Conference Meet Update

GRANITE RIDGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

WHO—Mora, St. Cloud Cathedral, St John's Prep, and Little Falls

WHEN—Tuesday Jan 31, 2017

WHERE—Vasaloppet Ski Center - Mora

AWARDS:

• Top 10 skiers in Varsity Pursuit-All Conference. Next 4-Honable Mention
• Team scores based on top 4 finishers with #5 used as a tie-breaker
• A team trophy will be presented at the conference meet

FORMAT:

The format will be a Varsity Pursuit to help us better prepare for the Section meets.  Between the Pursuit races we will offer a JV Boys and JV Girls 5K Skate race.  This will be a time-your-own race, with ribbons (Top 10) handed out at the finish.  There will be no published results for the JV races as this meet is a Conference Varsity competition.

SCHEDULE:

10:30 VARSITY BOYS 5K CLASSIC—INTERVAL STARTS (2 every 30)

11:15 VARSITY GIRLS 5K CLASSIC--INTERVAL STARTS (2 every 30)

12:00 JV BOYS 5K SKATE

12:45 JV GIRLS 5K SKATE

1:30 VARSITY BOYS 5K FREESTYLE PURSUIT

(START BASED ON CLASSIC FINISH)

2:15 VARSITY GIRLS 5K FREESTYL PURSUIT

(START BASED ON CLASSIC FINISH)

3:15 AWARDS

Section Meet Info & Location Changes

Location Changes
   Jan 31: Conference meet moved to Mora Nordic Ski Center
   Feb 7:  Section meet moved to Maplelag Resort

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2017 Section 8 Nordic Ski Meet

Date:  February 7, 2017

Teams: Alexandria, Bemidji, Detroit Lakes, Little Falls, Moorhead, Rocori, TrekNorth, Saint John’s Prep, STC Tech, Willmar, Coop 60 - Brainerd/Pequot Lakes, Coop 162 - OTNSA - Fergus Falls /Hillcrest Academy, Coop 394 - STC Apollo/Sauk Rapids Rice, Coop 395 - STC Cathedral / Sartell

Format:  10 km pursuit race; two skiers every 30 seconds.

Schedule:
     10:00 Boys Freestyle
     11:00 Girls Freestyle
     Break
     1:30 Boys Classical
     2:30 Girls Classical
     Awards Ceremony

Feb 4 - Junior High Championships

Regional Junior High Championship Nordic Ski Race

Date: Saturday, February 4, 2017
Location:  Forestview Middle School; Brainerd, MN

Format: Individual races for (non-varsity) girls and boys 5th-9th grades.

Starting Format: Freestyle and Classic races will be interval starts of 4 skiers per 15 seconds with a double pole start across a field.

Distance: Approximately 3.0 km for freestyle and classic skiing on the same course.

Sprints: Sprint relay race will include teams of 3 skiers skiing 1 km each.
*Edible prizes will be awarded to heat winners. If the classic component of the race is not held due to snow conditions, the sprint format will be expanded to a final relay race from heat winners.

Schedule of Events:
10:00  Girls Freestyle Ski
11:00  Boys Freestyle Ski
12:00  Fun event skiing - Double pole race, obstacle course, partner ski (each with one ski)
1:00    Girls Classic Race
2:00   Boys Classic Race
2:45   Freestyle Sprint Races.
3:30   Awards

Awards: Ribbons will be awarded to boys and girls, first through eighth place for 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th grades in the Freestyle and Classic races. Edible prizes for sprint races.

Location of Trails: Forestview Middle School; 12149 Knollwood Dr Baxter, MN 56425.
*Parents should park in the main parking lot to the east of Forestview.

Section 8 T-Shirts

Section T-shirts can be pre-ordered this week.  We have to have a really quick turnaround time on the forms in order to get the shirts back before the Section meet, so forms have to be turned in to our coaches or managers by the end of practice on Thursday.  Unfortunately, we won't be able to include orders that come in on Friday.

You can view/download/print the order form by clicking the image below.

