LISBON — Lisbon track coach Dean Hall used his athletes like pawns in a chess game Thursday — and he knew all the right moves.

Hall’s gambling paid off, with the Greyhounds winning the boys’ and girls’ Mountain Valley Conference track and field championships on a balmy afternoon on their home track.

Lisbon’s depth and tenacity crushed the competition.

In the boys’ meet, the Greyhounds accumulated 122.5 points, with Mountain Valley coming in a distant second with 86.75 points. Rounding to the scoring in the boys’ competition was Boothbay (65), Monmouth Academy (60), Hall-Dale (60), Madison (56.75), Winthrop (52), Carrabec (33), Dirigo (31), Wiscasset (30.75), Telstar (30.75), Mt. Abram (12) and St. Dom’s (8.5).

The story was the same for the Lisbon girls who piled up 134.50 points. Monmouth Academy took second with 93 points. Rounding out the scoring was Boothbay (87), Hall-Dale (47), Dirigo (44), Winthrop (38), Mountain Valley (38), Telstar (36), St. Dom’s (32), Carrabec (31), Mt. Abram (29.50) and Wiscasset (29).

“We took a lot of gambles with the girls,” Hall said. “You put a girl like Bree Sautter in four events, and she wins two out of the four and comes in second (in other events) …”

And there is no question Hall was proud of his athletes on both sides of aisle.

“You have to be a little in love with track. You have to go in and devote your time to being an excellent student athlete,” Hall said.

Sautter prevailed in the 400-meter dash with a winning time of 1:01.16, and set the school record along the way. She came in first in the 800 meters with a time of 2:34.95.

“I feel great,” Sautter said. “My 400, I CR-ed (competition record) by a second and a half. I couldn’t ask for anything better than that.”

On the boys’ side, Mike Schlotterbeck won the 1,600-meter race walk with a time of 7:40.00. In the 800-meter run, Lisbon’s Nick Huston (2:05.00) finished first and Nicholas Harriman (2:10.07) was right behind him, taking second place.

Hall wasn’t surprised at Schlotterbeck’s performance in the race walk.

“He was supposed to (win),” Hall said. “Consistent as he always is.”

“It’s hot,” Schlotterbeck said. “The last time we had our home meet, it was really like this temperature, say mid-April, and I killed it. I bombed. This time around, I think I did a lot better.”

Lisbon’s Chase Collier (50.15) won the girls’ 300 hurdles and picked up a victory in the long jump with a lunge of 15-05.5.

St. Dom’s Sydney Sirois won the girls’ 1,600-meter race walk with a time of 8:32.21.

“I didn’t think that I would (have a big lead) because I haven’t been training for race walking this year,” Sirois said. “I was just hoping my endurance and strength from my running would get me through it, which luckily it did.”

“I think it’s awesome, especially the fact that she started the season with a hurt knee and eased off after the first couple of meets, and then that last one, she qualified to be here, and then just gave it a little extra,” St. Dom’s coach Steve Amoroso said. “She is doing the most events today than any of the other kids who qualified today, and, keeping our fingers crossed, if she makes it to states and wins, it will be her third year in a row.”

The Saints’ Ella Brown carried off victories in the 1,600-meter (5:32.85) and the 3,200-meter runs (11:59.84).

Brown instantly became the front runner in the 1,600 and never relinquished the lead.

“I just went in knowing I wanted to run my race so I had a specific split (time) on my arm that I wanted to hit,” Brown said. “I felt really good.”

Winthrop’s William Vance surprised the pack when he bolted toward the finish line to win the boys’ 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:47.48.

“Everybody was starting to make their move,” Vance said. “I said, ‘If I don’t go now, I am going to lose it.’ So I started going. I could hear the footsteps behind me. I am just booking as hard as I can.”

“The heat got me. Of course it did. The last two meters just fades away, and it comes down to me, my body and my legs.”

“The plan was not to lead, and he ended up leading the first couple of laps, but he kept it slow,” Winthrop coach Ed Van Tassel said. “He was stalking so we felt like he had the best kick. Wicked happy for him.”