Lucy McLean continued her run of dominance in high school ski racing last weekend with another first place finish in Mt. Hood Ski League slalom action Sunday at Mt. Hood Meadows. The win — her fourth consecutive first-place finish this season – propelled the Hood River Valley High School varsity girls ski team to an overall win for a third straight time.
The HRV boys saw a change of pace its finishing order, with No. 1 skier Austin Keillor posting the fastest run of the day on his first run, but following with a DNF on his second run. William Lamer posted two solid runs to lead the Eagles with a third place finish behind Eli Holeman of The Dalles and Colin Howe of Columbia. Charlie Sutherland and Onar Smith posted top ten finishes to help the boys team to an overall win.
The team has a break in action this week and picks back up next weekend with a slalom race at Ski Bowl, assuming there’s enough snow on the course.
Varsity boys
William Lamer: 3rd, 49.19
Charlie Sutherland: 4th, 50.83
Onar Smith: 9th, 1:04.27
Patrick Crompton: 17th, 1:14.13
Colson Zack: 18th, 1:15.15
Oskar Anderson, 22nd, 1:28.83
Varsity girls
Lucy McLean: 1st, 48.60
Mattea Schwab (Horizon): 3rd, 52.46
Kelli Clarke: 4th, 52.74
Sophie Caldwell: 21st, 1:12.29
Freestyle
HRVHS skiers dominated rail jam and slopestyle contests over the weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows, both in numbers and in performance.
In the rail jam competition, HRV was the only school to make an apperance, so it was an intersquaqd contest. Top three finishers for the girls were Hannah Bergemann in first, Savanna Brentlinger in second and Avrie Van Tilburg in third. For the boys top three were Tucker FitzSimons, Trey Roeseler and Sammy Stevenson.
Slopestyle top five were as follows: Girls – Hannah Bergemann, Savannah Boersma, Savanna Brentlinger, Avrie Van Tilburg and Nicolette Paulus; Boys – Tucker FitzSimons, Reece Carroll, Patrick Crompton, Jason Lebsack and Trey Roeseler.
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