LISBON — Girl Scouts of Maine has announced that Emily Shedd of Lisbon has earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award for K.I.S.S. (Keep it Somewhere Sanitary), a community service project that provided new pet waste receptacles at the Lisbon Trail System. “While walking the trails, I noticed that a lot of folks were not […]
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High School Football: A Rush to history in Lisbon
LISBON — The successful candidate in Lisbon High School’s search for an assistant football coach had all the qualifications, in abundance. From a four-year career playing the game in high school to an extensive knowledge of sports medicine to an unquenchable thirst for competition, one applicant met the Greyhounds’ every wish. And to the credit […]
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Boys’ Soccer Notebook: Coaches In New Places
When Chris Albert decided to take the coaching job at Oak Hill last month, it wasn’t just a sudden transition for him and his team. It was a significant change in culture, leagues and level of play. Albert has been an assistant with Mike McGraw at Lewiston for much of the last decade. To go […]
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Cross country: Lisbon’s Thomas has one more hill to climb
LISBON FALLS — Meagan Thomas’ strength as a top-seven cross country runner in Class C for Lisbon the last two years has been making her move once the runners have settled in after the first mile. “The tactic is to get them in the middle. (Coach Hank) Fuller always says at the second mile, because […]
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High School Football: Knights enjoy Class C debut
It’s much more fun being the hammer than the nail. Poland put a giant exclamation point at the end of its Western Class C football debut Friday night, storming to a 40-12 victory over Sacopee Valley in South Hiram. The margin was one of the most lopsided in school history, and frankly there haven’t many […]
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High school cross country preview
Class A The Mt. Blue boys might have been poised to challenge for a top-five placement in the state and a KVAC championship. That optimism is tempered somewhat by a possible season-ending injury to No. 1 runner Jonah Jones. Justin Tracy and Sully Jackson are sure to pick up the pace and try to fill […]
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High School Football: Lisbon turns over Oak Hill
WALES — Faced with the injuries, ineligibility and other indignities that lurk in the Lisbon High School football camp every year, most Class C programs would buckle like a sumo wrestler’s couch. Stretch and slap the Greyhounds, though, and they return to form with an elasticity that drives opponents bonkers. Backup quarterbacks Zack Splude and […]