Kaelyn Woods of Gray-New Gloucester won the Western Maine Conference girls’ classical nordic race at Stark’s Hill in Fryeburg on Saturday. Woods completed the 5.3K course in 19:26.1, ahead of Merriconeag’s Samantha Pierce (19:53.4) and Freeport’s Lily Johnston (19:54.1). Keaton McEvoy was the Patriots’ next top skier, finishing 25th. Yarmouth placed four skiers in the […]
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On Skiing: The ‘Bear’ of Sunday River
They call it Bear’s bump. Sunday River regulars know it well and racers know it even better. Just above lift nine, which carries skiers from White Cap base and dumps them onto Lower Cascades, is a natural bump in the trail. With a depression before it, the bump attracts skiers who like to feel some […]
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Friends, teammates gather to remember Husson football player Stephen Colvin
BANGOR — Stephen Colvin was described as “one of a kind” Friday by Husson University football teammate Ryan Stroud, who was skiing with him on Tuesday at Sugarloaf Mountain when Colvin died after losing control and careening into trees. A memorial service to commemorate the 21-year-old sophomore defensive end was held on Friday at a […]
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Skiing: Mt. Blue leads after Day 1
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Mt. Blue has put itself in position to capture another Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ski crown in both the boys’ and girls’ competition after the first day of racing at Sugarloaf Outdoor Center on Friday. The championships, postponed from Wednesday and moved from Black Mountain in Rumford to the Carrabassett Valley facility […]
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HS Skiing: Gray-NG’s Lobozzo wins WMC slalom title
Gray-New Gloucester senior Noah Lobozzo won the Western Maine Conference slalom title at Thursday’s conference alpine championships at Shawnee Peak. Lobozzo finished with a combined time of 1:27.93 for his two runs to win the title, edging Yarmouth’s Tucker Grout by six-tenths of a second. Lobozzo’s 43.13 was the top time in the first round. […]
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Ski industry stresses helmets in wake of Sugarloaf death
BANGOR — When a Husson University student died while skiing at Sugarloaf on Tuesday, the accident bucked a trend that has been growing at ski resorts across the nation. Stephen Colvin, a 21-year-old from Hoosick, N.Y., was not wearing a helmet. According to published reports and a trade organization, helmet use on the nation’s slopes […]
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HS Skiing: Falcons’ Quest: Collette, Klein hope hard work continues to pay off
RUMFORD — The summer of 2013 was one of high anxiety for Katie Collette and Sarah Klein. The Mountain Valley students were among those shocked by a June announcement that Black Mountain was closing. Both had become championship-caliber Alpine skiers training and competing on their home mountain and had hoped to prepare for the 2014 […]
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H.S. Notebook: Hearty tune-up for Lewiston cheering
Lewiston High School prepared for next weekend’s Class A cheering championship by winning its division Saturday in the annual Cheers from the Heart competition at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. It was a clean sweep for Lewiston, which also prevailed in the middle school category. “It’s a nice, relaxed meet. It keeps us on the […]
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February can be a skier’s delight
Here it is, February, the biggest month of the ski season. This is the month everyone waits for. Regular skiers have been skiing for more than two months, but for those skiers who take one week’s vacation to ski and call it a season, this is the time. Some families wait for the school […]
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HS Nordic Skiing: Wade, Cougars win uphill battle
FARMINGTON — Whatever notions of a home course advantage Sarah Wade and the Mt. Blue Cougars had when they learned Wednesday’s Nordic race had been moved from Bond Brook in Augusta to Titcomb Mountain vanished on their first practice run. “It’s a different course than the one we normally see. It was a little confusing […]