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It was nearly perfect.

It was still more than enough to win.

After a blistering run through a snow-covered slalom course Thursday, Telstar’s girls’ alpine ski team had a bit of wiggle room in the giant slalom with respect to the overall Class C alpine title. Turned out, even with a fallen skier, the Rebels didn’t need it.

Sam Largess followed up her win in the slalom with another victory in the GS, leading the Rebels to the Class A alpine ski title at Sunday River.

Largess has been a fixture at the top for the Rebels all season, and throughout her career at Telstar.

Tara Cowin and Morgan Lee placed fifth and sixth, respectively, for Telstar on Friday. In the slalom, Cowin, Lee and Peggy DePasquale earned a 6-7-8 finish behind Largess’ victory. On Friday, DePasquale suffered a fall in the first run. She posted the eighth-best time of the second run, but it was teammate Jamie Steven in 33rd who ultimately scored as the team’s fourth skier, allowing the Rebels not only to claim the overall alpine title, but to remain in front in the GS, as well.

Fort Kent, which was in second by 29 points after the slalom, tripped up a bit, too, Friday. The Warriors maintained second, though, with 122 points. Freeport earned second in the GS and third overall, followed by Greenville and Valley.

Rose goes 2-for-2

Livermore Falls needed to improve just a bit Friday. Led by Alexander Rose’s No. 1 finish in the slalom Thursday, the Andies were one point back of Fort Kent.

Rose held up his end in the GS, earning his second individual state championship in as many days.

“He gets so much training outside of high school skiing, today was just a matter of telling him to go out there, ski like he normally does, but stay safe,” Livermore Falls coach Jason Ouellette said.

The team gave Fort Kent another run in the giant slalom, but the Warriors hung on to edge Livermore Falls by 8 points in the discipline, and by 9 for the overall alpine title.

“I was definitely impressed with the way the boys skied today,” Ouellette said. “We’re a tiny school when you start measuring us up to teams like Fort Kent, and for us to be in the area and give them a run is just a positive thing for us.”

Had the Andies’ fourth skier, Ryan Jackson, negotiated the course without falling in his second run, Livermore Falls would likely have been within one point of Fort Kent, in either direction.

“It was a tough day for him, especially as a senior,” Ouellette said, “but he recovered well and we still had a chance.”

Central Aroostook won the giant slalom event Friday, and moved into third overall behind Fort Kent and Livermore Falls. Telstar placed fourth overall, with Winthrop sliding into fifth.

The Class C skiing championships conclude at Black Mountain in Rumford on Saturday with the Nordic classical competition.

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