After 30 seasons, the venerable Greyhounds coach will lead his last game Saturday, in the Class D state championship at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. On a sweltering September Saturday in 2006, Lisbon High School coach Dick Mynahan and his charges emerged from the shady grove behind what was then a stone dust track, beyond the […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill, Lisbon series not one-sided as it looks
If those people get restless and seek another gridiron topic that seems to defy logic and the laws of probability, may we suggest certain elements of the high school rivalry between Class D South regional finalists Oak Hill and Lisbon? They collide at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, in Wales, in a playoff game for the fourth […]
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The Hot Corner: Two hundred wins for Mynahan, countless lives impacted
The huddle of smiling faces gathered around the 50-yard line Saturday afternoon at Thompson Field could have produced an impromptu episode of “A Football Life” in honor of Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan. Nah, that wouldn’t work. NFL Network’s one-hour, once-a-week vehicle works for hall of famers and one-hit wonders at the professional level. When you’re […]
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H.S. Football Game of the Week: Lisbon looks to break Oak Hill’s recent spell
It is the undercurrent or subplot to an NFL or major college football game almost every week: Teacher versus student. Assistant coaches grow under the tutelage of a wise, veteran coach, become students of the game and move on to hang their own shingle over a program. And of course they achieve varying degrees of […]
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2015 Lisbon football preview
Coach: Dick Mynahan Conference: South Class: D Last year’s record: 8-2, lost in Class D West final Returning players: Senior — Shawn Grover (RB), Henry Adams (WR/FS); Juniors — Tyler Halls (QB/CB), Tanton Mattson (G/LB/DT), Noah Francis (RB/LB/DT), Jared Glover (FB/LB). Key losses: Kyle Bourget (QB/DB), Joe Philbrick (FB/LB), Robert Wood (OL/DL), Darren Ward (OL/DL), […]
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Lisbon football: Shawn Grover, Henry Adams help Greyhounds overcome senior shortage
One of those maxims, after all, is that “you win with seniors” in high school sports. And if that were explicitly true, the Greyhounds might be in trouble. Only two seniors who suited up for Lisbon a year ago — tailback Shawn Grover and receiver and free safety Henry Adams — are on the roster. “We don’t […]
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Class D West Football Semifinals: Lisbon loses Bourget, but Grover rolls over OOB
Junior tailback Shawn Grover, all 5-foot-7, 140 pounds of him, certainly tried. Grover, the latest in a long line of little engines that could in the Greyhounds’ camp, rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, lifting No. 1 Lisbon to a 25-12 victory over relentless No. 4 Old Orchard Beach in the Class D West […]
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H.S. Football: Aylward, Hathaway, Mynahan up for USA Today award
Jim Aylward of Mountain Valley, Dick Mynahan of Lisbon and Mike Hathaway of Leavitt are three of eight Maine football coaches vying to be named the USA Today’s Best High School Football Coach in the country contest. Aylward, Mynahan and Hathaway are joined on the ballot by Kevin Cooper of Bonny Eagle, John Hersom of […]
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H.S. Football: Ramblers hold off Greyhounds
WINTHROP — The depth as a result of the Winthrop and Monmouth football merger paid off for the Ramblers on Saturday. The Winthrop/Monmouth contingent outlasted Lisbon, taking home a 14-8 victory Saturday in a slugfest at sun-soaked Maxwell Field. The game was originally scheduled to be played on a cool evening the night before, but […]