley (16th year) Conference: MVC Class: C Last year’s record: 10-7, lost in Class C West quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Kyle Bourget (P), R.J. Sargent (2B), Joe Philbrick (3B), Darren Ward (LF); Junior — Troy Galarneau (OF/P); Sophomores — Tyler Halls (CF/P), Noah Francis (1B/P), Ryley Austin (SS/P). Key losses: Tucker Brannon (C), Brett Gravel […]
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Preview 2015: Lisbon track and field
Coach: Dean Hall (37th year) Conference: MVC; Class: C Last year’s results: Boys: MVC champions, Class C champions; Girls: MVC champions, eighth in Class C. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Charles Adams (hurdles), Christian Booker (hurdles, jumps), Travis Caton (throws), Andrew Golino (throws), Nick Rogers (sprints), Jeff Willey (racewalk, distance), Johnny Yim (hurdles, jumps); Juniors — Henry Adams (sprints, jumps), […]
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H.S. Track: Coaching consistency key to Lisbon’s dominance
For the past nine years, no high school track and field team in Maine has been as consistent as Lisbon. That consistency on the track and in the field has turned the Greyhounds into a Class C powerhouse, with the boys’ and girls’ teams claiming the Mountain Valley Conference crown . every year since 2006. […]
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Cheering: Lisbon edges Dirigo to earn Class C state title
Certainly it wouldn’t be them, fourth-place finishers at the Western Maine Class C championships two weeks earlier. So it was more than a modest surprise when the Greyhounds heard their name called, as Lisbon won its first-ever state title in the sport in a tightly contested competition at the Augusta Civic Center. “This is amazing,” […]
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Girls’ basketball: Wiscasset comes back on Lisbon
LISBON — Little went right for the Wiscasset girls through most of three quarters Tuesday. The Greyhounds led from the start, taking an early eight-point lead, and Lisbon still led by three with three seconds left in the third quarter. That’s when Wiscasset coach Patrick Quinn took a chance. He reinserted forward Alecia Faulkingham with […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon overcomes cold shooting, tops Telstar
LISBON — Monday night’s score from Manchester Gym is one that some will see in black-and-white, accompanied by no details, and grumble that Maine high school basketball needs a shot clock. Well, that wouldn’t have helped. A range finder like the one some golfers use, perhaps, but not a shot clock. Lisbon and Telstar were […]
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Girls’ basketball: Wiscasset dismisses Lisbon
WISCASSET — Lisbon had erased all of a first-quarter deficit, using a 10-0 third-quarter run in claiming a one-point advantage through 24 minutes. Wiscasset had other ideas in the final frame. The Wolverines strung together their own 10-0 spurt en route to a 48-38 Mountain Valley Conference verdict in girls’ high school basketball play on […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon runs away from Wiscasset
WISCASSET — Close, early-season losses didn’t seem to have Lisbon High School boys basketball coach Jake Gentle too worried. Yes, his Greyhounds sat at 1-4 prior to Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference contest with Wiscasset, but Gentle’s team had shown an ability to hang tough. These experiences seemed to help the Greyhounds, who rolled to a […]
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Boys’ basketball: Wagner elevates Saints to first victory
LISBON — With St. Dominic Academy’s center measuring six inches taller than Lisbon’s most vertical player, there was an emphasis Friday night to get the ball to 6-foot-7 Becket Wagner. After a rough first half, Wagner didn’t disappoint in the second, pouring in 11 of his 16 points in the final 16 minutes. His free […]