The season has gotton off to a rough start for the OHS/BL/BHS ski team. Mother Nature has been playing games with them as she warms things up, rains instead of snow and dissolves what snow she did give them. Things are looking to improve this week with snow in the forecast and the teams hope that Mother Nature is done with her pranks for awhile. The new co-op with Brethren is working out great, and they have become a "team" these 3 schools. The newest racers are rapidly improving and Coach Miller will continue to fine-tune all the racers. The next race for the Portagers will be Saturday 1-22-05 at Crystal Mt. This will be the Flushing Invitational..it always snows for this invitational...this year we hope it does again! Boy's GS The Boys finished 5th as a team with 88 points in Giant Slalom at Crystal Mt. tonight. Chris Smith placed 14th with times of :20.93 and :19.65 to lead the team effort in this event. Garret Samsal placed 21st with his times of :21.95 and :20.44 and David Fisher came in 26th with :21.45 and :25.90. B.J. Jobbins placed 27th with his times of :24.15 and :24.33.Jesse Ketchum had trouble on his first run coming in with a time of :45.79 and did not start on his second run. Jackson Carter did not race tonight. TTBoy's Slalom Chris Smith led the team to a 4th place finish in Slalom with his 5th place finish and times of :24.78 and :24.51 . Garret Samsal came in 13th with :27.88 and :27.86. David Fisher struggled a bit in slalom tonight coming in with times of :51.15 and :44.76 for 26th. B.J. Jobbins DNF'd and Jesse Ketchum was out with his injuries from GS. Girls Slalom The Girls tallied 72 points in Slalom tonight with Dani and Erika both DNF'ing. Emily Harwell led the team with her 15th place and times of :32.24 and :33.20. Monika Higley finished right behind her for 16th with :33.96 and :33.69. Kelli Waligorski placed 18th with her times of :37.88 and :37.65. Girls GS Things started to improve for the girls as they moved onto GS and scored 56 points for the team effort and 4th place in the event. Dani Olson led the ladies with her 10th place finish and times of :23.14 and :23.03. Erika Jach placed 13th with :23.74 and :22.84. Emily Harwell came in 16th with :25.09 and ;25.04 and Monika Higley placed 17th with :25.26 and :25.06. Kelli Waligorski placed 21st with her times of :34.92 and :33.61. Thank you!
Monica Higley (Bear Lake) |
 Dani Olson I believe
Chris Smith I thought these
were kind of neat pictures.
Jesse Ketchum fell and put his knee up and bit through his lip. Not a pretty sight but could have been much worse. |
