LISBON FALLS The Hall-Dale High School girls soccer team had only one approach going into its match-up against the Lisbon Greyhounds. Bulldogs coach Guy Cousins said their goal all season has been to, “Play their style of soccer,” and he thought his team “dictated that right from the beginning,” as visiting Hall-Dale (7-3) defeated Lisbon […]
October 2014
Runners face test at Festival of Champions
BELFAST Isaiah Harris could feel his legs tightening up approaching the third mile, but upon entering the final straightaway and seeing all the fans cheering at the finish line, the pain dissipated. The Lewiston High School senior crossed the finish line in fifth place out of 870 runners, completing the 5K Festival of Champions in […]
Seahawks best Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. All Robert Griffin III did was throw some passes to another injured player on the sideline before the game started. All Russell Wilson did was run, throw, scramble — and simply amaze. Wilson has left his fellow 2012 draft-mate in the dust, just as the Seattle Seahawks have risen to a level far […]
Bowdoin men’s soccer routs USM, 6-0
BRUNSWICK — In weekend action for Bowdoin College, the men’s and women’s soccer teams picked up key New England Small College Athletic Conference wins over Trinity, while the women’s rugby team rolled to a victory over Bates. On Monday, the Polar Bear men’s soccer team was back at it, taking on the University of Southern […]
Lisbon edges Saints, 1-0
AUBURN — Molly Nicholson scored with 1:43 left in the second overtime to lift the Lisbon High School field hockey team to a 1-0 Mountain Valley Conference win over St. Dom’s on Monday. The Greyhounds improved to 11-1 and hosts rival Winthrop on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.). The Saints fell to 2-10-1. Lisbon outshot St. Dom’s, […]
Fister pitches Nationals past Giants; Cardinals take 2-1 series lead
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Eye black and uniform still on, Bryce Harper emerged from a different kind of fog than typically seen in San Francisco. This was the celebratory stuff from a Nationals victory party, and he had earned it, all right. Harper screamed out in delight as he crossed the plate with Washington ahead […]
Losing Dad: A teen finds purpose in grief
CHICAGO Genevieve Liu sits back in bed each night, still thinking of her father before she sleeps. He used to sing the same song to his children at bedtime, often before he’d head to surgery to save the life of someone else’s child. “I’m leaving on a jet plane,” Don Liu would sing. “Don’t know […]
Learning on the road
I’m not much of a country music fan, but do love Willy Nelson’s “On the Road Again” – probably because I love to travel. Recently I’ve been on the road again, visiting friends and family in Pennsylvania and Ohio, traveling by car. Unlike Willy, it’s not the honkytonks or making music that interests me, it’s […]
Living with all boys
When I married my husband, Dustin, there were certain things I knew about him. I knew that he leaves his keys wherever he feels like it and then he can’t find them later. I knew that left to his own devices Dustin will put his spoons in one kitchen drawer and his forks in another. […]