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RUMFORD — From the moment Mountain Valley’s soccer season ended, Lily Boulanger had one goal in mind. 

The senior’s aim was to replicate the results of her freshman year, when she won the Class B giant slalom title.

“Our soccer season got ended really early, and just from then, I was just focused right from the start on skiing and working towards (winning) and trying to get a good placement on the state team,” said Boulanger. “That was about it. I was just really focused on this moment.”

All that focus paid off Tuesday at the Class B Alpine skiing state championship at Black Mountain of Maine. Not only did Boulanger fulfill her goal of winning another girls giant slalom, she also won the women’s slalom title. She finished the giant slalom in 51.20 seconds and the slalom in a combined two-run time of 1:26.67. 

“(Boulanger) made it very clear, her offseason training was leveled up, her gym time to get stronger and be ready,” Mountain Valley coach Todd Papianou said. “So it’s amazing watching her mature as an athlete.”

The championships were originally scheduled for two days, but Monday’s races were postponed due to weather. Both events were squeezed into one day that included one giant slalom run and the customary two runs of slalom for each skier.

Yarmouth won the girls Class B championship for the second consecutive year, while Fort Kent finished second and Maranacook third.

“The girls won last year, so we knew they could compete this year,” Yarmouth coach Sean Lynch said. “Again, Fort Kent’s super, super deep so every one of our skiers had to put down the right run and they did.” 

Logan MacLeod led Yarmouth in both events, placed second in the slalom and fourth in the giant slalom. Gwen Zimmerman added a top-10 finish for the Clippers, finishing fifth in the GS.

That schedule change ended up working well for Fort Kent, as its skiers were granted an extra day for bonding in the hotel with each other, having traveled from Aroostook County the day before, and as well as York’s skiers.

“Fort Kent and York, which is the furthest North and the furthest South, we were staying at the same hotel and we made friendships yesterday because we hung out with them,” Fort Kent coach Leslie Marquis said. “And the kids were playing cards with them. It was amazing. So yesterday was a great day to do some team bonding among teams. And then today, doing it in one day, it was a lot, but they got it done.”

Fort Kent placed first on the boys side, with Yarmouth and Maranacook joining them on the podium in second and third place, respectively. 

The top three spots in the boys giant slalom and slalom were filled by Fort Kent’s Reed Michaud, York’s Cooper Dodge and Maranacook’s Tristan Riley. 

“It’s so fun,” Riley said. “I mean, we’re all pretty good friends, so it’s really fun and really friendly and playful. But once it becomes race time, everybody locks in. Cheering each other on for sure, but still wanting to beat them very badly.”

Riley, a junior, had the fastest time (1:25.86) in the slalom, while Michaud, a sophomore, had the fastest time (50.65) in the giant slalom. Dodge, a senior, finished second and third in the giant slalom and slalom, respectively. 

“We work all year, all summer in the weight room and for this (win), it’s really nice,” Michaud said. 

Other top-10 finishers for the state champion Warriors were Caleb Saucier (fourth in slalom), Finley Marquis (seventh in slalom) and Wyatt Marquis (seventh in giant slalom).