Feb. 25, 2014. Last weekend’s High Country Junior Race Series race at Sugar Mountain Resort was the sixth and final race of the 2014 series, and the competition was fierce as ever.
The High Country Junior Race Series first began almost three decades ago in 1984. What started as a friendly competition between junior skiers became a huge race series that brings together junior athletes, ages 4 to 18, to participate in a series of races held at each ski area, including Appalachian Ski Mountain, Beech Mountain Resort and Sugar Mountain Resort.
The top three finishers in each category are awarded a medal at the end of each race. Placement of racers earns them points which are collected over the season during the multiple races to be added together for a final season score for the championships., where trophies are awarded to the athletes with the most combined points for the season.
The race results for the Feb. 23 race are as follows. For more information, visit the website here.
Girls 6 and Under
- First Place – Karolina Nosarzewski – Ski Beech
- Second Place – Avery Moretz – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Third Place – Abby Hemp – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourth Place – Elise Carson
Boys 6 and Under
- First Place – Jackson Wolter – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Second Place – Aiden Crissler – Appalachian Ski Mtn
Girls 7 and 8
- First Place – Eva Young – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Second Place – Keely Hendricks – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Third Place – Abby Miller – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourth Place – Sophie Speckmann – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Fifth Place – Emily Gray – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Sixth Place – Mercer Long – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Seventh Place – Sarah Grosser – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Eighth Place – Hannah Frye – Ski Beech
Boys 7 and 8
- First Place – Thomas Mennen – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Second Place – Andrew Geouque – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Third Place – Grant Helms – Ski Beech
- Fourth Place – Andrew Hill – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Fifth Place – Ian Provencher – Ski Beech
- Sixth Place – Colin Burts – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Seventh Place – Charlie Martyn – Ski Beech
- Eighth Place – Connor Hearn – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Ninth Place – Andrew Jones – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Tenth Place – Samuel Campbell – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eleventh Place – Ayden Johnson – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Twelfth Place – Gavin Provencher – Ski Beech
- Thirteenth Place – Brendan O’Conner – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourteenth Place – Henri Paris – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fifteenth Place – Will Covington – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Sixteenth Place – Cavan Bannon – Appalachian Ski Mtn
Girls 9 and 10
- First Place – Sophia Lehmann – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Second Place – Jackie Granger – Ski Beech
- Third Place – Ava Schmidinger – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourth Place – Tessa Kozar Rogers – Ski Beech
- Fifth Place – Hanna Kozar Rogers – Ski Beech
- Sixth Place – Julia Handley – Ski Beech
- Seventh Place – Sarah Goode – Ski Beech
- Eighth Place – Kate Ambler – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Ninth Place – Eva Giguere – Ski Beech
- Tenth Place – Caitlin Horn – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eleventh Place – Emma McKeown – Appalachian Ski Mtn
Boys 9 and 10
- First Place – Maddox Spires – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Second Place – Joshua Grosser – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Third Place – Grant McAllister – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Fourth Place – Ethan Campbell – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Fifth Place – Timothy Eustice – Ski Beech
- Sixth Place – Aiden Turner – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Seventh Place – Griffin Dillman – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eighth Place – Luke Milhaupt – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Ninth Place – William Abernethy – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Tenth place – Grayson Matney – Ski Beech
- Eleventh Place – Preston Fairbanks – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Twelfth Place – Sam Bauer – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Thirteenth Place – Angus Currie – Ski Beech
Girls 11 and 12
- First Place – Hallie Rose Donadio – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Second Place – Emiley Geoque – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Third Place – Katie Goode – Ski Beech
- Fourth Place – Lachlann Currie – Ski Beech
- Fifth Place – Alice Knight – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Sixth Place – Jo Hill – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Seventh Place – Magali Turner – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eighth Place – Lila Bauer – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Ninth Place – Eve Garry – Ski Beech
- Tenth Place – Suzanna Gurkin – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eleventh Place – Carly Gragg – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Twelfth Place – Abbi Hayworth – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Thirteenth Place – Caroline Hoover – Appalachian Ski Mtn
Boys 11 and 12
