RUMFORD — Twins Nora and Henri McCourt of Mt. Blue won freestyle titles on the first day of the KVAC Nordic skiing championships Wednesday at Black Mountain of Maine.

The McCourts, who are juniors, paced a strong contingent of Mt. Blue skiers, which included the top 3 finishes in both the boys and girls races.

Henri McCourt finished the boys 5-kilometer race in 12 minutes, 10.3 seconds. Teammate Elias Bartlett (12:18.7) came in second, followed by Damian Wynn (12:32) in third.

Leavitt’s Jacob Dening (12:37.3) placed fourth and Brunswick’s Wyeth Mackey (13:08.6) rounded out the top five.

Mt. Blue had another top-10 finisher in Eli Hoeft, who placed seventh.

Other boys top 10 finishers were Brunswick’s Sam Cashman and Daire Woodruff in sixth and eighth, respectively; Camden Hills’ Cameron Pinchbeck took ninth and Oxford Hills Cameron Sherbinski was 10th finishing three-tenths of a second ahead of teammate Cody Roy.

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Nora McCourt’s winning time in the girls race was 13:55.4. Teammates joining her in then top three were Maya Kellett (14:10.6) in second and Natalie McCarthy (14:30.5) in third.

Lucinda Carroll (sixth) and Elizabeth Strickland (10th) also placed in the top 10, while Abby Dorr took 11th for the Cougars.

Brunswick’s Maeve Woodruff (14:36.5) finished fourth and Edward Little’s Kat Garcia (14:49.5) came in fifth.

Leavitt’s Abby Marston (seventh) and Jade Haylock (ninth) and Edward Little’s Nora Condit (eighth) filled the other top 10 finishing positions.

The KVAC Nordic championships will conclude Saturday with the classical race at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington.

ALPINE SKIING
KVAC GIANT SLALOM: Oxford Hills’ Gianna DeVivo won the girls giant slalom title and five top-10 finishes give the Edward Little boys a big lead at the KVAC Alpine skiing championships Wednesday at Saddleback Mountain in Sandy River Plantation.

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DeVivo accumulated a combined two-run time of 1 minute, 32.98 seconds. Mt. Blue’s Abbey Goodspeed (1:33.41) was the runner-up, Camden Hills’ Zola Roberts (1:34.73) took third, Edward Little’s Anaya Egge (1:36.33) placed fourth and Brunswick’s Alexa Scott (1:36.43) was fifth.

The Red Eddies had two more top-10 finishers: Kaelyn Langlois in sixth and Maddie Ranger in eighth. Leavitt’s Sophie Simard placed seventh and Camden Hills’ Amelia Mills and Maggie Metzler finished ninth and 10th, respectively.

Landon Marquis of Camden Hills won the boys giant slalom championship with a time of 1:26.99. Oxford Hills’ Ross Campbell (1:28.58) finished second, Skowhegan’s Kaden Salsbury (1:29.74) was third and Mt. Blue’s Trent Beaudoin (1:30.31) came in fourth.

Edward Little skiers claimed the next five spots. Evan O’Donnell led the way, placing fifth, while Ethan Levesque took sixth, Carter Hill seventh, Nate Bigos-Lowe eighth and Kai Thistle ninth.

Mt. Blue’s Brodie Farmer came in 10th.

The Edward Little boys racked up 778 points, giving them a 25-point lead over second-place Camden Hills (753) heading into Saturday’s slalom championships at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington.

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Oxford Hills is third with 738 points, followed by Skowhegan (728) and Hampden (722).

Camden Hills is first on the girls side, with 771 points. The Edward Little girls are eight points back at 763. Oxford Hills (735) is next, then Mt. Blue (722) and Brunswick (714) sits fifth.

 

