DIXFIELD — When the Dirigo High School field hockey team defeated Lisbon, 6-0, in an early season Mountain Valley Conference matchup, Cougars coach Gretchen Curtis knew if there was a second meeting, her good friend Julie Petrie’s Greyhounds were likely going to be better. Curtis was on point. She watched her third-seeded squad fight through […]
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Lisbon's Schlotterbeck, Monmouth girls race to MVC cross country titles
AUGUSTA — Prospects for a third straight Mountain Valley Conference championship appeared distant when the Monmouth Academy girls cross country team opened the season this fall. But the Mustangs came together quickly, integrating five new runners into their top seven. They won all their MVC meets this season and Saturday at the University of Maine […]
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Girls' soccer: Lisbon wins MVC scuffle with Madison
Madison’s Taylor Tillinghast and Lisbon’s Caitlyn Hall race down the field toward the ball. (Eric Maxim/The Times Record) LISBON — The temperatures and bright sun on the soccer field made Wednesday feel more like preseason in August, not October. But the play between the Lisbon and Madison girls’ soccer teams on was anything but that. […]
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Phoenix, Greyhounds battle to tie
LISBON — When Mountain Valley Conference schools Lisbon and Spruce Mountain play a high school field hockey game, it’s usually a battle until the end. On Monday morning, the end occurred after the second overtime as the two teams played to a 1-1 tie at Lisbon High School. Spruce Mountain sits at 8-4-1 and atop […]
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H.S. football: Greyhounds stave off Ramblers 14-12
LISBON — Isaiah Thompson took the handoff on Lisbon/St. Dom’s first play from scrimmage, cut left and sprinted 56 yards to the end zone for a 7-0 lead before some in the crowd had yet to get comfortable in their seats. To a player, the Greyhounds knew it wasn’t going to be that easy against […]
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Girls' soccer: Lisbon battles past Hyde
BATH — Lisbon tallied four unanswered goals to pull away for a 4-1 victory over Hyde in Mountain Valley Conference girls’ soccer action Thursday. The Greyhounds won their fourth consecutive game, improving to 8-3-1, while Hyde fell to 4-7. With Hyde playing in the MVC for the first time this season, neither team knew what […]
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Game of the Week: No waiting for Ramblers and Greyhounds rematch
Lisbon’s Daytona McIver is run out of bounds by Winthrop/Monmouth’s Gavin Perkins during last year’s Class D South quarterfinal game at Lisbon High School. (Sun Journal file photo) Say what you will about the NFL, but at least it doesn’t pass up a chance to schedule a good, old-fashioned conference grudge match. Maine high school […]
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H.S. football: Wells routs Lisbon
Lisbon’s Isaiah Thompson is surrounded by Wells defense during a run in the first half at Wells on Friday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) WELLS — Tim Roche gave his unbeaten Wells football team a simple message at halftime Friday night: Keep playing your game. “I thought we were kind of down and said, ‘Guys, we’re […]
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Game of the Week: Greyhounds are latest foe trying to expose Wells' weakness
Lisbon quarterback Lucas Francis rolls out on a quarterback keeper while pursued by Wells defender Matt Tufts (44) during last year’s game. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Week in and week out for the last two high school football seasons, teams and fans have been hoping for some kind of a sign that Wells is […]
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Boys' Soccer: Wolverines withstand Greyhounds' best shots
WISCASSET — After a “flat” start to the contest against Lisbon, Wiscasset picked up the intensity, erasing a one-goal deficit while scoring three unanswered goals to beat the visiting Greyhounds, 3-1 in boys high school soccer action on Monday. “We came out flat in the early minutes of the game, that’s been one of our […]