FORT KENT, Maine — The final leg of the Aroostook League championships for skiing was held Feb. 8, 2016 and the Caribou boys and Madawaska girls were victorious.
Freestyle Nordic skiing was the discipline and the Vikings scored 25 points to just hold off the host Warriors, which had 29, for the top spot. The Owl girls had a more comfortable win, tallying 24 points. They were 13 better than second-place Caribou and 15 ahead of third-place Presque Isle.
Max Bartley of the Wildcats took the individual title in 14:53. David Roy of Fort Kent was second in 15:17 and Riley McDuffie of Caribou was third in 15:23.
Malcolm Milligan of Ashland was fourth (15:44), followed by Dan Randolph of Caribou (15:54).
In the team results, after Caribou and Fort Kent in order were Madawaska (62), Ashland (71), Presque Isle (80) and Fort Fairfield (97).
MSSM did not figure in the team standings, but Paddy Keith-Hardy was 11th in 16:37. Thomas Krause of the Tigers placed 18th in 17:13.
Isabelle Jandreau of Madawaska won the girls’ competition in 17:20. She was 50 seconds faster than runner-up Isabelle Jackson of PI, who came in at 18:10. Jordan Tanguay of Fort Kent took the third spot in 18:17.
Tori Koch of PI (18:17) and Chelsea Daigle of Madawaska (18:49) were fourth and fifth, respectively.
Fort Kent was the fourth-place team with 50 points, while Ashland had 92 and Fort Fairfield 103. Once again, MSSM did not have enough skiers to score points.
For Caribou, Madeline Gudde led the way by placing seventh in 19:42. Kassandra Nelson was the fastest Ashland skier in 20:55, good for 13th position, and Sarah Watt was 28th in 24:35 and paced her team. MSSM’s Sophie Moore took 27th in 24:01.
The Ski Meisters were Fort Kent skiers Tanguay and Roy. They had the lowest point total among skiers who did all four disciplines — Nordic classical, Nordic freestyle, alpine giant slalom and alpine slalom.
Ciara Richards of Caribou was second for girls.
Fort Kent won the overall team titles. PI and Caribou were second and third, respectively, for both boys and girls.
Class B and C state championship meets are taking place this week at both Sugarloaf in Carrabasset Valley and Black Mountain in Rumford.