KVAC Nordic Skiing Championships
5K Freestyle
at Black Mountain of Maine
Wednesday
GIRLS
1. Nora McCourt (MB) 13:55.4, 2. Maya Kellett (MB) 14:10.6, 3. Natalie McCarthy (MB) 14:30.5, 4. Maeve Woodruff (BRUN) 14:36.5, 5. Kat Garcia (EL) 14:49.5, 6. Lucinda Carroll (MB) 14:54.0, 7. Abby Marston (LEAV) 14:58.2, 8. Nora Condit (EL) 15:04.7, 9. Jade Haylock (LEAV) 15:49.3, 10. Elizabet Strickland (MB) 16:10.5, 11. Abby Dorr (MB) 16:25.5, 12. Meredith Harthorne (OX) 16:26.6, 13. Addie Colello (MB) 16:30.6, 14. Ashley Roy (LEAV) 16:34.7, 15. Molly Patterson (MB) 16:49.8, 16. Heather Mousseau (LEAV) 16:57.5, 17. Brenna Mackey (CH) 18:19.2, 18. Gracie Ross (MB) 18:43.9, 19. Cara Rothwell (CH) 18:45.9, 20. Liz Buckley (LEAV) 18:47.1.
21. Mackenzie Van Nest (OX) 19:14.5, 22. Natalie Gill (CH) 19:18.7, 23. Elsie Pinchbeck (CH) 19:30.5, 24. Annabelle Chabot (LEAV) 19:48.9, 25. Acadia Cloutier (LEAV) 19:49.5, 26. Charlotte Brooke (LEAV) 19:51.4, 27. Stella Edson (OX) 20:12.5, 28. Addy Turmel (LEAV) 20:39.8, 29. Lucinda O’Brien (CH) 20:43.8, 30. Emily Sanborn (OX) 20:49.3, 31. Daniela Cundick (MB) 21:12.9, 32. Kiera Bean (LEAV) 21:34.7, 33. Siena Scordino (CH) 22:18.9, 34. Lidia Melanson (OX) 22:28.3, 35. Fern Carter-Hill (OX) 24:09.9, 36. Addie Harthorne (OX) 24:37.2, 37. Willow Adler (OX) 26:05.1, 38. Natalie Bolduc (CH) 27:53.8, 39. Emma Albert (LEAV) 28:53.9, 40. Liana Talty (CH) 36:55.4, 41. Laura Riordan (CH) 36:55.5.
BOYS
1. Henri McCourt (MB) 12:10.3, 2. Elias Bartlett (MB) 12:18.7, 3. Damian Wynn (MB) 12:32.0, 4. Jacob Dening (LEAV) 12:37.3, 5. Wyeth Mackey (BRUN) 13:08.6, 6. Sam Cashman (BRUN) 13:16.1, 7. Eli Hoeft (MB) 13:19.8, 8. Daire Woodruff (BRUN) 13:21.2, 9. Cameron Pinchbeck (CH) 13:33.1, 10. Cameron Sherbinski (OX) 13:35.0, 11. Cody Roy (OX) 13:35.3, 12. Damon Rucci (LEAV) 13:36.1, 13. Jonathan Koehler (BRUN) 13:55.4, 14. Nick Demarco (MB) 14:00.2, 15. Serhii Bezhenar (LEAV) 14:01.3, 16. Dom Toscano (LEAV) 14:04.4, 17. Reid Sibley (LEAV) 14:08.0, 18. Brendan Ledwick (BRUN) 14:20.2, 19. Dean Rudman (OX) 14:32.9, 20. Gabe Dos Reis (OX) 15:00.3.
21. Nicholas Bell (MB) 15:14.1, 22. Iain Larsen-Leavins (CH) 15:21.8, 23. Angelo Toscano (LEAV) 15:48.5, 24. Owen Winslow (EL) 15:53.0, 25. Hunter Lemieux (LEAV) 16:05.0, 26. Jett Worcester (LEAV) 16:08.3, 27. Vanya Bezhenar (LEAV) 16:42.6, 28. Alex Corey (LEAV) 16:58.5, 29. Ronan Brown (OX) 17:38.8, 30. Hunter Milliken (LEAV) 17:40.5, 31. Jack Cashman (BRUN) 17:43.2, 32. Liam Mckee (LEAV) 18:04.8, 33. Jacobi Sutton (LEAV) 19:03.1, 34. Carson Holme (OX) 19:53.6, 35. Blake True (OX) 20:04.8, 36. Luke Mosher (LEAV) 21:20.6, 37. Trent Sibley (LEAV) 22:21.6, 38. Ryan Gatti (LEAV) 23:24.5, 39. Nick Morouse (BRUN) 24:15.4, 40. Tyler Welch (LEAV) 24:43.4, 41. Levi Prince (BRUN) 24:45.1, 42. Tyler Roy (LEAV) 26:17.3, 43. Zach Libby (LEAV) 27:34.6, 44. Seamus Bowdish (BRUN) 28:16.8.

 

