EDWARD LITTLE Coach: Jodd Bowles (fourth year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A Last year’s results: Boys: Eighth in state; Girls: Tied for third in state. Returning athletes: Boys: Seniors — Maxx Bell, Connor Jackson, Kyle Mooney, Gabriel Withee; Juniors — Lucas Fisher, Leighton Girardin, Oliver Hall, Alec Larson; Sophomores — Jake Arel, Max Gamache. Girls: Senior […]
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Ski ME: Western Maine ski resorts getting ready for winter
Black Mountain’s Angry Beavers created four new glades. Sugarloaf spent $250,000 on a pair of snow machines that open up back-country terrain for an experience it says can’t be found anywhere east of Michigan. Sunday River Resort skiers are already riding its first new lift in nine years and its Christmas week bookings are up […]
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On Skiing: Only 15 days left to shop for your skier
Have you found the gift for the skier on your Christmas list? We have only 15 days left, and that’s if we start today. Of course, I always advocate combining shopping with skiing. The best place to buy for a skier is in a ski shop, and every mountain has one, so why not get […]
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On Skiing: Another season gets under way
For 15 years, the annual Maine Ski Hall of Fame Induction Banquet has unofficially kicked off the ski season. This year’s event drew more than 300 skiers to Sunday River’s Grand Summit Hotel to recognize eight Maine skiers who made significant contributions to Maine skiing. This year’s class included Steve DeAngelis, a successful ski coach […]
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Nordic skiing: Low numbers strengthening Oxford Hills' bond
PARIS — As the first week of Nordic skiing begins, Oxford Hills head coach Christopher Easton can be found yelling out times and instructions to his skiers as they run intervals, awaiting the snow like he has for the past 36 years. Only this year, his instructions to athletes are much more sparse because the […]
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Skiing: Shiffrin jealous of Miller's compliment of fellow racer
Bode Miller, right, drops in on a World Cup skiing news conference at Killington Ski Resort on Friday. (Christopher Williams/Sun Journal) KILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin admitted Friday night that she is jealous of Sofia Goggia because Bode Miller identifies with the Italian World Cup ski racer. Shiffrin let slip that the Carrabassett Valley Academy alumnus […]
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Steep drop in unemployment presents Maine ski industry with staffing challenges as season opens
Sunday River ski resort is ready for the season – it has eight trails open and nights that are cold enough to make snow in time for the busy December holidays. The only thing it doesn’t have is a full complement of seasonal employees. It is advertising for more than 160 positions. “We definitely have […]
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Saddleback may sit idle for third straight year; sale not completed
The ski season kicks off this weekend at Sunday River and Sugarloaf, but Maine’s third-largest ski area – Saddleback – may sit idle for the third consecutive winter. Saddleback owners Bill and Irene Berry of Farmington announced on June 28 that they would sell the Rangeley ski area to the Australia-based Majella Group. Majella CEO […]