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BOYS SKI STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER

Brother Rice captain Andrew Thibideau comes out of the gate at Alpine Valley on Jan. 22.

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.

Brother Rice won region's first Michigan High School Athletic Association Class A boys skiing title last year, edging Marquette and Waterford.

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The meet was the defending champ's first of the season due to poor skiing conditions the past two weeks at Alpine Valley.
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)


Boys
Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 11
Walled Lake Western 37

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
Walled Lake Northern 25

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
White Lake Lakeland 21

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

White Lake Lakeland 14
Walled Lake Western 29

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

Lakeland 1-1; Western 0-2


 




Girls

Bloomfield Hills Marian 12
Walled Lake Western 36.5

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
Bloomfield Hills Marian 19

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
White Lake Lakeland 22

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 Lake Northern 2-0

White Lake Lakeland 11
Walled Lake Western 30

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.

Lakeland 1-1; Walled Lake Western 0-2.

 



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).

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