Bemidji Invitational Results and Photos

Flyers dominated yesterday at Buena Vista, even though the snow conditions made everything extra challenging.  Our Varsity girls and boys both were team champions - the boys beating Brainerd for the first time this year, Kendal and Hunter both were individual champions, Brett won the boys JV race, and the varsity girls took ALL 5 of the top spots!  This, in addition to lots of solid performances from Jr High on up to Varsity.

Results - Varsity only  :(

Brainerd Dispatch Article

Photo Album 1

Photo Album 2

SkinnySki Albums (David Harrington)

     Varsity Girls Classic

     Varsity Boys Classic

     Varsity Girls Freestyle

     Varsity Boys Freestyle

     JV

     Jr High

GRC Championship Meet

GRANITE RIDGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Date:  Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
Location:  Riverside Park or the Prison trails in St Cloud (TBD)
Teams:  Mora, St. Cloud Cathedral, St John's Prep, Little Falls
Format: Varsity Pursuit to help us better prepare for the Section meets
Awards:  Top 10 skiers in Varsity Pursuit-All Conference; next 4-Honerable Mention.  A team trophy will be presented.
Scoring:  Top 4 finishers with 5th skier used as a tie-breaker.

Between the Pursuit races there will be a JV Boys and JV Girls 5K Skate race.  Top 10 finishers will receive ribbons at the finish.  There will be no published results for the JV races as this meet is a Conference Varsity competition.

Schedule:
10:30   Varsity Boys 5K Classic.  Interval Starts (2 every 30)
11:15     Varsity Girls 5K Classic.  Interval Starts (2 every 30)
12:00    JV Boys 5K Skate
12:45     JV Girls 5K Skate
1:30      Varsity Boys 5K Freestyle Pursuit (Start based on classic finish)
2:15       Varsity Girls 5K Freestyle Pursuit (Start based on classic finish)
3:15       Awards

Buena Vista Meet Info & Schedule Changes

Thr, Jan 19 -- LF not attending meet at St John's
Sat, Jan 21 -- Bemidji - Buena Vista
     NOTE: LF will bring 50 skiers.  HS and some MS will attend
Thur, Jan 26 --  No Meet.  GRC meet rescheduled to Jan 31
Tue, Jan 31 -- GRC Meet at Riverside or Prison Trails (TBD).  Not attending Andes meet.

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Bemidji Invitational
Buena Vista Pursuit Race

Date: Saturday, January 21st 2017
Location: Buena Vista Ski Area: Take Hwy 71 N. to Cty 15 North.  Take Cty 15 North for 8 miles.

Format:
Varsity Boys and Girls Pursuit 10K
JV Boys and Girls 3.5K Freestyle-mass start
JH Boys and Girls 3.5K Freestyle-mass start

Times: 
10:00 Girls Varsity 5K Classic (2 skiers/15 sec)
            Boys Varsity 5K Classic (2 skiers/15 sec)
11:00  Boys’ JV 3.5K Freestyle
11:05  Girls’ JV 3.5 K Freestyle
12:00  JH 3.5K Freestyle
1:30   Girls Varsity 5K Freestyle Pursuit
2:00   Boys Varsity 5K Freestyle Pursuit
3:00   Awards

Scoring: Top four skiers will score for team placement.  In the event of a tie: Adding the top four times for winning team

Awards:
Team Champions in Varsity Boys and Girls division - plaques
1-3 place Medals & 4-10 place ribbons for Varsity
1-10 place Ribbons for JV and JH

*Food and Refreshments Available in the Hall of Fame Building*

Flyer Invite Results and Photos

Our home meet at Ripley was a pretty big success.  Great weather and snow, lots of teams, top individual finishers for boys and girls, top girls team, and a successful fundraiser.  The concessions brought in over $700 so a huge thanks to all of the parents who donated food and supplies, worked at the concessions table, transported everything out to camp, and purchased lunch or snacks at the meet.

Coach Wasland also asked that I pass on "my sincere appreciation to all the parents who helped make our home meet such a success. You were all great. I had great praise from the coaches and teams that attended and much of the credit goes to our workers and parents."

Hopefully we'll get some snow so that we can host our Section 8 Meet at Camp on February 7th.

