High school skiing teams ready to compete for KVAC championships
Alpine and Nordic races are set for Black and Titcomb mountains, respectively.
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Maranacook skier Jenna Badeau, left, and Mt. Ararat’s Karli Leighton compete during a Feb. 24 Nordic race in Readfield.
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Conference championship races are set to begin this week.
The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference will hold its Nordic classical races Wednesday at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington. The boys and girls freestyle races will be held March 10, also at Titcomb.
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The KVAC Alpine races were scheduled to go Tuesday with the boys competing at Black Mountain in Rumford, but tough conditions postponed the action to March 11. The KVAC girls Alpine races are scheduled for Thursday at Black Mountain.
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Mt. Blue High School’s Xander Gurney competes in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ski meet at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington in Jan. 2020.
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Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of previews of Franklin- and Kennebec-county teams in the Sun Journal’s coverage area that have decided to play this winter.
Mt. Blue Alpine ski coach Mark Cyr said newcomers will lighten the load after the Cougars lost a few top-notch skiers this season.
“We have had an outstanding early season, really focusing on fundamentals,” Cyr said. “With everything pushed back, we can spend more time on the basics, both mechanics and tactics. We are taking it slow and making sure we get every athlete in a good place to start racing.”
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