Boone and Schwartz Top Maine Eastern HS Alpine Team

Top High School Alpine skiers competed in the slalom and giant slalom events at Black Mountain for a chance to represent Maine in the Eastern High School Ski Championships. Skiers qualified to compete in this event based on their performances at the state meets this week. The top twelve men and women were selected to the team that will compete against other skeirs from the north east at the Attitash Ski Resort, Bartlett, NH from March 3-10. The event allows high school teams representing all states within the Eastern region, plus out of region guest teams, to compete against other state teams.

New Rules adopted for the 2022 Alpine Shootouts:

3. As a reminder and as part of this year's approved proposal, any athlete that only qualifies for the shootout via an automatic process (was on the state team in 2020 or is a senior this year and participated in the shootout as a sophomore) and not via their results at this year's state meets, will run at the end of the run order at the shootout.  

Selection Criteria: The state team is determined by the following: We take the best GS place and add it to the best slalom place. That will be the athletes score for the day. E.g. if an athlete gets a 6th place on the first run of the GS and a 10th on the second run, we take the 6th place as 6 points. If that same athlete got a 4th on the first run of the slalom and a 12th on the second run we would take the 4th as four points. Add the best GS place and the best slalom place, that athlete would have a final score of 10 points for the day. Any ties we go to the athlete’s third best place.

Based on Saturday's races, below is the 2022 Maine Eastern High School Team.

For complete results, click here.

Giant Slalom Race Photos by RVGPhotos.com 

Mt. Blue Girls and Freeport/Brunswick Boys are Class A Alpine Champs

Despite overnight and early morning rains and heavy winds. Black Mountain was able to complete the MPA Class A Alpine Championships on February 18th. Because of the adverse conditions, the jury made the wise decision to just hold one run each of boys and girls slalom.

For the girls, Sarah Hare of Windham captured the state championship with a run of 48:94. Right behind her was Falmouth's Celia Geci with a time of 49.61. Taking the final podium spot was Elizabeth Dieterich of Oxford Hills HS with a time of 50.06. Fourth place went to Ruth Weeks of Greely, who complete the course in 51.71. Sadie McDonough of Mt. Blue came in fifth with a time of 52.58. With a run of 53.07, Vivian Cormier of Mt. Blue captured sixth place. Rounding out the top six were Katie Yeaton of Mt. Blue (53.41), Lydia Phipps of Marshwood (54.97) and Cherverus High School's Maddie Marcisso (54.99).

The Mt. Blue Girls captured the team alpine championship with a total of 1537 points. Freeport/Brunswick came in second with a score of 1429. Also during the awards ceremony, the Gorham HS girls were awarded the MPA Good Sportsmanship Award.

In the boys competition, Falmouth's Andrew Christie added to his GS Championship on Thursday by having

the best run in the slalom to claim the state title. Christie completed the difficult course in 43.84. Taking the silver with a time of 44.39 was Josh Smith of Mt. Blue. Winning the bronze with a time of 45.56 was Tim Teguis of Kennebunkport. Fourth place went to Nick Bancroft of Oxford Hills with a time of 46.42. In fifth place was Caleb Labbe of Falmouth with a run of 48.06. 

Sixth place was won by Evan O'Donnell of Edward Little HS with a time of 48.13. Finishing in seventh place was Robert Strong of Freeport/Brunswick with a time of 48.69. Other top ten finishers were Ansel Goode of Freeport/Brunswick (48.79) and Camden Hills' Brit Lafiura, who completed the run in 48.89.

The Freeport/Brunswick team, with a score of 1,491 points, captured the State Alpine Championship. Garnering second place was Mt. Blue with 1,483 points.

The Skowhegan boys were awarded the MPA Good Sportsmanship banner.

Boys Slalom photos available at 

Sorry, I didn't get the girls slalom run. Podium photos are free to download.

Christie Wins GS Gold at Black

Falmouth/Waynflete takes Day 1 Lead

Falmouth/Wanflete's Andrew Christie was fastest on the Black Mountain Giant Slalom course on February 17th. Christie had runs of 51.21 and 50.71 for the two run total of 1:41.92 to win the gold in the Men's Class A State Championship. Second place went to Marshwood's Quinn Maguire, who's fast times of 51.59 and 51.12 gave him a two-run combined score of 1:42.71. Taking the bronze medal was Jett Lindelof of Islesboro with runs of 52.71 and 51.89 (1:44.60). 

 Fourth place went to Josh Smith of Mt. Blue with a combined score of 1:46.97. Taking fifth place was Nolan Dries of Windham, who had a total time of 1:47.13. Skiing to a combined time of 1:47.62 was Falmouth/Waynflete's Porter Bealieu, giving him sixth place.

Other top 10 finishers were Tim Teguis of Kennebunk (1:48.64), Nick Bancroft of Oxford Hills (1:49.69), Sam Goodspeed of Mt. Blue (1:49.87), and Fryeburg's Hogan Bemis (1:49.99).

After the first day of competition, Falmouth/Waynflete held a 752 to 736 lead over second place Mt. Blue in team points. Freeport/Brunswick was in third wih 734 points.

The men will continue their chase for the team state championship tomorrow with the running of the slalom race.

Race Results Here

  photo gallery