Broncos ride off with PVC XC skiing crown

CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Hampden Academy captured three first places in four races during the cross country portion of the Penobscot Valley Conference skiing championships Thursday at Sugarloaf/USA.

Dexter’s Amanda Thompson highlighted the individual honors with two firsts.

The Hampden Academy boys raced to first-place finishes in the 3- and 5-kilometer races with 17 and 16 points, respectively, while the Hampden girls placed first in the 3K with 16 points. The Stearns of Millinocket girls won the 5K with 23 points and Hampden placed second with 36.

Adam Craig of Dexter notched the victory in the boys 3K with a time of 7 minutes, 53.2 seconds, but Hampden rolled to the next three places with Max Brooks (8:19.1), Pat Woodcock (8:46.8), and Scott Dalessandro (9:00.1).

In the girls 3K, Thompson clocked a 10:16.1 to take first. Hampden’s Kelly O’Brien and Kate Weeks then earned valuable points with second- and fourth-place finishes with respective times of 10:20.1 and 10:38.2. Catherine Delvecchio of John Bapst in Bangor placed third in 10:38.

Brooks again paced the Hampden boys in the 5K race with a first-place time of 17:14.9. Hampden then earned key points by taking places four through eight behind Scott Dalessandro, Justin Groshon, Pat Woodcock, Tony Maietta, and Matt Moretti.

Thompson dominated the girls race again with a winning time of 20:10.2. Stearns gained the win with key places by Laurel Reed in second at 20:31.5 and Elizabeth Reed in fourth at 21:04.5.

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AT SUGARLOAF, Carrabassett Valley Penobscot Valley Championships Freestyle, 3K BOYS RESULTS

Hampden 17, John Bapst 52, Piscataquis Community 57, Mattawncook 88, Lee 96, Stearns 97, Nokomis 129

Adam Craig (Dexter) 7:53.2, Max Brooks (Hampden Academy) 8:19.1, Pat Woodcock (HA) 8:46.8, Scott Dalessandro (HA) 9:00.1, Wade Shorey (Stearns) 9:00.2, James Mallar (John Bapst) 9:05.6, Caleb Stutzman (Piscataquis Community HS) 9:06.2, Justin Groshon (HA) 9:06.2, Tony Maietta (HA) 9:07.8, Peter Carney (Mattanawcook) 9:13.8, Josh Harriman (JB) 9:24.5, Sam Cooper (Stearns) 9:25.4, Dell Orff (PCHS) 9:34.0, Ian Braziller (Lee) 9:45.2, Darian Higgins (JB) 9:46.8, Matt Moretti (HA) 10:00.5, Chris Kalisz (Brewer) 10:01.4, Ryan Ellis (PCHS) 10:15.8, Graham Brown (PCHS) 10:17.3, Sean Lena (JB) 10:19.9, Bryan Head (Matt) 10:27.8, Bob Horeberlein (JB) 10:33.7, Matt Goodman (HA) 10:39.6, Doug Kus (Nokomis) 10:44.1, Buddy Bates (PCHS) 10:51.2, Bruce Stevens (Lee) 10:55.0, Ezra Nuite (PCHS) 11:15.5, Spencer Stacy (Lee) 11:16.9, Luke Coburn (PCHS) 11:50.0, Virgil Rideout (Matt) 11:51.0, Ty Brehaut (Matt) 11:55.9, Jake Lansky 12:13.0, Aaron Peete (JB) 12:26.7, Brandon Humphrey (Nok) 14:08.5, Andy Ham (Lee) 14:44.1, Les Wood (Lee) 16:41.9 GIRLS RESULTS

