Twenty-one local skiers qualified for the Maine Alpine and Nordic teams Sunday.Ten of those skiers made the state Alpine team during qualifying races held at the EHSC High School Shootout at Black Mountain.Elise Luce of Mt. Abram, Sarah Klein of Mountain Valley, Katherine Collette of Mountain Valley, Annalise Guerette of Winthrop and Brooke Lever of […]
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Class A skiing: Cougars take home more hardware; boys win Alpine, overall titles
BRIDGTON — Mt. Blue High School’s trophy case is so packed with skiing hardware that coach Mark Cyr has lost track of just how many Alpine and overall titles the Cougars have won. Cyr would just as soon his team ski for the moment, which is what they did Saturday at Shawnee Peak to add […]
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Class B Alpine Championships: Abram’s Luce makes it a clean sweep
Luce’s combined time of 1:16.05 easily topped runner-up Erin Guilmet of Maranacook (1:22.65) at Mt. Abram in Greenwood. Maranacook’s Alec Daigle won the boys’ slalom in 1:13.74, followed by Lalor Crockett of Camden Hills. Maranacook took five of the top six spots to cruise to the slalom, Alpine and overall Class B titles. Freeport finished […]
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Staying in step with March
What could be better? We have a large supply of snow, the result of snowmakers and plenty of natural snowfall, the sun is higher, the days longer, the light is better early and late, and the really cold weather is behind us. We could even get a lot more snow. It’s March, always my favorite […]
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Class B Alpine Ski Championship: Luce wins fourth consecutive state giant slalom
It’s a four-year sweep for Elise Luce. The Mt. Abram High School senior completed an undefeated run at giant slalom in the Class B alpine ski championships, winning the race for the fourth consecutive year Friday in Greenwood. Luce’s combined two-run time of 1:37.03 easily outdistanced Chapin Dorsett’s runner-up clip of 1:40.73 for Yarmouth. Jay […]
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Class C Alpine Skiing Championships: Mountain Valley girls take state title
NEWRY — On a day when falls, missed gates and other bizarre incidents were the rule, the Mountain Valley girls’ ski team had almost no margin for error. Turns out they didn’t need any. The Falcons soared to the Class C girls’ alpine ski championship at Sunday River, cruising to victory over defending champion Fort […]
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Class A Alpine skiing: Oxford Hills sitting pretty
BRIDGTON — As the first day of the Class A Alpine skiing championships unfolded, it became clear that competitors who could stay on their skis for the length of the giant slalom course at Shawnee Peak would claim victory, even if their time didn’t place them on the podium. “It’s a fight for survival up […]
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Alpine Skiing: Falcons take flight toward Class C mountaintop
RUMFORD — Their demographics couldn’t be more different, but the Mountain Valley High School alpine ski teams share the same state championship aspirations. Seventeen boys have spent the winter competing for six spots in the Class C meet that unfolds Thursday and Friday at Sunday River in Newry. More than half are freshmen. That only […]
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Pricing. and giving the skis a once-over
We’ve all heard the saying, “The difference between men and boys is the cost of the toys.” That might also hold true for ski equipment. Each year I travel to Stratton, Vt., for an event called the On-Snow Expo. It’s a three-day super demo with all of the major manufacturers displaying the 2014-15 gear for […]
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‘A new day’ for Mt. Blue ski champ
RANGELEY — Mt. Blue High School’s Sarah Wade stared long and hard at the monitor posted in the finish area of the Class A girls’ state championship freestyle race. Her gaze drifted to the center of the screen. Entrenched atop the field by nearly a minute, Wade’s focus shifted to teammates and friends. Oxford Hills’ […]