Brainerd Dispatch Article
Brainerd Dispatch Photo
Race Results
Photo Album 1
Photo Album 2 - Varsity
                             JV & Jr High

SkinnySki's Round 2 Rankings were also released yesterday.  Our girls team is still on the cusp of a Top 10 spot and Hunter has moved up to #8 in the individual rankings!

Mesabi East Results and Photos

There were over 750 skiers at the Mesabi East meet at Giants Ridge on Saturday.  Little Falls Teams both finished in the top 10 out of 47 teams from around the state - and some skiers from outside the state too.  Our top finishers were Kendal, 5th place freestyle, and Hunter, 6th place classic.  Great skiing everyone!!

Individual and Team Results
Photos

Camp Ripley Invitational

Date:   Monday, Jan 16, 2017

Location:  Camp Ripley F-Range, 5 miles N of Little Falls, Hwy 371  -  Receive directions at Main Gate

Teams:  Alexandria, Apollo, Bemidji, Brainerd, Cathedral, Deer River, Detroit Lakes, Grand Rapids, Little Falls, Moorhead, Mora, FF Ottertail, St John’s Prep, Tech, TrekNorth

Time:   
10:00  -  Varsity Boys Classic 5K
10:45  -  Varsity Girls Classic 5K
11:30   -  JV Boys & JV Girls Freestyle  3K
12:00   -  Jr High Boys Freestyle  3K
12:30   -  Jr High Girls Freestyle  3K
1:30    -   Varsity Boys Freestyle 5K
2:15   -   Varsity Girls Freestyle 5K

Start Procedure:
Varsity Classic: 30 second intervals (3 @ a time)
Varsity Freestyle:  Pursuit
Jr High & JV:  Mass Start – time your own skiers.

Awards:  
Team champions in varsity boys and varsity girls.
Individual awards to top ten in each race.  
Awards will be handed out at the JV & Jr High finishes.

Team Scoring: Top four skiers – skier 5 used for tiebreaker. 

Mesabi East Schedule

The first skier will start at 1 pm Saturday.  The first Flyer is 1:01:45 and the final Flyer will start at 3:06.  Linked below you'll find start times organized a few different ways.  Follow realtime results on  SuperiorTiming.

Start List by Time
Start List by Team
Start List Alpha

Camp Ripley Meet Info

Specific info about the meet (schedule, etc.) will be coming out soon.  The info below is from parents coordinating volunteers and concessions.  A lot of help is needed to host a meet this size!  If you're not able to be there the day of the meet, please consider donating some needed items.  The concession stand can be a great fundraiser for our team.

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Our home meet is right around the corner (Monday Jan 16th) and we are hosting it at Camp Ripley, out on their Biathlon course. We haven't hosted a home meet at home for several years, so there are a few things that may be helpful to know:

- The meet will start at 10am, but the race schedule has not been released yet.  It usually would last until mid-afternoon.  There should be signs, but if you aren't sure where you are going, the gate house attendant can give you a map and directions. 

- It is approximately 20 minutes from the main gates to the course, so plan accordingly if you are planning to watch a race.  The last time we raced out there the back roads were pretty snow packed so cars with low clearance had a tough time. 

- We are going to have a table with food for our kids to eat, and there will be a concession stand. Between the two, your skiers probably won't need to pack a lunch.  We will be selling a sub, chips and cookie for $5, and our food table will have more options.  Also, we are selling hot chocolate for $1, but we are not selling Gatorade this year.

- Space will be limited, so there won't be room for lots of belongings.  Thankfully, the weather is supposed to be nice and we are close to home. Having your skier pack thoughtfully will lessen stress and confusion.

- We need lots of help!  There is a website sign-up sheet to either help with food for the concession stands or time on the day of the race. You should be getting an email from "Signup.com," but the link is here if you missed it: http://signup.com/go/3HgfRh

We look forward to seeing you Monday, and good luck to the Mesabi skiers!!!

Detroit Lakes Results and Photos

The varsity girls took first and the boys placed second (behind Brainerd) at Detroit Mountain. Hunter and Kendal were the individual champs and both teams had 3 skiers in the top 10.  Overall, a great showing for all of our skiers!