Hampden 28, Stearns 37, John Bapst 55, Nokomis 67

Amanda Thompson (Dexter) 10:16.1, Kelly O’Brien (HA) 10:20.1, Catherine Delvecchio (JB) 10:38.0, Kate Weeks (HA) 10:38.2, Emily Hanson (Bangor) 11:12.6, Kat Coons (Nok) 11:17.6, Elizabeth Reed (Stearns) 11:18.8, Laurel Reed (Stearns) 11:28.1, Martha Betz (HA) 11:41.6, Sara Walsh (Matt) 11:57.4, Jenni Popp (Stearns) 12:04.7, Julie Jones (Stearns) 12:04.8, Camden Ramsey (HA) 12:12.0, Meg Kaliscz (JB) 12:50.7, Jillian Campbell (HA) 13:40.4, Jill Hebert (JB) 14:11.5, Kathryn Laustsen (Stearns) 14:48.5, Danielle Megalitis (Nok) 15:12.9, Meika Bix (HA) 16:13.9, Ariel Morrison (Stearns) 16:15.4, Heather Brooks (Nok) 23:30.8

Classical, 5K BOYS RESULTS

Hampden 16, John Bapst 47, PCHS 50, Mattanwcook 92, STearns 103, Lee 106, Nokomis 127

Max Brooks (HA) 17:14.9, Adam Craig (Dex) 17:20.6, Darian Higgins (JB) 17:34.3, Scott Dalessandro (HA) 17:41.0, Justin Groshon (HA) 17:41.3, Pat Woodcock (HA) 17:56.5, Tony Maietta (HA) 18:15.4, Matt Moretti (HA) 18:25.8, James Mallar (JB) 18:36.3, Dell Orff (PCHS) 18:48.9, Caleb Stutzman (PCHS) 18:51.1, Peter Carney (Matt) 18:53.0, Buddy Bates (PCHS) 19:21.0, Josh Harriman (JB) 19:33.1, Sam Cooper (Stearns) 19:38.7, Ryan Ellis (PCHS) 19:41.8, Graham Brown (PCHS) 19:48.5, Wade Shorey (Stearns) 19:49.9, Chris Kalisz (Brewer) 19:54.2, Bryan Head (Matt) 20:30.0, Matt Goodman (HA) 20:35.6, Sean Lena (JB) 20:41.4, Ian Braziller (Lee) 21:05.5, Doug Kus (Nok) 21:29.3, Bruce Stevens (Lee) 22:19.2, Bob Horeberlein (JB) 22:46.9, Luke Coburn (PCHS) 23:16.7, Aaron Peete (JB) 23:58.9, Ezra Nuite (PCHS) 24:01.2, Virgil Rideout (Matt) 24:13.5, Spencer Stacy (Lee) 24:30.1, Ty Brehaut (Matt) 24:34.4, Jake Lanksy (Lee) 25:44.6, Andy Ham (Lee) 26:33.3, Brandon Humphrey (Nok) 28:24.3, Les Wood (Lee) 29:00.5 GIRLS RESULTS

Stearns 23, Hampden 36, John Bapst 55, Nokomis 72

Amanda Thompson (Dex) 20:10.2, Laurel Reed (Stearns) 20:31.5, Catherine Delvecchio (JB) 20:36.3, Elizabeth Reed (Stearns) 21:04.5, Kate Weeks (HA) 21:17.1, Kelly O’Brien (HA) 21:50.8, Jenni Popp (Stearns) 21:57.4, Kat Coons (Nok) 21:59.4, Sara Walsh (Matt) 22:38.3, Julie Jones (Stearns) 23:29.2, Martha Betz (HA) 23:40.6, Emily Hanson (Bangor) 24:03.9, Meg Kaliscz (JB) 24:39.3, Jillian Campbell (HA) 25:24.9, Ariel Morrison (Stearns) 26:17.1, Jill Hebert (JB) 26:34.4, Kathryn Laustsen (Stearns) 27:15.7, Camden Ramsey (HA) 27:20.7, Michelle LaPointe (HA) 28:11.1, Meika Bix (HA) 29:35.8, Danielle Megalitis (Nok) 30:31.4, Heather Brooks (Nok) 31:56.1