BRUNSWICK — The last time a Lisbon High School boys’ basketball team advanced to the postseason, it was the 2005-06 season. The seventh-seeded Greyhounds that year lost to Poland in a Western Maine Class B preliminary contest. What followed was eight years of tough times before this year’s Greyhounds put together an eight-game mid-season winning […]
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H.S. Basketball: Brannon, Greyhounds brimming with confidence
LISBON — Jake Gentle delivers the same message to the players in the Lisbon Greyhounds’ huddle before every game. “Be confident on defense. Be confident when you shoot. Be confident every play,” Gentle says. The Greyhounds haven’t been this confident in nearly a decade. They’ve won seven in a row and are 9-5, already posting […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Brannon, Greyhounds shoot down Falcons
Mountain Valley’s shooting night was the stuff of nightmares. Brannon finished with a season-high 28 points in a little under three quarters, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Greyhounds to a 68-17 win over the Falcons, Lisbon’s sixth win in a row. “My teammates were setting me up good, getting me some good shots,” Brannon […]
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Preview 2013: Lisbon Boys’ Basketball
Coach: Jake Gentle (second year) Last year’s record: 5-13 Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Tucker Brannon (5-10 forward), Kendal Roy (5-6 guard), Jake Johnston (6-4 forward/center), Jake Bremmer (6-5 center); Juniors — Kyle Bourget (5-11 guard), Johnny Yim (5-11 guard). Key loses: Brad Groh (forward), Nick Collins (forward), Mason Haley (guard), Kyle Sheehan (forward), Ryan Brewer […]
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Preview 2013: Lisbon wrestling
Coach: Mark Stevens (17th year) Conference: Mid-State League; Class: C Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Tyler Bard (138), Zach Stevens (145), David Moore (189); Juniors — J.D. Martin (120), Ashley Patten (126), Mike Demarest (132), Josh Collier (152). Key loss: Ben Kates (160). Promising newcomers: Senior — Nick McNamara (132); Juniors — Dan Westleigh (195), Colin […]
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Huddle Up: Merrill’s in it just for kicks, and Oak Hill is thankful for that
The story of how Adam Merrill became Oak Hill’s placekicker comes straight out of the movies about high school football. Well, if they ever made movies about high school football placekickers. And Merrill, a 5-foot-7, 130-pound junior, comes directly from central casting. Merrill may be tough to find on a field full of hulking football […]
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Western D semifinal: Raiders pull off comeback thriller over Greyhounds
WALES — Parker Asselin’s words of inspiration to his teammates before Oak Hill’s game-winning drive were borrowed from his quarterback coach. His poise and precision during the drive were strictly his own. Asselin directed the second-seeded Raiders 60 yards on three plays, all passes, in 49 seconds to tie the game on a 37-yard touchdown […]
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Field Hockey: NYA victorious over Lisbon in West C final
It took four tries to earn a positive result the first time around. Tuesday, they went one round less, but it was North Yarmouth Academy doing the celebrating. Charlotte Eisenberg collected the ball at the right post and slid it past Lisbon keeper Stevie Charest on the team’s third penalty corner, and the Panthers’ defense […]
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Field hockey playoffs: Cutler’s goal puts Greyhounds over the top
LISBON — After two halves of scoreless high school field hockey, followed by another double overtime deadlock, Lisbon and Dirigo set up for penalty corners to decide the outcome of a Western Maine Class C semifinal on Saturday. Another two rounds of three turns each went by the wayside, with no shot besting Lisbon goaltender […]
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H.S. Football: Raiders better than Greyhounds on balance sheet
WALES — The rest of Western Class D has been given fair warning — Oak Hill is a very balanced football team, and as it showed Saturday, even cold, wind, rain and a very good Lisbon defense that had been giving up less than 10 points per game couldn’t knock them off-balance. Alex Mace rushed […]