LISBON — After an eight-day layoff, Lisbon coach Jake Gentle might have worried that his team was going to come out slow for its Saturday afternoon Mountain Valley Conference boys’ high school basketball game against winless Wiscasset. Gentle didn’t need to worry. The Greyhounds sprinted out to a 13-0 lead and pulled away from there […]
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Lisbon girls run away from Wiscasset
WISCASSET — Lisbon doubled its seven-point halftime lead with an 18-point third quarter and the Greyhounds pulled away for a 46-26 victory over Wiscasset in girls’ Mountain Valley Conference basketball action Friday night. Sophomore Giana Russo scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the decisive third. “She’s a fantastic player. She’s grown so much […]
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Boys' Basketball: Bobcats rally past Greyhounds on Kendrick's buzzer-beater
LISBON — For three quarters, Lisbon’s Jonah Sautter kept the Richmond High School boys basketball team on its heels, trailing by as many as 14 points as Sautter rarely missed. Problem for the Greyhounds is a basketball game consists of four quarters, as Richmond rallied for a 57-55 Mountain Valley Conference win on Friday. Nate Kendrick […]
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Boys' basketball: Cougars maul Greyhounds, 54-35
Dirigo’s Alex Gorham maneuvers around Lisbon’s Jonah Sautter during the basketball game Thursday night at Dirigo High School. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) DIXFIELD — Dirigo’s high-percentage shots weren’t falling at the start of Thursday night’s MVC game with Lisbon. Thankfully for the Cougars, they had the defense to keep the Greyhounds from running away early. Those […]
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Girls' basketball: Mt. Abram slips past Lisbon, 46-45
Giana Russo of Lisbon High School dives over Megan Sorel of Mt. Abram during a scramble for the ball in Lisbon on Monday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LISBON — Maddie Phelps didn’t look like she had a care in the world when she dropped in the game-winning free throws with 10.4 seconds left in a Mountain […]
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Lisbon boys sprint past Boothbay
LISBON — After losing Friday night on the road in its season opener, the Lisbon boys’ basketball team didn’t want to fall too far behind to start the season. Monday night the Greyhounds sank 13 3-pointers and Jonah Sautter hit for 28 points as Lisbon ran away with a 64-52 victory in Mountain Valley Conference […]
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Each year, the Class B South tournament changes venue from the Portland Expo to the Cross Insurance Arena between the quarterfinals to the semifinals. After two consecutive years of hitting road blocks at the Expo, Lisbon is hoping to get to the bigger building without having to buy a ticket this year. If the Geryhounds […]
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Dirigo Co-coaches: Dana Whittemore and Gunnar Bradbury (first year) Conference: Mid-State; Class: B South Last year’s results: 20-11 duals, 4th B South, 6th Class B. Returning athletes: Seniors — Jon Wainwright, Dalton Berry; Juniors — David Pelletier, Wyatt Lufkin, Nolan Degroot; Sophomores — Dimitri Harvey, Jacob True. Key losses: Bryce Whittemore, Hunter White, Colin Woodhead, Jon Flagg. Promising newcomers: Seniors — Trevor Brown, […]
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A happy accident: Jonah Sautter led Greyhounds, is Sun Journal Soccer Player of the Year
Jonah Sautter (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Jonah Sautter claims he became a goalie “on accident.” But his worth to the Lisbon boys’ soccer team — of which he was a “big backbone” according to head coach Dan Sylvester — was immeasurable. The Greyhounds had to replace their entire defense from last year but they returned Sautter, […]
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Hall-Dale holds off Lisbon in C South quarterfinal
WATERVILLE — Whether it was the artificial turf at Thomas College, or the rain coming down in hard spurts, a near two-minute stretch of the first half doomed the Lisbon High School boys soccer team in its Class C South quarterfinal game on Thursday against Hall-Dale. Goals by Josh Nadeau and Beaux Vachon 1:39 apart […]