The Livermore Falls field hockey team toiled all season long toward a perfect record. The Andies fell a single game short of that goal and, at 13-1, missed out on the top spot in Western Class C, finishing in second behind Telstar, which also finished at 13-1. The team’s reward for a strong second-place finish? […]
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High school football: Lisbon overpowers Sacopee Valley
SOUTH HIRAM —Josh Pomerleau and Brandon Hovey scored two touchdowns apiece to send Lisbon to a 48-7 triumph over winless Sacopee Valley in a Campbell Conference Class C football game Friday night. The Greyhounds (5-1) scored four touchdowns in the first quarter and never looked back. Zack Greene caught a 25-yard scoring toss from Luke […]
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High school football: Clippers kick Greyhounds in showdown
LISBON — Bryce Snyder doesn’t wear the dirtiest uniform on the Yarmouth football team at the end of every game. Heck, neither the spelling of his name nor the corresponding uniform number were correct in Saturday’s game program. That shouldn’t imply any lack of importance or intensity in the 5-foot-11, 170-pound junior. “He’s a star […]
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High school football: Lisbon flattens Freeport
FREEPORT — The unseasonably warm weather reminded everyone how nice our summer was. By the end of the game, the Lisbon football team reminded everyone that they’re a force to be reckoned with in Class C this year. Lisbon scored 30 unanswered points in the second quarter to break open a 6-all tie to defeat […]
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High School Football: Week 4 weekend peek
Brunswick (2-1) at Lewiston (3-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Always a bruising matchup between the two best teams in the PTC South. Edward Little (1-2) at Cony (1-2) Friday, 7 p.m. Two of the best athletes in the PTC got head-to-head in Teven Colon and Luke Duncklee, but this one could come down to best supporting […]
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Cross Country: Tigers back in the running
It’s not easy to launch or revive a varsity sport these days. If declining enrollment and apathy don’t get you, budget cuts will. Cross country might be an exception to the rule, however. All you need are legs to run, feet to walk the hallways of the school, a good sales pitch to potential teammates […]
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Football: Greyhounds ground Seahawks, 47-0
LISBON FALLS — Mike McNamara predicted the outcome of the first half’s penultimate play from Lisbon’s defensive huddle. “”Me and one of the other outside linebackers, (Matt) Nicholson, are always talking about who’s going to get the first interception,” McNamara said. “In the huddle, I was like,` ‘Watch this. Same play, other way.” McNamara diagnosed […]
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Return tickets: Lisbon’s backfield backbones make big difference
LISBON FALLS — When the games start to mean more in October and November, a football team such as Lisbon needs all hands on deck. Between them, Luke Caron and Tobey Harrington only had three good arms and three good legs when the 2009 stretch drive arrived. Not only did it mean the Greyhounds were […]
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Boys’ Soccer: Saints survive sluggish start
AUBURN — The reigning Class C champion boys’ soccer team from St. Dominic Academy doesn’t usually need halftime wake-up calls like it did Wednesday afternoon. And that probably ensures that the Saints will get another one when the final school bell rings Thursday. “We’re going to bring the track shoes to practice tomorrow,” said St. […]