It took until the finish line for Tucker Barber to realize that nobody was going to catch him. The Mt Blue senior won the Class A boys’ cross country state championship by running the fastest time (15 minutes, 47.33 seconds) of any of the six state championship races on the 5-kilometer course at Troy Howard […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Local teams looking to finish strong
Oak Hill coach Stacen Doucette lamented his team’s second-half struggles after Friday night’s game against Dirigo. The Raiders fortunately left Dixfield with a victory, but they haven’t always been so lucky. All six Oak Hill contests contain traces of struggles after halftime. Even when the Raiders were outscoring opponents or holding them even after half, […]
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Dube takes over Greyhounds
LISBON — Brian Dube is a fixture at Lisbon High School, often being seen at basketball games, or watching the Greyhounds do battle in football or in softball. The Lisbon girls soccer program will see a lot of more of Dube this season, as he has taken over for former coach Jake Gentle. On Monday […]
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Edward Little, Lisbon and Buckfield return to softball finals
AUBURN — Alexis Bennett wasn’t sure life could get any better than Saturday. The Buckfield senior was part of a softball semifinal victory in the morning and graduated that evening. “The day we graduated, it’s funny because even before I graduated that day, I thought it was the best day of my life,” Bennett said. […]
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High school softball: Rebels rally for dramatic win
The ball kept rolling. Howard kept running. “I knew I had to get a few (bases),” the senior shortstop said. “I was rounding second base, and she was still running for it. I knew I wasn’t going to get tagged out at third base again.” Howard had been thrown out earlier in the game trying […]
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High school softball: Oak Hill earns valuable win over Lisbon
Playing a predominantly Mountain Valley Conference Class C schedule can make it a challenge for the Raiders to rise in the Class B South standings. Oak Hill has won all but one game this season, but that’s only put them in sixth position in the rankings. “Coming into today, we knew it was a big […]
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High school softball: Lisbon rallies past Dirigo
LISBON — As the game began to turn in Dirigo’s favor Monday, the Lisbon softball team wasn’t worrying about what had just happened. With the game on the line, the Greyhounds were focused on the next play and the one after that. “We preach a lot about the next thing,” Lisbon coach Terri Tlumac said. […]
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2016 Lisbon softball preview
Coach: Terri Tlumac (seventh year) Conference: MVC; Class: C Last year’s record: 10-7, lost in Western C quarterfinals Returning athletes: Juniors — Ali Sult (C/OF), Jasmin Le (C), Kipri Steele (OF), Kate Philbrick (SS), Hannah Martel (OF), Alyssa Hall (P/IN); Sophomores — Morgan Fenderson (Inf), Brittany Norman (Inf) Key losses: Kailyn Hill (P), Arianna Kahler […]
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Coaching runs in the Sautter family
LISBON — It was at an early age that Jonah and Bree Sautter learned what coaching was all about. The two Lisbon athletes grew up around gyms and athletic facilities. If they weren’t playing sports as blossoming young athletes, they were watching their parents coach. They learned the game and understood the sacrifice and effort […]
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Unified Basketball: Lisbon claims second straight regional title
The Lisbon Unified Basketball team got there last year but lost in the final seconds. That disappointment has fueled the Greyhounds’ fire ever since. Tuesday, the Greyhounds took one more step at achieving that goal. Lisbon won a second straight South Regional championship with a 44-24 victory over Deering/Portland. After spending the year trying not […]