Don’t call Lisbon football coach Dick Mynahan a fortune-teller. He scouted Maine Central Institute — a team he would only face in the state championship — twice during the season, but it was due to preparation, not prediction. Yet Mynahan’s non-existent prediction came true, and the Huskies squad he traveled to watch twice is the […]
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H.S. Football: Family and football come together for Francis brothers
Noah and Lucas Francis never have to wonder where their mother, Amelia Tuplin, is during one of their football games. No matter the size of the crowd, her voice – and her jangling cowbell — resonate distinctly. Though many miles farther away, they don’t have to guess too hard about their father’s whereabouts, either. Shortly […]
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Scouting the showdown between Lisbon and MCI
Winthrop/Monmouth coach Dave St. Hilaire is familiar with the Lisbon Greyhounds, having faced them twice this season. He also has seen the MCI Huskies play twice this season, against Bucksport in the second week of the season, and last week in the regional final against Dexter. The Ramblers coach provides a coach’s perspective of Saturday’s […]
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H.S. Football: Lisbon assistants a big asset to Greyhounds
LISBON — Dave Moulton remembers when he was a little kid, watching the Lisbon football team play. He was such a big fan that when the team lost, it felt like he was losing too. Dozens of years and hundreds of players later, Moulton, a longtime Lisbon assistant coach, still gets those same feelings right […]
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First and 10: Head to head with Wil and Lee
Here’s the problem: The Greyhounds and Ramblers both played so well that it’s impossible to not feel bad for the losing team. I find myself wishing that I could pull the Winthrop/Monmouth players aside and tell them that despite the loss, they achieved greatness. The Ramblers lost some key players to injury and Lisbon continued […]
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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
1. Bonny Eagle (10-0) (1) The Scots thwarted away an upset bid by Scarborough that Thornton Academy couldn’t do the week before. The only unbeaten team in Class A now gets to try and finish a perfect season by beating Portland on its home turf. 2. Portland (9-1) (2) The Bulldogs made it back to […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Brunswick 35, Kennebunk 21 Wells 28, Mount Desert Island 12 Lisbon 26, Maine Central Institute 22
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Class A state championship North No. 1 PORTLAND (9-1) vs. South No. 1 BONNY EAGLE (10-0) Saturday, 11:06 a.m. This title game will be played at the home of the Bulldogs, and a place that Bonny Eagle coach Kevin Cooper has made feel like home, winning five titles in five tries. Both time like to […]
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Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan succeeded and brought out best in others
After 30 seasons, the venerable Greyhounds coach will lead his last game Saturday, in the Class D state championship at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. On a sweltering September Saturday in 2006, Lisbon High School coach Dick Mynahan and his charges emerged from the shady grove behind what was then a stone dust track, beyond the […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Lisbon’s miraculous win was filled with action and stories
Saturday’s Class D South regional championship game between Lisbon and Winthrop/Monmouth had so many twists and turns, and storylines galore, that one game story couldn’t possibly do the instant classic justice. Here are some leftover stories to tell from an “all-timer,” as one person described the game. Anatomy of a game-winning play Through 47 minutes […]