LISBON — Even seven weeks into the season, Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan continues to be pleasantly surprised by several facets of his football team.

“Traip is a big, strong, physical team with everyone back,” Mynahan said. “We were surprised that this turned out at halftime the way that it did, and part of that is the way we played. The kids played very well today.”

“Very well,” it turns out, is equal to the six touchdowns, 278 total yards of offense and several big plays from scrimmage Lisbon racked up Saturday in a convincing 40-12 victory over the Rangers at Thompson Field.

“The kids played the way they should in the seventh game of the year,” Mynahan said. “Defensively, our front five created a new line of scrimmage on a lot of those plays. They ran a lot of fourth-down plays, and our kids did a very nice job.”

Through nearly three quarters, before Lisbon sent in its entire second defensive unit, the Greyhounds held Traip to just two first downs and forced two turnovers. The Rangers actually executed more non-punting fourth down plays (three) than they earned first downs (two).

“They were able to put better guys out on the field today,” Traip coach Steve Crowley said. “Every year we come out here and they’re three or four calls ahead of us. It’s just tough to play against a well-coached team like that.”

Josh Pomerleau led the way for Lisbon with 83 yards and three touchdowns and four runs of 12 yards or more. Scott Eck was the Greyhounds’ workhorse, carrying the ball 15 times for 72 yards. Tobey Harrington, usually a key part of the offense, carried just four times for 11 yards and one touchdown before leaving the game with an injury to his left leg/hip area after a 10-yard run that set up another touchdown early in the second quarter.

“Tobey’s a big part of our offense, and we were planning on using him a lot today,” Mynahan said. “It could be anywhere between three or four weeks, which would basically mean he’s out for the season. It happens in this sport, and we’ll have to adjust.”

Lisbon also threw another wrinkle into the mix early in the game, passing the ball over the middle for a score on its sixth play from scrimmage.

“A lot of teams have really been overloading our zones, and we’ve been wanting to do that,” Mynahan said. “As soon as they overloaded on us, we wanted to slip that play in there, even early on.”

Eck sliced through the Traip defense for a 36-yard gain on the Greyhounds’ first play from scrimmage and set the tone early. Harrington punched the ball in at the 8:48 mark of the opening quarter to put the home team on top early. Just 3:07 later, Zack Splude hauled in a Chris Whitney strike over the middle to make it 14-0, and Pomerleau added the team’s third TD on the second play of the second quarter to give Lisbon a three-touchdown cushion.

Pomerleau again found the end zone after a Lisbon interception set the squad up at the Traip 20, and Eck cashed in on his second reception of the afternoon with one tick left on the clock before the half. With the two-point conversion, Lisbon went into the break with a 34-0 advantage.

Pomerleau capped the Greyhounds’ scoring with a 22-yard scamper on fourth-and-seven to close out the third quarter.

Traip managed a pair of touchdowns and 163 yards of offense in the fourth quarter against Lisbon’s second unit, but the Greyhounds’ lead was plenty safe by that point.