- First Place – Karson Pilkenton – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Second Place – Justin Simmons – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Third Place – Will Spradling – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourth Place – Wiley Speckmann – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Fifth Place – Aiden Bannon – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Sixth Place – Tate Anagnos – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Seventh Place – George Young – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eighth Place – Lee Byington – Ski Beech
- Ninth Place – Thomas Paris – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Tenth Place – Dennis Schneider – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eleventh Place – Alex Helms – Ski Beech
- Twelfth Place – Alexander Brown – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Thirteenth Place – August Carter – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourteenth Place – Dawson Willis – Ski Beech
- Fifteenth Place – Jackson Hudspeth – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Sixteenth Place – Robert Jones – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Seventeenth Place – Shannon Colins – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eighteenth Place – Ben Avason – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Nineteenth Place – Will Spillman – Appalachian Ski Mtn
Girls 13 and 14
- First Place – Ashley Simione – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Second Place – Katie Mac Knight – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Third Place – Morgan Paris – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Fourth Place – Lauren Matherly – Ski Beech
- Fifth Place – Skylar Strange – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Sixth Place – Emma Carder – Ski Beech
- Seventh Place – Holland Currie – Ski Beech
- Eighth Place – Emma Hudspeth – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Ninth Place – Isabelle Trew – Appalachian Ski mtn
Boys 13 and 14
- First Place – Hunter Rice – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Second Place – Will Ambler – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Third Place – Martin Smolka – Ski Beech
- Fourth Place – Alec Granger – Ski Beech
- Fifth Place – Douglas Coley – Sugar Mountain Resort
- Sixth Place – Carson Tollison – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Seventh Place – Will Schneider – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Eighth Place – Baylor Matney – Ski Beech
- Ninth Place – Ryan McSwain – Appalachian Ski Mtn
Boys 15 and 16
- First Place – Austin Horn – Appalachian Ski Mtn
- Second Place – Matthew Anderson – Ski Beech
Since this was the last race of the series, all points were totaled up to come up with a total point score for the season for each athlete.The total point scores for all athletes is listed below. Scorers are grouped by gender and age. The team totals are Appalachian Ski Mtn with 14,766 total points, Beech Mountain at 8,574 points and Sugar Mountain Resort with 8,367 points.
Girls 6 and Under
- Karolina Nosarzewski – Ski Beech – 560
- Avery Moretz – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 420
- Abby Hemp – Sugar Mountain Resort – 290
- Elise Carson – Ski Beech – 270
- Bella Payne – 100
Boys 6 and Under
- Aiden Crissler – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 520
- Jackson Wolter – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 280
- Walker Stewart – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 200
- Sam Nystrom – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 160
- Zackery Kowalczyk – 60
Girls 7 and 8
- Eva Young – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 560
- Keely Hendricks – Sugar Mountain Resort – 520
- Sophie Speckmann – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 315
- Abby Miller – Sugar Mountain Resort – 301
- Emily Gray – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 255
- Sarah Grosser – Sugar Mountain Resort – 242
- Mercer Long – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 237
- Hannah Frye – Ski Beech – 183
- Clare Graham – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 158
- Faye Smalle – Sugar Mountain Resort – 32
Boys 7 and 8
- Thomas Mennen – Sugar Mountain Resort – 600
- Andrew Geouque – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 440
- Colin Burts – Sugar Mountain Resort – 310
- Ian Provencher – Ski Beech – 305
- Charlie Martyn – Ski Beech – 301
- Grant Helms – Ski Beech – 199
- Andrew Jones – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 198
- Andrew Hill – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 189
- Samuel Campbell – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 157
- Gavin Provencher – Ski Beech – 148
- Henri Paris – Sugar Mountain Resort – 140
- Will Covington – Sugar Mountain Resort – 132
- Ayden Johnson – Sugar Mountain Resort – 115
- Jensen Moretz – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 112
- Brendan O’Connor – Sugar Mountain Resort – 108
- Cavan Bannon – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 101
- Connor Hearn – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 61
- Arden Jackson – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 55
- Ben Orroth – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 30
- Eli Williamson – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 14
Girls 9 and 10
- Sophia Lehmann – Sugar Mountain Resort – 500
- Jackie Granger – Ski Beech – 460
- Ava Schmidinger – Sugar Mountain Resort – 390
- Tessa Kozar Rogers – Ski Beech – 310
- Julia Handley – Ski Beech – 290
- Hanna Kozar Rogers – Ski Beech – 260
- Kate Ambler – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 208
- Eva Giguere – Ski Beech – 180
- Emma McKeown – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 145
- Sarah Goode – Ski Beech – 144
- Caitlin Horn – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 136
- Peyton Walton – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 116
- Tatum Mellor – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 60
- Sunny Green – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 53
- Caroline Roach – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 20
Boys 9 and 10
