The Cape Elizabeth boys Nordic ski team won last week’s 5K Classical race over Maranacook, but the Black Bears won the overall Nordic title thanks to their first place effort in the freestyle portion of Class B state championship.
Cape’s Graham Egan finished first in the 5K classical race with a time of 14:26.5 and teammate Stanis Moody-Roberts wasn’t far behind, placing third in 14:54.0. The Capers also had an eighth-place effort from Tike MacColl and a 22nd place finish from Bobby Yokabaskas.
That Cape foursome scored 34 points, one point better than second-place Maranacook in the classical race.
Other Cape competitors included Spencer Howe and Michael Takach.
The Nordic freestyle race on Monday, Feb. 19, went to Maranacook, which is where they separated themselves from the rest of the pack. The Black Bears scored 21 points to top Cape Elizabeth (36), Yarmouth (50), Caribou (74), and Greely (87).
Once again it was Egan winning the race, this one in a time of 13:42.3 with Moody-Roberts placing second in 14:03.7. MacColl was 15th and Yokabaskas took 18th. But Maranacook had skiers in the top seven to take this event and ultimately the combined Nordic crown.
The final Nordic scores had Maranacook with 56 points followed by Cape Elizabeth (70), Yarmouth (112), Caribou (136), and Greely (142) at the top of the 11-team field.
Cape’s Emily Attwood placed second in the girls freestyle race (17:23.8). Erin Hatton finished seventh, McKayla Dunfey placed 19th and Abby Attwod took 26th.
Emily Attwood had another runner-up finish in the classical race with Hatton taking ninth, Dunfey 13th and Abby Attwood in 26th.
Yarmouth’s girls won the Nordic competition with a combined score of 66. The Clippers defeated Maranacook (77), Cape Elizabeth (104), Greely (104) and five other schools in the Class B title chase.
The Cape Elizabeth boys finished 12th in the alpine portion of the competition with good efforts from Jack Kerney, Brandon Meagher, Rusty Leonard, Parker Marvin, Cameron Smith and Brendan Flynn.
The Cape Elizabeth girls alpine team finished ninth with strong finishes from Elizabeth Cummings, Haley Cushing, Anna Vallely, Marissa Barritt, Fiona Donegan and Molly Ham.
Scarborough skiers compete in Class A alpine
Scarborough High brothers Shane and Taylor Bernier practiced all year with the Gray-New Gloucester ski teams and they competed as individuals at last week’s Class A state skiing championships.
Shane Bernier finished 65th in the giant slalom event and 39th in the slalom. Taylor Bernier took 51st in the giant slalom and 54th in the slalom.
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