RUMFORD — A picture-perfect day on the course led to a clean sweep for Maine Coast Waldorf School at the Class C Nordic skiing state championships. The dynasty continued for Maine Coast Waldorf — which was previously known as Merriconeag Waldorf — on Friday at Black Mountain Ski Resort. The girls’ team won its sixth […]
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H.S. Skiing: DeAngelis of Maranacook, Barber of Mt. Blue 1-2 at Sassi Memorial
Before each of his two races at the upcoming Class B Nordic ski championships, DeAngelis should stay up all night. Maybe sample some junk food. Play outside for an hour or two without wearing a jacket, hat or gloves. Yes, it seems counterintuitive, not to mention silly and dangerous. But throughout this relatively mild, snow-rationed […]
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Nordic Skiing: Leavitt hosts Hornet Classic in Waterville; Freeport boys, Gould girls win
There is minimal snowpack on his daily training ground at Maranacook Community School, though, and driving rain is expected to further sabotage the high school skiing season later this weekend. DeAngelis probably wouldn’t have missed the Hornet Classic if he had been suffering from a raging fever and wearing a full body cast. Skiing three […]
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Nordic skiing: Nate McNutt, Julia Dillon lead Oxford Hills sweep
NORWAY — Julia Dillon won the Oxford Hills Viking Classic on her home course Wednesday at Roberts Farm, but the most grueling part of the race was run Tuesday. That’s when Dillon and her Oxford Hills teammates got out of class in the afternoon, made the short journey through town, arrived at the trail and […]
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Nordic Skiing: Gould skiers relaxed heading to EHSC meet
BETHEL — The life of a Gould Academy Nordic skier isn’t too bad, and not just because of this endless winter of 2014. On any given day, a member of Gould’s Nordic team can wake up in his dorm room, head down to the basement, wax his skis, step outside and walk across Church Street […]
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Class B Nordic Skiing Championship: GNG’s Woods completes sweep
It was a Sugarloaf Sweep for Kaelyn Woods of Gray-New Gloucester High School. The sophomore backed up her Class B classical title with a convincing freestyle victory Friday on the second and final day of the Nordic state championship meet at Sugarloaf Outdoor Center in Carrabassett Valley. Competing in rainy and icy conditions that caused […]
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Class C Nordic Championships: Monmouth’s Thombs wins freestyle; Merriconeag sweeps
RUMFORD — A dramatic change in conditions from Wednesday’s classical to Thursday’s 5K freestyle didn’t faze Monmouth Academy’s Dylan Thombs. “I like skiing in the warm,” said Thombs, a senior. “My (fall) cross country coach, Tom Menendez, he always tells us don’t even think about the weather. We all have to ski in it. We […]
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Nordic Ski Championships: Broomhall’s farewell, new format among highlights
One era in Maine skiing ends and another will begin at this year’s Maine Principals’ Association Nordic ski championships. Mountain Valley High School hosts the Class C event, to be contested Wednesday and Thursday at Black Mountain of Maine. It’s a bittersweet occasion, as Falcons coach Ray Broomhall — whose family name has been synonymous […]
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HS Skiing: Gray-NG’s Woods wins WMC nordic race
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 […]