What a difference a week makes. Last week at the Section 7 qualifying meet, the race director was contemplating canceling the meet due to bitter cold conditions and wind. The race went on. After all, this is northern Minnesota. Fast-forward one week – afternoon temps reached 58 degrees under blue sunny skies and spectators were in short sleeves and wearing... READ MORE >
Mike McCarthy—head coach for the Green Bay Packers—had his team fitted for Super Bowl rings the day before the Super Bowl. Was that a coaching move of sheer confidence or a motivational tool? Who knows? Irrespective, it worked. The Alpine Girls entered the Section 7 race as defending champions — a feat not accomplished for a Cook County/ Silver Bay... READ MORE >
Let’s try this for perspective – what Alpine Racing looks like through the eyes of a racer and his or her coaches using race results from last week’s race at Giants Ridge. Step 1 – let’s have some racers near the top. Race 1R ace 2 Total 39.67 37.53 1:17.20 1st Hermantown 40.19 37.75 1:17.84 2nd Brainerd 40.98 37.24 1:18.22... READ MORE >
Sophomore Luke Fenwick ripped two clean runs at Giants Ridge last week to take his first top 10 finish on the season. Luke finished eighth overall in an eight-team meet with 70+ plus boy racers and was just 1.36 seconds behind fifth place finisher. Thetime separation between first and fifth places was just 1.49 seconds. “When any one of the... READ MORE >
In front of fans and a home field, the Alpine Girls started the year with a first place finish at the Cook County/Silver Bay Invitational at Lutsen Mountains on December 10. Thegirls placed fiveskiers in the top 15 among 61 racers overall representing eight different regional high schools. Signe Larson was first overall having the fastest time in each of... READ MORE >
The Cook County/Silver Bay Girls Alpine Ski team begins to defend its 2010 Section 7 Championship title with the first meet of the 2010/11 season at Lutsen Mountains on December 10. Can the Viking girls repeat their daunting task? Well, the entire championship team from last year returns and expectations are high. Returning are seniors: team Captain Molly Rider, Ali... READ MORE >
It might be looked at as “Thomas the Train.” You know the story— the little train that could! The State Alpine meet is typically dominated by strong metro-based schools. Cook County was one of only two northern teams in a field of eight teams—the other northern school being Duluth Marshall. This year was no different— metro schools did in fact... READ MORE >
Throughout the season, the Cook County/Silver Bay girls’ Alpine team has been making noise in the regional race circuit. The girls are strong and they won several meets with numerous top individual performances and plenty of hardware. Theseason’s typical meet consisted of eight to 10 regional teams with 75+ skiers at each meet. TheSection 7 meet brought in 19 schools... READ MORE >
The Alpine Vikings continue to push through the January race circuit with continued success and outstanding individual and team performance results. The team arrived for the Duluth Invitational back at Spirit Mountain on January 18 looking to settle some differences from a sluggish performance a week earlier. And they did. The girls’ team was just nipped by Invitational host Duluth... READ MORE >
What a difference a day makes (or a week in the race world). Thegirls’ Alpine team was flying high after winning two consecutive meets and came to Spirit Mountain on January 14 looking for an unprecedented third consecutive victory. While they managed a fourth place finish out of nine regional teams, it was not their best day. And for that... READ MORE >
