Pomeroy and Smith Win Initial High School GS at Black

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Published: Friday, 04 January 2019 17:41

Julia Pomerroy was victorios in the season's first women's alpine race under the lights at Black Mountain on January 4th. The Spruce Mountain senior had runs of 35.28 and 37.76 for a two-run total of 1:13.04 to win the highly contested Giant Slalom race, which had 84 skiers. Hampden Academy's Ana Baldwin finished in second with a two-run total of 1:13.95, with Edward Little's Jordan Cummings right behind her at 1:13.97.

Katie Ide of Maranacook took fourth with a score of 1:14.00, Abbie Tyler of John Bapst was fifth, and Mt. Abram sophomore Alice MacKay was sixth.

Maranacook took top team honors for the girls with 767 points, followed by Rangeley with 736 points, and Spruce Mountain with 713.

In the boys race, Mt. Blue senior Sam Smith bested a field of 100 skiers to capture the win in the GS with runs of 32.86 and 33.82 (1:06.70). Finishing in second place was Colby Vandecker of Oxford Hills. The Viking junior had a total of 1:07.60. He was followed by Winthrop's lone skier, Maguire Anuszewski, who finished with 1:08.15.

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2019 Non Conference Nordic Championships

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Published: Wednesday, 02 January 2019 06:55

Central Maine Ski Club plans on hosting the 3rd Annual Non-Conference Championship on Saturday, February 9th at 10:30AM. This race is for all teams NOT participating in a conference championship event on this date. The race is a skiathlon format.  Teams should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before January 15th to register for the event.

New MPA State Meet Team Scoring

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Published: Friday, 21 December 2018 06:57

The MPA Ski Committee adopted and approved a new scoring system that will be used at the 2019 Alpine and Nordic state meets and beyond.   The scoring rules have been updated with the new language.  Please see the attachment for the new rule.

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New MPA Team Scoring Rule

Alpine State Meet Course Setting

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Published: Thursday, 13 December 2018 06:09

To all alpine coaches: The MPA Ski Committee has voted to allow for state championship courses to be set by the mountain course setter with assistance by up to two volunteer high school coaches.  These coach(es) will be selected by the TD for the event at least two weeks in advance of the event and will be selected from a volunteer list submitted to the MPA by the Alpine Ski Coaches Association liaison.  Therefore, any coach interested in being on this list must submit there name, via email to Ronn Gifford, current Alpine liaison, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by December 31, 2018.  If you are submitting your name, please note any limitations you might have (for example, you are available to assist with the Class A meet, but not the B).  This list will then be submitted to the MPA for use by the TD's to select course setting assistants for the alpine events.  The selected coaches will be announced as early as possible ahead of the state meets, hopefully at least two weeks in advance.  

Alpine Helmet Rule Update

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Published: Friday, 07 December 2018 13:23

The MPA rule regarding the requirement for FIS certified/stamped helmets is for both events Slalom and Giant Slalom even though FIS/USSA only requires them for GS and higher speed events (SG and DH).  FIS/USSA does not require them for Slalom, but the MPA is taking the high road on head safety and concussions.  So, for now and likely at least for this season, the rule stands, FIS certified/stamped helmet is required for both high school competition events.