Lisbon’s Seth Leeman, left, breaks up a pass intended for Spruce Mountain’s Brandon Coates during Saturday’s football game in Lisbon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — Undefeated Class D South high school football teams Spruce Mountain and Lisbon met on Saturday, both looking to go 3-0 and gain an edge in obtaining a home advantage come […]
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WATCH: Week 3 high school football Friday night recap
‘Twas another fun night of high school football on Friday. For starters, Leavitt had a big win and Mt. Blue’s Randy Barker had a big game. So sit right back and listen to Randy Whitehouse, Adam Robinson and Lee Horton talk about it.
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H.S. field hockey: Lisbon continues win streak against Hall-Dale
LISBON — The 2018 high school field hockey season started with a thud for the Lisbon Greyhounds. Three one-sided losses had Lisbon coach Julie Petrie looking for answers. She’s starting to find them. Backed by a formation change, the Greyhounds won their third consecutive game, 3-0 over Mountain Valley Conference foe Hall-Dale on Friday. “We […]
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Game of the Week: Phoenix, Greyhounds will need a good plan
Lisbon quarterback Lucas Francis tries to shake off Darin Buono of Mountain Valley in Lisbon last Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Game plans are fickle in football, of course, in part because coaches often weigh employing their team’s strengths against exploiting their opponent’s weaknesses if those two aren’t in sync. Such is the dilemna facing both […]
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H.S. football: Week 3 staff picks
RANDY WHITEHOUSE (16-5) Oak Hill at Mountain Valley Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale at Wells Oxford Hills/Buckfield at Sanford Old Orchard Beach at Poland Edward Little at Windham Leavitt at Cape Elizabeth Traip at Dirigo Old Town at Gray-New Gloucester Hampden at Mt. Blue Boothbay at Telstar Lewiston at Cheverus Spruce Mountain at Lisbon WIL KRAMLICH (16-5) Oak Hill […]
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Huddle Up: Whitehouse Talking Points heading into Week 3
If there is anything I hate more than fans and sports writers jumping to conclusions after two weeks of football, it’s those who jump to conclusions after one week. Social media has destroyed all self-control and so all I do now is knee-jerk reactions. I’m actually proud I made it as far as Week 2. […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Teams starting to build confidence, momentum
Edward Little (1-1) at Windham (0-2) Friday, 7 p.m Eagles haven’t scored through two games, and EL’s aggressive defense isn’t just going to let them reverse that trend without a fight. Oxford Hills (2-0) at Sanford (0-2) Friday, 7 p.m. The Vikings’ second game in three weeks visiting an opponent with new artificial turf. Lewiston […]
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Claudette P. Blais
LISBON FALLS — I was born in St. Agatha on Aug. 15, 1936. I was the second child of nine children born to Emma and Alonzo Albert. I passed away Sunday, Sept. 2. I married Robert R. Blais on June 11, 1955. We had 63 wonderful years together. I enjoyed making Christmas ornaments, angels, crocheted doilies […]
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Lisbon emu on his way to Georgia sanctuary
LISBON — After a three-month push to finance an emu’s $3,000 journey to a new home in Georgia, Ralphie is on his way. The emu has been in the care of Janet Tuttle at Rockin’ T Equine Sanctuary and Rescue in Lisbon for a decade. Ralphie came there after an animal control officer picked him […]
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Lisbon officials making progress with software installation
LISBON — There is an end in sight for the town’s computer software woes. The town is in the second year of a seven-year, $638,000 contract with Munis for software to run its operations, ranging from financial record keeping and business licensing to utility and tax billing. It s still not online.i Implementing the new […]