Sophia Laukli, left, of the Maine Nordic Ski Team gives Phoebe Sweet of the Vermont Nordic Ski Team a hug at the finish line of the NENSA Eastern High School Championship 7.5K classical race at Black Mountain in Rumford on Saturday. Sweet beat Laukli of Yarmouth at the line by just over one second. Laukli wore the yellow leader’s race bib during Saturday’s race after winning Friday’s 5K freestyle race. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)