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NYS Alpine Championships: McKenzie Liddle, Daniel Heroux receive Sportsmanship Awards

Standing, from left, are Daniel Heroux, Griffin Kleps, Coach Tom Down, Jessica Hannah, McKenzie Liddle, Lauren Holt, and Corey Down. In front is West Tickner

The Town of Webb School Alpine Ski Team began their competitions at the High School Alpine State Champion-ships on Monday, February 27th at Whiteface Mountain in the Slalom event.

There were seven sections represented from across New York State for a total of 60 girls and 61 boys.

The girl’s kicked it off with McKenzie Liddle placing 11th overall and Jessica Hannah placing 32nd.

Lauren Holt had to relinquish her 14th place when she had a DNF on her second run.

For the boys, West Tickner placed 9th overall, Daniel Heroux had a DSQ on his first run and Corey Down had a DNF on his second run leaving them both without combined placements. Continue reading →

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Webb teams take Section III alpine championships

by Beth Tickner

SECTIONAL III TEAM CHAMPIONS, GIRLS AND BOYS ALPINE...Front row from left: McKenzie Liddle, Jessica Hannah, Danielle Gibbs, Mara Gaffney, Lexie Haehl, Adam Levi, John Gaffney, Daniel Heroux and Adam Winslow. Back: Coach Tom Down, Brianna Brownsell, Lauren Holt, Camry Liddle, Hunter Lawrence, Griffin Kleps, Corey Down and West Tickner. Not pictured but part of the team are Carter Lawrence, Cy Barkauskas, Connor Glasser, Ella Mitchell, Maggie Queen and MacKenzie Kelly. Photo by Beth Tickner

The Town of Webb School Alpine Varsity Ski Team headed to Tully for Sectional competition on Tuesday, February 14th, and the kids’ Valentine’s Day evening was spent racing Slalom down Song Mountain in mild temperatures, which made racing at night more bearable.

The events started with Girls’ Slalom where, in the first run, McKenzie Liddle placed 1st, Lauren Holt 6th, Jessica Hannah 8th, Camry Liddle 9th, Lexie Haehl 10th, Mara Gaffney 13th, Maggie Queen 17th, Brianna Brownsell 25th, and Ella Mitchell 28th. Unfortunately Danielle Gibbs fell causing a DNF (Did Not Finish).

For the second run once again McKenzie Liddle led the team by placing 1st, Lauren Holt 5th, Lexie Haehl 9th, Jessica Hannah 10th, Camry Liddle 11th, Mara Gaffney 13th, Danielle Gibbs 18th, Briana Brownsell 28th, Ella Mitchell 30th, and Maggie Queen who finished 38th in spite of a fall and injury.

These results were strong enough that the Town of Webb girls now lead the Section in first place against the Holland Patent, Manlius Pebble Hill, South Lewis and Lowville teams. Continue reading →

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Town of Webb school skiers named to state championship teams

by Beth Tickner

The Town of Webb Girls and Boys Alpine Ski Teams were crowned Section III Champions following two days of competition at Song Mountain on February 14 and 15.

At the end of the competition, the State Championship teams were announced

It was bittersweet as this year Section III decided that only seven racers (each girls and boys) as opposed to the usual 12 racers would be named to the team.

With that in mind, it was important to be Section Champs as that allowed for an extra person to be added to the team. Continue reading →

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Webb Varsity skiers capture firsts in team competitions by Beth Tickner, Guest Contributor

AMPLE HARDWARE: Webb Boys Team places 1st in Slalom and Giant Slalom

In past years, Section 3 Alpine High School Ski Teams, which includes the Town of Webb, have been invited to participate in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake’s Winter  Carnival, even though we are outside their section.

Since this year’s event coincided with the Empire State Winter Games at Lake Placid over the weekend of February 2nd through 5th, our Varsity Alpine Ski Team was lucky enough to be able to take part in the historical event.

For Alpine races, sections are combined for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it takes a lot of people to run a race and there are limited times and places to compete. Continue reading →

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Three Polar Bear skiers race this week at Gore Mountain by Beth Tickner

On January 7th and 8th, three of the older Polar Bears travelled to Gore Mountain to compete in the J1/J2 Slalom events.

Polar Bear racer West Tickner tackles the course at Gore

West Tickner is a second year J2, while Corey Down and Hunter Lawrence are first year J2’s.

Not only do the J2’s race against each other, but also against the older J1’s which also can include college ski teams.

On Saturday, West Tickner placed 3rd in J2’s and took 20th in combined age groups out of a field of 79 racers.

Corey Down placed 25th and 52nd in combined age group and Hunter Lawrence placed 28th in J2’s and 55th in combined.

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