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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Sugarloaf opening Burnt Mountain summit to skiers
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf will officially open the summit of Burnt Mountain to skiers and snowboarders for the first time in the resort’s history. Burnt Mountain offers a backcountry-style experience, with the security of inbounds, patrolled terrain. The summit of Burnt Mountain can be reached via a hiking path or a skin track originating at […]
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On skiing: Skiing Hall of Fame class named
Selection Committee Chairman Bob Flynn has released the names of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame Class of 2014. Eight Maine skiers will be inducted at the 12th annual banquet at Lost Valley in Auburn on Oct. 24. Included in the class are a pied piper cross country skier, a long-time college ski coach, a […]
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A celebration of Black Mountain
RUMFORD — Last July, efforts to save the Black Mountain of Maine ski area from closure received a big boost when officials from Bangor Savings Bank announced a matching $25,000 donation program. At the ski lodge Thursday, the same bank officials celebrated that commitment, as well as celebrating that the local board of directors has […]
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Alpine skiing: EL girls surprise in KVAC; Mtn. Valley leads MVC races
They weren’t imagining things. The Red Eddies’ girls, paced by a sixth-place finish from Brooke Lever, are one point in front of Camden Hills, 47-48, after the giant slalom event, with Saturday’s slalom event at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington left to race. “To have all four in the top 20, that’s amazing,” EL coach Tara […]
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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 […]
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On Skiing: The ‘Bear’ of Sunday River
They call it Bear’s bump. Sunday River regulars know it well and racers know it even better. Just above lift nine, which carries skiers from White Cap base and dumps them onto Lower Cascades, is a natural bump in the trail. With a depression before it, the bump attracts skiers who like to feel some […]
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Friends, teammates gather to remember Husson football player Stephen Colvin
BANGOR — Stephen Colvin was described as “one of a kind” Friday by Husson University football teammate Ryan Stroud, who was skiing with him on Tuesday at Sugarloaf Mountain when Colvin died after losing control and careening into trees. A memorial service to commemorate the 21-year-old sophomore defensive end was held on Friday at a […]
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Skiing: Mt. Blue leads after Day 1
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Mt. Blue has put itself in position to capture another Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ski crown in both the boys’ and girls’ competition after the first day of racing at Sugarloaf Outdoor Center on Friday. The championships, postponed from Wednesday and moved from Black Mountain in Rumford to the Carrabassett Valley facility […]
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HS Skiing: Gray-NG’s Lobozzo wins WMC slalom title
Gray-New Gloucester senior Noah Lobozzo won the Western Maine Conference slalom title at Thursday’s conference alpine championships at Shawnee Peak. Lobozzo finished with a combined time of 1:27.93 for his two runs to win the title, edging Yarmouth’s Tucker Grout by six-tenths of a second. Lobozzo’s 43.13 was the top time in the first round. […]