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February 8, 2012

West girls win meet at Crystal Mountain

Titans close gap on Central in league

FROM STAFF REPORTS ----

THOMPSONVILLE — Traverse City West's girls picked up their first Big North Conference win on Tuesday.

The Titans won their own invitational at Crystal Mountain, closing the gap on TC Central heading to the last BNC meet on Feb. 21.

"If we don't have any major mistakes, I think we are right in the mix," TC West coach Ed Johnson said. "This gives us a big boost going into the regional meet (on Feb.16)."

The Titans won the girls meet with 38 points, followed by TC Central with 53 and Petoskey with 67.

"They worked really well as a team," Johnson said. "We had no major mistakes. We had one go down in the slalom, but we did really well in the GS."

Lili Lockwood won the GS for West in 37.33 while Monica Hessler was fourth (38.02), Morgan Culp was fifth (38.18) and Mary Mikko was seventh (38.7). Hessler won the slalom (1:02.06), Lockwood was third (1:03.73), Mikko was seventh (1:06.07) and Elle Rivard was 10th (1:07.27).

For TC Central, Cassidy Klein was second in the slalom (1:03.44), Paige Pfannenstiel was eighth (1:06.46), Devon Dotterrer was ninth (1:06.73) and Molly Whiting was 12th (1:08.79). Shannon Weaver was second in the GS (37.5), Klein was third (37.67), Pfannenstiel was eighth (38.72) and Whiting was ninth (38.75).

In the boys meet, Petoskey won with 50.75 points. The Titans were second (64), Cadillac was third (78.5) and TC Central was fourth (97).

TC West's Ryan Ness won both events, finishing the slalom in 52.81 and the GS in 36.46. Matt Lowe was third in the GS (36.74), Finley Clark was seventh (37.25) and Ben Friar was 16th (38.4). Lowe was fourth in the slalom (55.7), Friar was 13th (58.62) and Scott Perry was 19th (1:06.67).

TC Central's Kalvis Hornburg was third in the slalom (55.05), Nate Mikulski was 12th (57.98), Kurt Frick was 14th (59.55) and Max Collins was 15th (59.73). Hornburg was ninth in the GS (37.39), Dirk Phelps was 11th (37.6), Frick was 15th (38.16) and Collins was 18th (38.67).

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