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 […]
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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 […]
Crossover football: Fryeburg tops Greyhounds
LISBON — Fryeburg Academy’s defense found itself pushed back to the shadow of its own end zone for much of Saturday’s season opener at Lisbon. If it wasn’t a strategic move, perhaps it was out of convenience because it gave the Raiders more time to add bricks and mortar to the goal line. Bryce Micklon rushed […]
High school football preview — Eagles ready for 8-man
TOPSHAM — There are a lot of changes for this year’s Mt. Ararat High School football team. First, Frank True has returned to lead the Eagles after a couple years at Hyde School in Bath, as well leading programs through the Brunswick Area Youth Football League. Still, the biggest change comes on the field, where Mt. […]
Boys Soccer Preview: Soccer teams hitting the ‘pitch’ this week
FREEPORT — With the successes of area boys high school soccer teams last year, expectations and goals are high for the squads as the 2019 season is underway starting today. Freeport reached the State B Final a year ago, losing to Presque Isle, 3-2, in two overtimes, Mt. Ararat captured the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference title […]