Skiers revel in fresh snow

High school ski teams from around the area were able to get back on the snow last week and took to the trails at Lonesome Pine Trails in Fort Kent. The Caribou boys picked up an 18-34 win over Madawaska while the Fort Kent girls took a 10-37 win over Presque Isle.     Presque Isle took third in the boys’ team standings with 50 points, followed by Fort Fairfield with 66, Fort Kent with 70 and Central Aroostook with 111. Van Buren also placed competitors but didn’t field an entire team.
Individually, Joey Bard of Caribou took the top spot with a time of 17 minutes, one second. He was followed by G.H. Bradgon of Madawaska at 18:08 and Corey Park of Presque Isle at 18:50.
The following are individual results listed by place, skier, school and time: 4. Phil Willey, Caribou, 19:04; 5. Brendan McLaughlin, Fort Fairfield, 19:23; 6. Caleb Swanberg, Caribou, 19:25; 7. Stefan Ciszewski, Caribou, 19:35; 8. Tim McDermott, Madawaska, 19:37; 9. Ian Kaleta, Fort Kent, 19:56; 10. Jordan Powers, Caribou, 20:10; 11. Tyler Levesque, Madawaska, 20:12; 12. Josh Tardif, Caribou, 20:12; 13. Chris Dubois, Madawaska, 20:29; 14. Jesse Stephens, Caribou, 20:40; 15. Ian Towle, Fort Fairfield, 20:44; 16. Mitchell McLaughlin, Fort Fairfield, 20:57; 17. Finn Bondeson, Caribou, 21:03; 18. Noah Rush-Mabry, Fort Fairfield, 21:08; 19. Lucas Mathers, Presque Isle, 21:24; 20. Jesse Jandreau, Fort Kent, 21:31; 21. Joel Whitaker, Presque Isle, 21:33; 22. Tim Dubois, Madawaska, 21:37; 23. Sam Chasse, Fort Kent, 21:41; 24. Jesse Guimond, Fort Kent, 21:43; 25. Taylor Jepson, Caribou, 22:31; 26. Spencer McElwain, Caribou, 22:34; 27. Lloyd Guerrette, Fort Kent, 22:58; 28. Devon Stetson, Caribou, 23:21; 29. Ethan Garrison, Central Aroostook, 23:23; 30. Patrick Kinsey, Fort Fairfield, 23:40; 31. Keith Vaillancourt, Van Buren, 23:42; 32. Ethan Anderson, Caribou, 23:43; 33. Matt Graves, Central Aroostook, 24:21; 34. Jared Sleeper, Caribou, 24:23; 35. Luke Finnemore, Caribou, 24:23; 36. Thomas Barnes, 24:55; 37. Andrew Duplessis, Presque Isle, 25:17; 38. Kurtis Perkins, Presque Isle, 25:23; 39. Layne Waddell, Presque Isle, 26:00; 40. Justin Towle, Presque Isle, 26:11; 41. Jared Wezner, Presque Isle, 27:18; 42. Nick Shaw, Presque Isle, 27:26; 43. David Levasseur, Van Buren, 27:48; 44. Derek Smith, Central Aroostook, 28:27; 45. Greg Cousins, Central Aroostook, 28:59; 46. Caleb Jewitt, Central Aroostook, 29:27; 47. Suphasit Srisamaikul, Caribou, 30:21; 48. Shane McGillan, Fort Fairfield, 32:14; 49. Adam Curtis, Presque Isle, 33:14; 50. Sam Porter, Presque Isle, 37:10; and 51. Jason Fortin, Van Buren, 40:21.
I n the girls’ race Caribou finished third with 41 points and racers for Fort Fairfield also took part though the school did not field a complete team.
Individually, Justine Cyr of Fort Kent took the top individual spot with a time of 20:52 followed by Fort Fairfield’s Hilary McNamee at 21:13 and Fort Kent’s Grace Boutot at 21:17.
The following are other individual placers: 4. Rose-Mary Williams, Fort Fairfield, 21:44; 5. Kaitlyn Bernard, 22:07; 6. Jessica Caron, Fort Kent, 22:10; 7. Kristina Stephens, Caribou, 24:20; 8. Lindsey Cote, Caribou, 24:27; 9. Erin Thomas, Presque Isle, 24:37; 10. Nicole Chasse, Fort Kent, 25:35; 11. Julia Brown, Presque Isle, 25:21; 12. Amanda Underwood, 25:35; 13. Molly Hamel, Presque Isle, 26:09; 14. Hallie Bartlett, Presque Isle, 26:32; 15. Danielle Cote, Madawaska, 26:34; 16. Erika McKay, Presque Isle, 26:41; 17. Brianna Jones, Caribou, 26:45; 18. Shannon Towle, Fort Fairfield, 26:52; 19. Rachal Audibert, Fort Kent, 27:12; 20. Amy Dionne, Madawaska, 27:13; 21. Kristena McKenney, Presque Isle, 27:44; 22. Nicole McQuade, Central Aroostook, 27:45; 23. Amber Griffin, Presque Isle, 27:46; 24. Kelsey Park, Presque Isle, 28:08; 25. Anne Elish, Presque Isle, 28:12; 26. Karcynn Dorsey, Caribou, 28:27; 27. Deavin Gustafson, Caribou, 28:41; 28. Jen Steeves, Presque Isle, 29:32; 29. Christina Dionne, Van Buren, 30:14; 30. Ally Hessert, Caribou, 31:16; 31. Brooke Smith, Central Aroostook, 31:25; 32. Paige Finlen, Central Aroostook, 33:09; 33. Kelly Vaillancourt, Van Buren, 37:24; 34. Jessica LaPlante, Van Buren, 45:27.