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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us March 6, 2006 Grizz shred to another state title Ashland girls wrap up fourth consecutive championship By Amanda Bolsinger Tidings Correspondent MOUNT HOOD — Ashland High’s dominance of Oregon snowboarding continued with a 1-2 finish at the state championships over the weekend. The Grizzlies’ girls snowboard team clinched its fourth consecutive state championship, while the boys followed close behind with a second-place team effort. The snowboard teams competed in the halfpipe, slopestyle and boardercross competitions, battling against obstacles that included 50 mph winds, minimal training in one event and a mountain that no one on the team had competed on all season. The halfpipe competition was slated to take place on Friday but was postponed until Saturday when the wind didn’t let up. The postponement worked out well for the girls team. Despite not having a halfpipe at Mount Ashland to practice on the Ashland girls won the competition with 760 points, beating out Lake Oswego (650) and Lincoln (542). Ashland sophomore Becca Margulies led the Ashland team with an individual third-place finish with 216 points. “Ashland was the only team that qualified (in the halfpipe) in the southern league,” Grizz coach Matt Faurot said. All six girls that competed in the halfpipe competition finished in the top 15 out of the 30 girls that qualified for the final halfpipe event. Junior Sierra Law took seventh, followed by Junior Soleil Rowan-Caneer in eighth place. Defending individual boardercross champion Alison Wren landed in ninth. The Ashland boys narrowly won third place in the halfpipe with 706 points, behind Summit (809) and Rex Putnam (714). Seth Hill of Saint Mary’s won the halfpipe with 247 points. Ashland senior Galen Prichard led the Ashland boys, taking 13th place with 119 points followed by freshman Noa Yates in 15th place, sophomore Kiko Minniti in 17th and senior Eli Otter in 19th. “We both did pretty good, especially without having a halfpipe,” Prichard said. “Since we hadn’t done much on it we were really relaxed. We knew if we did well it was just kind of lucky and we didn’t know what to think going into it. We all had really laid back attitudes.” Both Ashland’s girls and boys teams took second in the slope style competitions. Ashland sophomore Zoe Elterman led the girls team with 231 points, with Wren taking 10th and junior Zaya McSky tying for 14th. Prichard placed fourth overall leading the Ashland boys with 394 points, followed by Minniti in 10th, senior Koty Lopez at 12th, Daniele Minniti in 18th and Rick Saler in 19th. “The park is easily five times the length (of Ashland) and the jumps aren’t necessarily bigger,” Faurot said. “But they are built perfectly. The transitions are steep and long. The park has a real sensibly thought out flow. The kids just had a ball. The first two days they were all smiles, we could barely pry them off the mountain.” The third event in the state competition was the boardercross race, which is has two components: the team race and individual elimination. In the team event, the Ashland boys took third and the Ashland girls won second place. Despite the high team rankings there were some surprise upsets due to large pileups at the beginning of the race. Ashland senior Caitlin Maddigan took second place in the boardercross finals and McSky grabbed a fourth-place finish. “There were four girls in huge pile-ups right out of the first turn,” Faurot said. “It’s the nature of boardercross. I was really happy that some other girls made it so far. Ashland’s Prichard took fifth place surrounded by racers from Grants Pass and Saint Mary’s. “The Grants Pass, Saint Mary’s coach and myself, we were absolutely pleased by that result,” Faurot said. “With five out of the six spots all out of the Southern League, that’s a real good achievement. We have skills and to travel so far against teams on their home turf … its pride to make up such a huge portion of the finals.” Amanda Bolsinger is a correspondent for the Ashland Daily Tidings. To comment on this article, contact Sports Editor Joe Zavala at 482-3456 ext. 224 or [email protected]. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams