Mt. Blue skier Sam Smith has a great sense of humor, but he is all business when it comes time to compete in ski races.
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Nordic skiing: Leavitt’s Roy Varney, Mt. Blue’s Emma Charles streak to victory at Sassi Memorial
St. Dom’s Emily Gerencer finishes second in girls’ race.
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Bethel native Andrew Siegel skiing his way to Russia
Andrew Siegel celebrates after winning the 15-kilometer Nordic classic race at the 2018 USCSA Nationals. (Submitted photo) Growing up skiing the snowy trails around Bethel, Andrew Siegel learned to never take the sport too seriously. Despite finding success skiing competitively, Siegel hasn’t strayed from that mindset, and that won’t change in March when he finds […]
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PHOTOS: Maine fourth at Eastern Nordic high school championships
Teams of high school skiers from Maine, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are competing for the NENSA (New England Nordic Ski Association) High School Championships at Black Mountain in Rumford this weekend. Each state’s team consists of 24 boys and 24 girls. Vermont leads the team standings after three events. Sunday’s mixed relay is […]
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Class B and C Nordic: Telstar's Boyle-Wight third in Class C boys' freestyle
FORT KENT — Telstar’s Gaelan Boyle-Wight and Monmouth’s Kyle Gunnells both skied to top-10 finishes in the Class C boys’ freestyle Nordic race Friday. Boyle-Wight finished third and Gunnells took sixth. Boyle-Wight (14:29.0) came in about 10 seconds behind winner Niko Naranja (14:19.5) of Fort Kent. Orono’s Sam Holt (14:26.0) placed second. Naraja’s freestyle win […]
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Class A Nordic: Mt. Blue boys, Fryeburg girls take state titles
Zoe Maguire of Fryeburg Academy tucks on a downhill during the Class A Nordic ski championship 5K freestyle pursuit race at Black Mountain in Rumford on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) RUMFORD — The Fryeburg Academy and Deering girls’ teams were separated by just three points beginning Friday’s second and final day at the Class A […]
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Mt. Blue’s Charles, Deering’s Jordan win Oxford Hills Sprints
Cameron Bancroft of Oxford Hills leads a heat of sprints in front of Matt Syphers of Edward Little during the Oxford Sprints at Roberts Farm on Saturday. (Adam Robinson/Sun Journal) NORWAY — The entire day of the Oxford Hills Sprints is a battle of mental and physical durability. After four 1-kilometer elimination races, the final […]
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Nordic skiing: Edward Little sees youth movement on the trails
Edward Little High School Nordic ski coach Eric Cobb center has nine freshman on an 11 member boys team. From left are: Jack Howaniec, Aiden Morrison, Finn Thistle, Matt Syphers, Harry Bigos Lowe, Tristan Brezovsky, Coach Cobb, Casey Burhoe, Deven Egge, Noah Morgan, Christian Hiscock and Cam Langlois. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — After having […]
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Nordic skiing: Yarmouth, Maranacook win Sassi Memorial team titles; Laukli, Niles are individual champs
Cam Bancroft, from Oxford Hills, powers up one of the first long uphills at the Sassi Memorial 5K at Black Mountain on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) RUMFORD — In what might have been the best skiing day of the winter so far in Maine, the 2018 Sassi Memorial went off without a hitch and with […]
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Youth Nordic Ski Day to introduce kids to skiing
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust and local Nordic ski enthusiasts will host a Bill Koch League introduction and ski meet at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at Roberts Farm. Youth Nordic Ski Day will have coaching, games and fun activities followed by races. The program is for skiers ages 5 to 14. A parent […]