White Lake -- Defending Class A boys state champion Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice opened their season with dual-meet wins over Walled Lake Western 11-37 and Walled Lake Northern 14-25 at the Southeastern Michigan Ski League meet Jan. 22 at Alpine Valley Ski Resort. The meet was the defending champ's first of the season due to poor skiing conditions the past two weeks at Alpine Valley.
Boys Slalom and giant slalom combined: 1. Zach Nowak (BR) 1:00.78; 2. Andrew Thibideau (BR) 1:02.07; 3. Conner Doyle (BR) 1:04.42; 4. Jeff Arlen (WLW) 1:05.72 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 14 Slalom and giant slalom combined: 1. Zach Nowak (BR) 1:00.53; 2. Andrew Thibideau (BR) 1:01.80; 3. Parker Wood (N) 1:02.45; 4. Peter Woolcox (N) 1:04.62 Brother Rice 2-0 Walled Lake Northern 16 Slalom: 1. Justin Janssen (L) 29.96; 2. Parker Wood (WLN) 31.43; 3. Peter Woolcox (WLN) 33.07 Giant Slalom: 1. Parker Wood (WLN) 32.24; 2. Justin Janssen (L) 32.85; 3. Peter Woolcox (WLN) 33.67 Slalom: 1. Justin Janssen (L) 29.82; 2. Mike Smallagen (L) 32.32; 3. Jeff Arten (WLW) 32.66 Giant Slalom:1. Jeff Arten (WLW) 31.82; 2. David Guckian (L) 33.90; 3. Andrew Fiore (L) 34.95 Bloomfield Hills Marian 12 Slalom and giant slalom combined: 1. Katie Thibideau (M) 1:05.26; 2. Kristen Lunghamer (M) 1:09.17; 3. Megan Neyens (W) 1:13.12; 4. Julia Caruso (M) 1:13.50 Walled Lake Northern 18 Slalom and giant slalom combined: 1. Katie Thibideau (M) 1:04.71; 2. Kristen Lunghamer (M) 1:08.67; 3. Emily Clark (N) 1:08.89; 4. Alexa Harris (N) 1:10.52 Marian 1-1 Walled Lake Northern 16 Slalom: 1. Rachel Hogarth (L) 34.29; 2. Kim Holzknecht (N) 34.32; 3. Kristen Olsen (N) 35.01; 4. Brittany Beslock (N) 35.48. Giant Slalom: 1. Brittany Beslock (N) 35.96; 2. Rachel Hogarth (L) 36.04; 3. Kirsten Olsen (N) 36.07; 4. Kelley Dearing (L) 37.11. Walled Slalom: 1. Rachel Hogarth (L) 34.99; 2. Megan Nevens (W) 36.86; 3. Kelley Dearing (L) 37.07; 4. Kristin Wade (L) 37.74. Giant Slalom: 1. Rachel Hogarth (L) 36.83; 2. Kristen Wade (L) 37.95; 3. Kelley Dearing (L) 38.09; 4. Megan Nevens (W) 38.88. The Press box
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Head Coach Robert Rhoades was pleased with his team's performance and feels his team has the ability to repeat their accomplishments from last year.
Individually, the Warriors' Zach Nowak and Andrew Thibideau finished first and season, respectively, in their races. In other races, Northern beat White Lake Lakeland 16-21 and Lakeland topped Walled Lake Western 14-29.
On the girls side, Bloomfield Hills Marian went 1-1 on the night with a 12-36.5 win over Western and a close loss to Northern 18-19. Northern beat Lakeland 16-22 to go 2-0 for the meet. Lakeland beat Western 11-30 in the final match.
Marian's Katie Thibideau and Kristen Lunghamer had the fastest combined race times of the day for the girls.
Ski meet results
Alpine Valley Ski Resort Jan. 22 (Dual meet format)
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Action from the ski meet at Alpine Valley on Jan. 22. Top to bottom (left to right): Brother Rice's Zack Nowak (120); Rice's Conner Doyle (123), Rice's Augie Englehart (124); Rice's Alex Hess (125); Rice's Kevin Stacey (211); Rice's Brendan Schwalm (845); Rice's Joey Lunghamer (215); Marian's Kristen Lunghamer (624); and Marian's Katie Thibideau (625).
