For the Wolverines there was no taming the Greyhounds Friday afternoon at Lisbon High School. The hosts netted seven unanswered goals, five in the first half  en route to a 7-0 win.

The two Mountain Valley Conference rivals play each other just once this season. Wiscasset Middle High School dropped to D status due to declining enrollment, Lisbon remains a C high school.

The air was quite muggy, 79 degrees at the start of the game with the threat of a thunderstorm hanging in the air.  Wolverine Max Sampson, coming off a three-goal performance at Dirigo, had the game’s first shot, which came minutes after the start. Lisbon keeper Jonah Sautter moved quickly to his right and caught the ball.

From that point on until halftime, the Greyhounds were off to the races. Cam Poisson netted the first goal unassisted at 31:19, followed by Noah Austin, Poisson assisting, at 28:57; and Poisson again, 14:39, followed by Ben LeClair, 13:43. Unfortunately for WMHS, things went downhill from there. With five minutes left until the half, the Wolverines were whistled for an infraction inside the penalty area. Sautter took the PK and scored, making it a 5-0 ballgame.

At 16:48, Wolverine Brian Foye had a nice shot from 20 yards away. Sautter leaped, caught the ball and punted it away. With 90 ticks on the clock until halftime, Martin chipped a corner kick right in front of the Lisbon net but Sautter got to the ball first.

Wiscasset defense settled down and played much better in the final 40 minutes of the game. Max Sampson and Matt Martin were able to shut down Poisson, and Sampson added some lengthy boots down field. Make no mistake, Wiscasset had its share of scoring opportunities but just couldn’t put the ball into the net.

Josh Gabriele who played all or nearly all 80 minutes in the backfield had an impressive game for the Wolverines. Another positive was the continued improvement of underclassmen Matt Eckert, Matt Smith and Josh Jones.

Lisbon’s final two goals came at 35:32 and then around the midway point of the second half. The Wolverines’ final chance to avoid the shutout came on a direct kick with 7:28 left to play but Matt Chapman’s shot was blocked and cleared away.

Wiscasset goalie Sam Strozier finished the afternoon with nine saves.

The Greyhounds entered the game 4-0-1 and very much in contention for a Class C playoff berth. The loss dropped Wiscasset to 1-5.

 Sampson gets hat trick

 The Wolverines chalked up their first MVC victory of the season with a 4-3 overtime win over host Dirigo Sept. 13. After Matt Chapman scored to put WMHS up 1-0 at 13:50 of the first half, Dirigo netted back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 halftime.

Sampson then scored at 34:54 and 33:07 to put the Wolverines back on top 3-2. With 6:52 left in regulation, Mateo LaPointe scored, tying the game. Sampson’s game-winner came with 5.6 seconds left in the first five-minute OT.

Sam Strozier recorded six saves; Dirigo’s keeper Wes Libby had 12.

“James Hodson played striker for us and worked well with both Matt Chapman and Sampson. The Gabriele brothers both did a nice job in the backfield,” Coach Chris Cossette said afterwards.

WMHS’s next home game is with Mt. Abram at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22.