Coach: Jake Gentle (fourth year) Conference: MVC Class: B South Last year’s record: 5-13 Returning players: Senior — Troy Galarneau (6-3 forward); Juniors — Noah Carter (5-7 guard), Austin Bedford (5-10 guard), Josh Huston (6-2 forward), Andrew Balser (6-1 forward); Sophomore — Jonah Sautter (5-11 guard). Key losses: Johnny Yim, Andrew Golino, Darren Ward, Joe Philbrick, R.J. Sargent. […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon welcomes back veteran group
Lisbon christens its new gym with a substantial group of seven returnees that received on-the-job training in the old one a year ago. The Greyhounds saw their win total cut in half after a tournament appearance in 2013-14, but they should be a year older and wiser in the MVC. Lisbon still lacks height, but […]
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2015 Winter Preview: Class B South girls’ basketball preview
It will be a challenge for the Gray-New Gloucester girls’ basketball team to top what it did last year during the regular season. The Patriots went 17-1 and then lost in the Western B semifinals. Gray-NG lost a wealth of talent from that team, but still has a core back that should keep the Patriots […]
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Class B boys’ basketball: KVAC, WMC set to square off before February
When Poland boys’ basketball coach Tyler Tracy looks at the Knights’ schedule, he sees both the beauty and the extreme challenge of the new reality in Class B South. “We only have three doubles and play 15 schools,” Tracy said. “Our schedule makes things interesting. Every night will be a grind, but it will ultimately […]
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High School Boys’ Hockey Preview: Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse Eagles
Coach: A.J. Kavanaugh (first year) Region/Class: Northern Maine Class A Last year’s record: 3-15 Key returning athletes: Seniors – Austin Fournier (forward), Andrew Gardiner (defense); Juniors – Ryler Austin (defense), Tyler Halls (forward), Mark Abreu (forward), Steven Schuman (forward), Parker Lacey (goalie). Key losses: Ben Bishop, Tyler O’Connor, Kyle Lussier, Jon Roux. Promising newcomers: Sophomore […]
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Lisbon cheering
Coach: Nicole Adams (third year) Conference: MVC Class: C Last year’s result: Class C State Champions Athletes: Juniors — Alyssa Hall; Sophomores — Shelby Cyr, Savannah Czechalski, Erin Davenport, Sydney Douglass, Emma Houle, Nikki Pagan, Kayla Robert, Molly Ryder, Antigone Woodbury; Freshman— Olivia Clark. Season outlook: After Lisbon’s first-ever state championship title, the Greyhounds have a […]
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2015-16 Lisbon wrestling preview
Coach: Ted Albasini Conference: Mid-State Class: B Last year’s results: Fifth at Class C states Returning athletes: Juniors — Kurtis Bolton, Nick Lerette; Sophomore — Brad Harriman. Key losses: J.D. Martin, Colin Higgins, Josh Collier. Promising newcomers: Freshmen — Xavier Adams, Lucas Francis. Outlook: The Greyhounds are young but accomplished at the top. Bolton is a two-time state […]
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2015 Sun Journal All-Region Girls’ Cross Country Team
First team Ella Brown, St. Dom’s Maggie Hickey, Mt. Blue Sydney Sirois, St. Dom’s Kayla Allen, Lewiston Samantha Halmos, Poland Jillian Richardson, Edward Litle Maeve Hickey, Mt. Blue Second team Johorey Adirahmam, Lewiston Olivia Giles, Gray-New Gloucester Meghan Charles, Mt. Blue Emily McCarthy, Mt. Blue Carla Boye-Wight, Telstar Bree Sautter, Lisbon Zaid Teklu, Lewiston Honorable […]
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Sylvia P. Fitts
1932 – 2015 LISBON — Sylvia P. Fitts, 83, a resident of Monmouth, died Thursday, Nov. 19, at Lamp Memory Care Center in Lisbon, where she had resided for the past three years. She was born Jan. 5, 1932, in Orlando, Fla., the daughter of Harry E. and Dorothy (Richards) Percival, Sr. She attended Lincoln […]
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Cross Country: LaSalle sweeps New England team titles
THETFORD, Vt. – Plenty of hardware will be heading home to Providence, R.I., as the LaSalle Academy boys’ and girls’ cross country teams both won team titles at the New England Championships Saturday at Thetford Academy. The LaSalle boys were led by a first-place finish from D.J. Principe, who paced the field in a time […]