Ski Team Wins League

The following was submitted by Michelle Phillips of MHS Ski Team

Thursday night, Mass Bay Ski League East held it's last two races at Skiward in Shrewsbury and the Marblehead girls literally dominated the night and put the icing on the cake for the regular season. Captains Hayley Braun and Maika Phillips not only finished first and second in both races, but they had the two best overall times on the hill, both races, for the night... beating out the boys! They also solidified their league standings for the season, finishing first and second overall. 

Their leadership proved itself this year with best record that Marblehead has ever seen since it's start 5 years ago. The girls team won both races last night as well as taking the leagues overall title. They are also sending a record 7 skiers to the States and one alternate. The boys team has also had a personal best this year and finished 2nd in the Large School Division and 3rd overall in the league.

Marblehead Ski Team is one of two teams in the schools history to win States and the only team to win it twice... back-to-back.

Coach Matt Dawson stated "Great work all season and the carry over from Wednesday night's training paid off for the team as the girls came through with some excellent clutch performances to end the regular season. It was great to see the senior girls (Hayley, Maika and Amy Federman) have solid results for their last regular season race. Great efforts from the underclass girls as well (Maggie, Sydney, Haley, Lauren and Alli) helped the team to make two team wins last night. A great note to go into the States with a night like last night"

"As for the boys, strong skiing in a tricky course from the top three (Kyle, Charlie and Jason) helped set up a fine end to the regular season. Great supporting results from Ryan Aikman with his best places of the season. And a solid effort from Max Cushman to help end the boys season on a positive note."

Teams to the States:

Girls States Team with league overall standing-

1st Hayley Braun
2nd Maika Phillips
3rd Maggie Corbett
13th Syndney Andrews
16th Alex Maulden
18th Haley Andrews
22nd Lauren Rogers

Alternate Alli Hanratty(24th overall)

Boys States Team with league overall standing-

6th Kyle Maulden
10th Charlie Thompson
11th Jason Harris

Race results;

Girls Race 9-

1. Hayley Braun (28.00)
2. Maika Phillips (28.98)
4. Maggie Corbett (29.59)
10. Sydney Andrews (30.96)
16. Alex Maulden (32.20)
18. Lauren Rogers (33.29)
19. Haley Andrews (33.84)
30. Alli Hanratty (35.47)

Boys Race 9-

5. Kyle Maulden (31.15)
8. Jason Harris (32.04)
12. Charlie Thompson (33.21)
15. Ryan Aikman (33.95)
28. Max Cushman (36.83)
50. Davis Gold (43.29)
52. David Kinney (43.65)
59. Mac O' Callaghan (45.82)

Girls Race 10-

1. Hayley Braun (28.27)
2. Maika Phillips (28.56)
4. Maggie Corbett (29.28)
13. Alex Maulden (32.85)
14. Sydney Andrews (33.05)
16. Lauren Rogers (33.63)
19. Alli Hanratty (35.06)
43. Amy Federman (43.86)

Boys Race 10-

3. Kyle Maulden (31.33)
11 Jason Harris (32.84)
12. Charlie Thompson (33.04)
14. Ryan Aikman (33.73)
48. Davis Gold (44.08)
49. David Kinney (44.54)

League Team Standings;

Girls-

1st overall with 2592.5 points

Boys-

Large Schools- 2nd with 1566.5 points and 3rd overall

The States are at Berkshire East on Tuesday March 1st.