KVAC Alpine Skiing Championships
Giant Slalom
at Saddleback Mountain
Wednesday
BOYS
Team Scores
1. Edward Little 778, 2. Camden Hills 753, 3. Oxford Hills 738, 4. Skowhegan 728, 5. Hampden 722, 6. Brunswick 703, 7. Brewer 647, 8. Mt. Blue 562, 9. Bangor 346, 10. Gardiner 158.
Individual Results
1. Landon Marquis (CAM) 1:27.0, 2. Ross Campbell (OH) 1:28.6, 3. Kaden Salsbury (SKO) 1:29.7, 4. Trent Beaudoin (MB) 1:30.3, 5. Evan O’Donnell (EL) 1:30.8, 6. Ethan Levesque (EL) 1:31.3, 7. Carter Hill (EL) 1:32.2, 8. Nate Bigos-Lowe (EL) 1:35.5, 9. Kai Thistle (EL) 1:36.0, 10. Brodie Farmer (MB) 1:36.9, 11. Leif Isenhour (HAM) 1:37.5, 12. Bennett Cohen (CAM) 1:39.0, 13. Drake Tracy (SKO) 1:39.9, 14. Will Dodge (BHS) 1:40.0, 15. Connor Files (SKO) 1:40.2, 16. Richard Dietrich (OH) 1:40.4, 17. Landen Parizo (BAN) 1:40.4, 18. Ryan Andersen (CAM) 1:40.6, 19. Cooper Libby (OH) 1:40.8, 20. Oliver Lee (CAM) 1:40.9.
21. Chase Barnhorst (BHS) 1:41.3, 22. Hunter Cyr (HAM) 1:41.6, 23. Adam McClure (HAM) 1:42.2, 24. Ethan Cohen (CAM) 1:42.7, 25. Finn Kornfield (CAM) 1:44.5, 26. Fredric Walsh (HAM) 1:45.1, 27. Finn Morton (MB) 1:45.8, 28. Tate Hearst (CAM) 1:45.8, 29. Grady Miller (OH) 1:46.1, 30. Chase Nash (HAM) 1:46.6, 31. Connor Duffy (BHS) 1:47.8, 32. Larson Castle (CAM) 1:48.3, 33. Calvin Vincent (EL) 1:49.7, 34. Andrew Hastings (BRE) 1:49.9, 35. Ben Perry (BHS) 1:51.3, 36. Gabe Tibbetts (BRE) 1:52.0, 37. Sawyer Shanaman (EL) 1:52.8, 38. Tredon Marshall (OH) 1:53.1, 39. Blake Fitzgerald (HAM) 1:54.0, 40. Harrison Ayer (BAN) 1:54.9.
41. Ian Duffy (BHS) 1:57.8, 42. Brody Hubbard (BRE) 1:57.8, 43. Jason Deering (GAR) 2:07.4, 44. Sean Morse (HAM) 2:08.3, 45. Lucas Parker (SKO) 2:14.3, 46. Jack Donovan (BRE) 2:16.6, 47. Asa Stroman (SKO) 2:23.5, 48. Jackson Hastings (BRE) 2:24.4, 49. Kaeson Hight (SKO) 2:27.7, 50. Brayden Bashaw (EL) 2:30.0.
GIRLS
Team Scores
1. Camden Hills 771, 2. Edward Little 763, 3. Oxford Hills 735, 4. Mt. Blue 722, 5. Brunswick 714, 6. Hampden 694, 7. Brewer 488, 8. Leavitt 369, 9. Skowhegan 343, 10. MCI 188, 11. Orono 184, 12. Messalonskee 183, 13. Gardiner 166, 14. Cony 156.
Individual Results
1. Gianna DeVivo (OH) 1:33.0, 2. Abbey Goodspeed (MB) 1:33.4, 3. Zola Roberts (CAM) 1:34.7, 4. Anaya Egge (EL) 1:36.3, 5. Alexa Scott (BHS) 1:36.4, 6. Kaelyn Langlois (EL) 1:37.3, 7. Sophie Simard (LEA) 1:38.0, 8. Maddie Ranger (EL) 1:38.9, 9. Amelia Mills (CAM) 1:39.2, 10. Maggie Metzler (CAM) 1:39.4, 11. Piper Urey (CAM) 1:39.7, 12. Taylor Lancaster (MB) 1:40.4, 13. Madison Gillis (MCI) 1:40.5, 14. Hailey Marquis (CAM) 1:40.7, 15. Samantha McPhail (OH) 1:41.5, 16. Madisson Frank (HAM) 1:42.1, 17. Emma Eckert (ORO) 1:42.6, 18. Sage Whitehead (MESS) 1:43.0, 19. Amelia Lincoln (CAM) 1:43.1, 20. Lucia Siren (SKO) 1:43.2.
21. Madeline Barnhorst (BHS) 1:43.8, 22. Lily Stowe (CAM) 1:43.9, 23. Avelynn Bowie (EL) 1:44.4, 24. Mira Broussard (BHS) 1:45.1, 25. Alyson Cash (OH) 1:46.8, 26. Ava Twitchell (LEA) 1:47.0, 27. Sofia Howell (CAM) 1:51.4, 28. Elizabeth Wilkins (OH) 1:52.3, 29. Tessa Castrucci (HAM) 1:53.8, 30. Presly Rideout (BRE) 1:54.5, 31. Isabelle Clark (HAM) 1:54.9, 32. Maddie Keller (MB) 1:55.3, 33. Clara Wilson (EL) 1:56.4, 34. Maggie Allen (HAM) 1:57.5, 35. Corinne Vasvary (GAR) 1:58.3, 36. Ines Gonzales (MB) 1:59.2, 37. Kyla Payson (HAM) 1:59.2, 38. Izzy Hanson (MB) 1:59.8, 39. Sadie Ellis (SKO) 2:01.4, 40. Molly Goodwin (BHS) 2:02.0.
41. Mia Beaulieu (OH) 2:03.0, 42. Violet Damon (BRE) 2:05.4, 43. Stella Damon (BRE) 2:07.8, 44. Lola Cunningham (EL) 2:08.6, 45. Hannah Marshall (CON) 2:12.4, 46. Ainsley Melia (HAM) 2:14.8.

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