Williston Alpine competed in their fifth race of the season today and final race at Berkshire East. Still with only three girls competing, girls varsity was unable to collect enough points to clinch a podium spot but it was still an impressive effort from all three girls. Boys varsity finished fourth of nine teams for the second week in a row with Gavin Kline squeezing into the top ten with his ninth place race. The Girls JV squad ended up in third place with Shoko Ishikawa finishing fifth for the third week in a row! Finally, Boys JV finished fifth out of seven teams. Next week the teams goes to battle at the NEPSAC championships!

On this rainy Wednesday afternoon, Williston Alpine hit the slopes for their third MISL race of the season. A number of athletes stayed home with various illnesses so neither the boys or girls varsity teams had enough racers to fill the roster. Even with this adversity, both boys and girls varsity finished in 5th place with an outstanding 8th place finish for Gavin Kline. The girls JV team landed in 2nd with 5th, 6th, and 7th places given to Shoko Ishikawa, Abby Seltzer, and Catie Spence. Conrad Kang led the boys JV to 4th place with his incredible 3rd place finish.

Williston Alpine went to battle in their second race of the season at Berkshire East. Boys Varsity placed fourth out of nine teams. Captain Gavin Kline laid down two incredible runs locking him into 6th place of 48 boys. With only three girls competing for Girls Varsity, they were unable to secure a podium finish but that didn’t stop them from skiing their hearts out! Boys JV were also unable to gain enough points to get on the board with only two racers competing. Girls JV finished in 3rd place with an incredible race by Abby Seltzer finishing 4th in her first ever slalom race.

Williston Alpine competed in their first race of the season at Berkshire East today. The girls varsity team lost only to Deerfield and Northfield Mount Hermon, beating both Wilbraham Monson Academy and Bement School. Lily Shields put up two impressive runs and finished in 6th overall. The varsity boys finished in 5th out of nine teams with outstanding runs by Chris Closuit, Matthew Shields, and Liam Shields. For many athletes on the JV squads, this was their first ski race ever and they really showed up for the battle today. Abby Seltzer finished 6th for the girls JV race and the boys JV team finished 3rd out of seven teams.