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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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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H.S. skiing: Gray-NG’s Woods claims Sassi Memorial title
RUMFORD — Kaelyn Woods had her own expectations for Saturday’s Sassi Memorial Classic at Black Mountain: The Gray-New Gloucester sophomore hoped to finish among the top five in the hotly-contested race. Then, one of her coaches mentioned that she was the skier to beat in the girls’ 5-kilometer event. That was news to Woods. “That definitely […]