Brainerd Dispatch Article
Results
Photo Album 

Nordic Pictures - Team and Individual

Our team picture day will be this Wednesday, the 11th.  Order forms will be distributed tonight, but if your skier doesn't bring it home, just download one by clicking the image below.  Skiers should have their full uniform -- racing uniform and warm-ups -- at school for pictures.

Meet changes for the week of Jan 9

The meet on Thursday, Jan 12 has been cancelled.  Instead, we'll be going to Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, Jan 10.

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Detroit Lakes Detroit Mountain Bonus Race

When:  11:00 am Tuesday January 10th 2017
Where:  Detroit Mountain Recreation Area
                29409 170th Street
                Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

• Varsity skiers will skate a 1 lap course approximately 6 km - Wave Start.  Top four skiers from each team will be counted for a team score.
• Total skier times will be used for a tiebreaker.
• Jr. Varsity skiers will skate a 2 lap, 5.5 km race
• Jr. High skiers will skate a 1 lap, 2.75 km race

10:30 Coaches meeting
11:00 Girls Varsity
11:45 Boys Varsity
12:45 Girls JV
1:15 Boys JV
2:00 Girls JH
2:30 Boys JH

Food:  The main lodge will be available for use during the day.  The café will also be up and running with food service.

Directions:  Approximately 2 miles east of Detroit Lakes.  From East US Hwy 10, turn right on Washington Avenue (4th set of stoplights), then right onto MN 34.  Off of MN 34, turn south on Otto Zeck Road then right at stop sign. Entry Drive will be on the left.

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The Mesabi East meet has been rescheduled from Jan 7 to Jan 14.  Race start time will be 1:00 pm.  Hope to have more details soon.

UPDATE - Mesabi East Meet

In order to follow the MSHSL’s suggested weather criteria, the Mesabi East Invite Race has been postponed and moved to Saturday, January 14^th, 2017, Giants Ridge, Biwabik, MN.  

Mesabi East Meet Info

GIANTS RIDGE (MESABI EAST) INVITE
Dates: Jan. 6-7

*Your skier already knows if they will be attending this meet.
*All skiers will need the Giants Ridge waiver signed (by skier and parent) and returned to our coaches.

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Leaving Little Falls at 1:15 Friday Jan 6 in Mini-bus and Van
Staying at COATES PLAZA-VIRGINIA  218-749-1000 or 800 777-4699
    Dinner will be provided.
    Wax skis
    10:30 - Lights out

Up at 7:00; light breakfast (provided)

8:00 SHARP - Bus leaves Hotel
10:00 - Coaches Meeting
11:30 - Boys Varsity Classic
11:50 - Girls Varsity Classic
12:09 - Boys JV Classic
12:19 - Girls JV Classic
1:30 - Boys Varsity Skate
1:50 - Girls Varsity Skate
2:08 - Boys JV Skate
2:18 - Girls JV Skate
3:30 - Depart for Home.  Will stop and eat on the way.

Around 8 pm - arrive in Little Falls

What to bring:  Skate Skis, Skate Boots & Poles, Classic Skis, Classic Boots & Poles, Race Suits, Practice Clothes, Healthy Snacks, $$$ for 2 meals/t-shirt.

Follow along and check realtime results at:  RunnerCard

 

Jan 3 Meet - Results and Photos

It was pretty frigid at Riverside Park on Tuesday, especially later in the afternoon.  Flyers skied great though!  Girls took first and boys took third place. Kendal (1st) and Colton Y (4th) were our top varsity finishers.

Photo Album
Brainerd Dispatch Article
Boys Varsity Results
Girls Varsity Results
Boys JV Results
Girls JV Results

Today's meet will be at Riverside

Today's meet will be at Riverside Park, not Graystone Trails.

Changes to Jan 3 Meet

Snow conditions are pretty awful and what might happen in the next 48 hours is a little up in the air too.  There will probably be a last minute decision made on the meet based upon how much snow St Cloud gets.

The race may be held on the north loop/prison trial north of St Ben Center or may be held at Riverside park, on a different trail than originally planned.  Both maps are below.  Stay tuned...

North Loop Prison Trail

Updated Riverside Park Trail