- Maddox Spires – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 580
- Joshua Grosser – Sugar Mountain Resort – 500
- Ethan Campbell – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 320
- Grant McAllister – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 290
- Timothy Eustice – Ski Beech – 270
- Luke Milhaupt – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 214
- William Abernethy – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 211
- Griffin Dillan – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 182
- Aiden Turner – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 136
- Sam Bauer – Sugar Mountain Resort – 132
- Grayson Matney – Ski Beech – 120
- Angus Currie – Ski Beech – 115
- George Crumpler – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 109
- Luke Ramsdell – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 60
- Winn Stewart – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 51
- Justin Barber – Sugar Mountain Resort – 46
- Preston Fairbanks – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 44
- Gabe Orroth – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 33
- Max Midget – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 30
- Cole Pace – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 20
- Emmit Coffey – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 18
- Smith Bradshaw – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 14
- Calvin Williamson – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 13
Girls 11 and 12
- Hallie Rose Donadio – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 600
- Emiley Geouque – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 400
- Lachlann Currie – Ski Beech – 400
- Alice Knight – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 284
- Katie Goode – Ski Beech – 260
- Magali Turner – Appalachian Ski Mtn. – 208
- Jo Hill – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 197
- Jeannie Sapp – Ski Beech – 182
- Suzanna Gurkin – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 165
- Eve Garry – Ski Beech – 155
- Carly Gragg – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 119
- Lila M. Bauer – Sugar Mountain Resort – 87
- Jennifer Fish – Sugar Mountain Resort – 85
- Caroline Hoover – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 60
- Abbi Hayworth – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 42
- McKenzie Goff – Appalachian Ski Mtn- 26
Boys 11 and 12
- Karson Pilkenton – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 460
- Will Spradling – Sugar Mountain Resort – 454
- Justin Simmons – Sugar Mountain Resort – 279
- Thomas Paris – Sugar Mountain Resort – 271
- Wiley Speckmann – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 240
- Aiden Bannon – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 225
- Dennis Schneider – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 199
- Julian Nosarzewski – Ski Beech – 185
- Lee Byington – Ski Beech – 175
- George Young – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 172
- Jackson Hudspeth – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 145
- Tate Anagnos – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 141
- Alexander Brown – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 120
- George Mennen – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Matthew Kosmala – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Alex Helms – Ski Beech – 89
- Ben Avason – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 84
- Shannon Colins – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 82
- Will Spillman – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 81
- Dawson Willis – Ski Beech – 72
- Robert Jones – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 57
- August Carter – Sugar Mountain Resort – 35
- Zachary Schindler – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 33
Girls 15 and 16
- Virginia Currie – Ski Beech – 480
- Olivia Handley – Ski beech – 300
- Erin Oliver – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Caitlin Burnham – Sugar Mountain Resort – 80
- Caroline Sprenger – Sugar Mountain Resort – 60
Boys 13 and 14
- Ashley Simione – Sugar Mountain Resort – 580
- Katie Mac Knight – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 342
- Annamarie Eustice – Ski Beech – 316
- Lauren Matherly – Ski Beech – 292
- Morgan Paris – Sugar Mountain Resort – 286
- Emma Hudspeth – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 211
- Skylar Strange – Sugar Mountain Resort – 194
- Isabelle Trew – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 187
- Madison Crissler – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 147
- Hannah Barbout – Sugar Mountain Resort – 140
- Holland Currie – Ski Beech – 121
- Olivia Jochl – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Erika Reiger – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 74
- Emma Carder – Ski Beech – 66
Boys 13 and 14
- Will Ambler – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 560
- Alec Granger – Ski Beech – 430
- Martin Smokla – Ski Beech – 356
- Will Schneider – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 261
- Carson Tollison – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 239
- Douglas Coley – Sugar Mountain Resort – 230
- Ryan McSwain – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 171
- Baylor Matney – Ski Beech – 150
- Mitchell Abernethy – Applachian Ski Mtn – 146
- Levi Marland – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 131
- Hunter Rice – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Mikel Smalle – Sugar Mountain Resort – 80
- Paul Stancil – Sugar Mountain Resort – 68
- Mathew Deleary – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 32
Boys 15 and 16
- Austin Horn – Appalachian Ski Mtn – 540
- Matthew Anderson – Ski Beech – 430
- Trey Woody – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Daniel Kosmala – Sugar Mountain Resort – 100
- Martin Lehmann – Sugar Mountain Resort – 80
Boys 17 and 18
- D. Lawson Stancil – Sugar Mountain Resort – 200
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