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High school baseball: Lisbon opens with win

LISBON — Three years from now, Lisbon High School freshman baseball player Jack Tibbetts probably won’t remember his first varsity at-bat. In blustery, cold conditions on Wednesday, Tibbetts’ teammates were praising the young left fielder, whose memorable sacrifice bunt keyed a two-run uprising, leading the Greyhounds to a 2-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Madison/Carrabec. […]

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H.S. Baseball: Francis, Lisbon knock out Carrabec

He pitched five solid innings and paced the Greyhounds at the plate as well in a 4-2 victory over Carrabec in a Class C South preliminary-round game at Doughty Diamond. Francis’ first hit of the game — a two-out double to deep left-center in the bottom of the first went for naught. His second was […]

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Girls’ soccer: No. 7 Lisbon ousts No. 10 Carrabec in Class C South preliminary round game

LISBON — Throughout the regular season, Lisbon High School girls soccer coach Jake Gentle and his Greyhounds worked tirelessly on improving a defense that entered the season having lost a ton of talent to graduation. Though the ’Hounds struggled at times this season, the defense has finally come together. Lisbon showcased that hard work on […]

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High school soccer: Carrabec handles Telstar

Down two goals, the Rebels were looking to change the momentum. With a dead ball situation and an opportunity to make something happen, the Rebels were looking for an offensive breakthrough. Instead, the Cobras denied the opportunity and pushed the ball the other way. The counterattack led to another goal with barely a second remaining […]

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Girls’ Basketball: top-seeded Maranacook advances to semis over Carrabec

AUGUSTA — On a day filled with upsets, top-seeded Maranacook made sure it didn’t follow the trend.  The Black Bears led throughout and defeated ninth-seeded Carrabec, 51-34, at the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday in the Western Class C quarterfinals. Maranacook will face Madison in the semifinals.  The Black Bears (16-3) hit three 3-pointers in the […]

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H.S. girls’ soccer: Oak Hills wins second straight

WALES — About a week ago, the Oak Hill girls’ soccer team hit the reset button on the season. The Raiders started this fall 0-4 and had faced some formidable foes in Lisbon, Monmouth, Mt. Abram and St. Dom’s. After that challenging start, Oak Hill knew it had to put those tough losses behind it […]