LISBON — Through the preseason and the first four games of the Mountain Valley Conference high school boys soccer season, first-year Lisbon coach Shawn Rhoda has worked to create a culture of soccer. So far, Rhoda has been successful, with Lisbon’s 9-1 victory on Wednesday against Wiscasset/Boothbay giving his Greyhounds a 4-1 record heading into Saturday’s […]
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Area college and high school roundups —Bates, Bowdoin end in a tie
LEWISTON — Bates scored with under two minutes remaining in regulation to force a 1-1 tie with Bowdoin in men’s college soccer action on Wednesday evening at Garcelon Field. The Polar Bears moved to 2-1-2 (0-1-2 NESCAC) with the deadlock, while the Bobcats now stand at 3-1-1 (1-1-1 NESCAC). Bowdoin scored in the 23rd minute as […]
H.S. boys soccer — Greyhounds roll past Dirigo for a 3-1 start
LISBON — The Lisbon High School boys soccer team scored early and often en route to a 7-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Dirigo on Monday. The Greyhounds are 3-1 and host Wiscasset on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Danny Levesque finished off a pass from Hunter Brissette to give Lisbon a 1-0 lead 3:14 into the […]
Lisbon FH scores first victory, 5-2
LISBON – Through three games of the high school field hockey season, Lisbon had yet to hit the scoring column. That all changed Monday when the ‘Hounds scored five times en route to their first victory of the young season with a 5-2 Mountain Valley Conference win over Telstar. Sadie Hardt registered three goals, while Timber […]
Area Weekend Roundups: Brunswick boys soccer slips past Hampden Academy
HAMPDEN — Ezekiel Spiro scored his second goal of the game with five minutes left in regulation to lift the Brunswick High School boys soccer team to a 3-2 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win on Friday over Hampden Academy. Lane Foushee set up Spiro for the winning tally, one of his two assists on the day. […]
Class D South Football: Greyhounds start fast, down Bulldogs
LISBON — Chris Kates chuckled a bit when asked about his team’s opening drive of Saturday’s Class D South high school football game on Lisbon High School’s Thompson Field. “I wish every drive was like that,” Kates said of his team’s one play, one-yard drive moments into Lisbon/St. Dom’s game with Madison/Carrabec. The drives from there […]
High school roundup — Hornet sting ’Builders in FH overtime, 3-2
TURNER — Ginny Twitchell’s goal midway through the first overtime gave Leavitt a 3-2 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school field hockey win over Morse on Thursday. Macey Coffin tallied both goals for the Shipbuilders (2-1), including the tying goal late in regulation. Keriah Marston and Kayla Leclerc also scored for the 2-1 Hornets. Grace Hawkes […]
Boys soccer — Mt. Abram holds off ’Hounds, 3-2
LISBON — Mt. Abram spent much of the first half preoccupied with calls that were getting made or weren’t getting made. A halftime talk and a downpour to start the second half washed away the Roadrunners’ worries. A goal two minutes into the second half, followed by two more in a three-minute span later in the […]
Lisbon-Wiscasset girls soccer: Greyhounds roll to 10-1 win
LISBON — When Lisbon opened its Mountain Valley Conference regular season at Telstar last Thursday, the Greyhounds came out flat and paid the price in a 4-0 loss to the Rebels. Lisbon, opening its home MVC slate on Tuesday, didn’t have that problem against Wiscasset, scoring three goals in the first nine minutes en route to a […]
H.S. field hockey — Dirigo Cougars blank ’Hounds, 1-0
LISBON — Kailey Hackett weaved through the defense inside the circle, firing a shot to the back of the cage early in the second half for the only score as Dirigo held off a feisty Lisbon surge for a 1-0 Mountain Valley Conference high school field hockey victory on Monday. Goals have been hard to come by in this young season for […]