Dec 15 Meet at Andes

The kids schedule for tomorrow is below:

Bus:
Leaves MOL at 9:30/Get out at 9:15
Leaves the Middle School at 9:45/Get out at 9:30
Leaves the High School at 10:00/Get out at 9:45

12:00 - Coaches Meeting
12:30 - Girls Rookie Race (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
12:45 - Boys Rookie Race (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
1:00 - Girls Junior High (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
1:20 - Boys Junior High (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
1:40 - Girls JV - (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
2:05 - Boys JV - (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
2:30 - Girls Varsity (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
3:00 - Boys Varsity (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
3:45 (approx.) - Awards

It's about a 90 minute drive to Andes and a map is linked HERE.

Team & Individual Pictures - Dec. 14/16

Ski pictures will be taken next week by Christina Johnson Photography.  The plan is to start with Varsity and JV on Monday and finish the rest of the group Wednesday.  It's probably a good plan for all of the kids to have their entire uniform at school on Monday - just in case.

Order forms were distributed on Friday but if your skier wasn't at practice or the form didn't make it home, you can print one below.  All orders must be paid on picture day.

Click HERE to download an order form.

Cathedral/Sartell Invitational @Powder Ridge

Conditions weren't great at Powder Ridge today, but we're short on options for snow and everyone made the best of it.  Junior High raced first, followed by combined Varsity/JV events and the Rookie Race wrapped it up.  Congrats to the varsity girls on a first place finish and six skiers in the top 15, led by Amelia Kresha. Varsity boys finished fourth, led by Hunter Zupko.  SkinnySki results are a little slim this time, but you can see the varsity points and the top 15 varsity finishers for both boys and girls.

SkinnySki Results

Photo Album

The Brainerd Dispatch article is posted but the results don't match SkinnySki.  I think there were some scoring discrepancies at the meet...we'll go with SkinnySki.  :)

Meets for the Week of Dec. 7

Last Friday your skiers found out that the meet on Thursday was moved to Tuesday and the location was changed to Powder Ridge in Kimball.  There's been another slight change in plans this morning.  We're now planning on taking 50 students down to Powder Ridge tomorrow (instead of the 35 we had originally planned for) and this will include some of the rookies.  This is the capacity of the bus, and since Joe isn't able to go, there will be no minibus.  

Bus Pick-up Schedule:

• MOLMS at 10:00 
• Middle School at 10:15
• High School will leave at 10:30

These are all leaving times so be ready to go. 

Next....our meet scheduled for Bemidji this Saturday has been officially cancelled due to snow conditions.  If anything comes up in its place we will let you know.  

Practice tonight will be running and rollerskiing.  We will be waxing tonight and also will have a meal.  If a skier isn't racing tomorrow they can still work on prepping their skis and learn how it is done (and eat some great food)!

Nordic News - Nov 28

• Sounds like they're making snow at Riverside Park but there may be some real snow coming in time for our first meet too.  It would be great if everyone could get out on skis before Thursday!  

• The SkinnySki website has a classifieds page that you can check out if you're still looking for used ski equipment

• Touright Bicycle Shop has their ski gear in stock -- buffs, gloves, lobster mitts, beanies and lots of SmartWool.  Very competitively priced and with an additional discount for Flyer skiers.

• Don't forget....Nordic Ski 101 for parents of new skiers is Tuesday at 5:30 in the HS Cafeteria.