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Ski Tigers State Champs

2/14/2016

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The Copper Country Ski Tigers won the overall Michigan State High School Cross Country Ski Championship title at the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming, Michigan this weekend. Ski Tigers Mitchell Delong and Matthew Chard led the victory with a solid first and second places in both the Pursuit and the Classic Relays races. The Ski Tigers took third overall in the girls division and first in the boys.

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Tech Skiers Host Ski Tigers for Training Session

2/11/2016

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HOUGHTON, Mich. — Members of Michigan Tech's Nordic skiing team participated in a community engagement event last week when they hosted the Ski Tigers Development Team, a local youth skiing club, at the Nordic Training Center.

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Ski Tiger participate in 9th annual Barnelopet

2/8/2016

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HANCOCK — While some were getting ready to sit on the couch and take in the Super Bowl, others bundled up to head to a ski race. But it wasn't any ski race; it was for kids 16 and under.   Read more...
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Gretchen Haggenmiller at the top of the CXC Youth Cup Standings

2/4/2016

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The CXC Youth Cup was developed in cooperation with the Minnesota Ski League and cross country ski coaches from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan in the winter 2015 to promote health and fitness in youth across the Midwest.

Now in its second season, the CXC Youth Cup offers athletes ages 10-13 (U12 and U14 age divisions) an opportunity to experience and explore the excitement of travel, friendship, and competition associated with CXC / USSA events and races.

The top 8 U14 boys and top 8 U14 girls from the final points list will be invited to participate in a Dream Camp. Anabel Needham represented Ski Tigers at the dream camp last year.

Gretchen Haggenmiller is currently ranked 2nd for the U14 girls.  Mike Fraley, Kora Johnson and Abigail Stone are also participating and are all in the top 20.  There are close to 200 youth participating this year. 

Way to work hard while having fun Ski Tigers!

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13th Annual Christmas Camp

12/29/2015

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Over 110 kids representing 10+ clubs from all over Wisconsin and Michigan participated in the 13th annual Christmas Camp hosted by Copper Country Ski Tigers.  The camp has become a holiday tradition to put in solid training and meet skiers from other teams before racing really kicks in. The camp consisted of an all-team pasty dinner, two half days of training, and a fun relay race on the last day. Each club sending athletes also provided one coach for every 6-8 athletes. Thanks to all who the coaches, groomers, parents, alumni and skiers that helped make this a super fun successful event!
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Ski Tigers host first ever CCST Lake Effect Loppet

12/19/2015

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With the Houghton JNQ cancelled earlier this week and the late arrival of some much needed snow, the Ski Tigers hosted an impromptu time trial today appropriately named the Lake Effect Loppet.  They were joined by skiers from MTU and Marquette as well as some CCST masters and alumni. 

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Jr Bear Chase - DMG Article

3/8/2015

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Article Daily Mining Gazette/ Garrett Neese

CALUMET - In advance of the annual Great Bear Chase, younger skiers got their own chance to compete Friday at the Junior Bear Chase at the Swedetown Trails.

Seventy-four skiers participated in this year's event, which included 1-, 2- and 4-kilometer races.

For many of the younger skiers, the Junior Bear Chase and the Barnelopet are the only competitive skiing they do in the winter, said race director Dave Wanless.


Under-6 skiers at the annual Junior Bear Chase chase the pace-setting bear shortly after the start of the 1-kilometer classic race at the Swedetown Trails Friday. The race precedes the Great Bear Chase, which happens today in Calumet. 

"It's a good opportunity for kids," he said. "They have fun doing it."

The race is put on the Copper Country Ski Tigers, which provides instruction for area children ages 5 to 17. The Junior Bear Chase wraps up eight weeks of classes, and is then followed by a picnic in the snow, said Joe Stone, president of the Ski Tigers, who has five children in the group.

"Some of the kids are 5, 6, and they're in their first race," he said. "They get to race in front of their friends and family. They get a cool cookie and medal."

Angie Grunert, a Houghton fifth-grader, was awaiting the start of her 2K race. She started skiing after moving to the area two years ago.

"We just looked up some races we could do up here, and we found this race," she said.

"It's nice. There's a lot of great skiers."

After their races, skiers received medals and cookies, and for top finishers, commemorative stuffed animals.

The first-place winners in Friday's races (girls and boys):

1K classic (under 6): Esme Schmidt, Markus Miller

1K classic (under 8): Alaina Eles, Henry Lovibas

2K freestyle (under 10): Sage Resh Chimner, Bodi Neumann

2K freestyle (under 12): Maria Velat, Daniel Lyle

2K classic (under 10): Lucia Haggenmiller, Birk Seagren

2K classic (under 12): Catlynn Borlek, Tanner Guidar

4K freestyle (under 12): Abigail Stone, Mike Healey

4K freestyle (under 14): Gretchen Haggenmiller, Joseph Wood

4K freestyle (under 16): N/A, Thomas Lyle

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State Champs!

3/7/2015

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17 Tigers complete in Jr Birkie

2/21/2015

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The Copper Country Ski Tigers were well represented at this year's Jr Birkie which took place in Hayward, WI - the home of the American Birkibiener.  Temps were in the single digits but the kids were ready to ski.

The U12/U14 boys started off the event skiing the 3Km course that finished on main street in downtown Hayward.  Joe Wood and Caleb Sanders finished 19th and 26th respectively in the U14 age group in a field of 49 skiers.  Noah Sanders and Mike Fraley finished 13th and 15th followed by Daniel Lyle and Matthew Fraley in 32nd and 41st in the U12 category.

The U12/U14 girls were the next to head out on the coarse.  Anabel Needham finished 2nd in the U14 age group only 2 seconds out of first followed by Grethen Haggenmiller in 8th.  Kora Johnson led the girls in the U12 age group with a 6th place finish.  She was followed by Autumn Eles in 17th place and Abbi Stone (not listed in the results yet due to technical difficulties, but she skied awesome).

Daniel Groeneveld and Thomas Lyle were the next Tigers off the line with U16 boys finishing 8th and 17th respectively. 

Sarah Lyle (U19) and Alana Eles (U8) dominated their age groups both finishing well ahead of the 2nd skier. 

Levi Stone finished 10th in the U10 boys 1.5km race.

Several Ski Tigers also competed in the 3x800m relay which took place on Main Street.  The boys team made up of Tim Stone, Dan Groeneveld and Ben Wood sported "retro" ski suits from the 90s as their costume and finished 2nd.  Other teams included the Men in Black, Men in Back and the Tu-Tu's.  The girls team made up of Sara Lyle, Abbi Stone and Anabel Needham finished 4th.

Ben Wood and Tim Stone stayed an additional night to ski the Korterloppet on Saturday.

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Ski Tigers Brave Cold for Third Straight State Title

2/15/2015

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With temperatures hovering around zero and wind chills as low as -30, the Ski Tigers Race Team braved the elements to compete against several other teams from Michigan. The races started out on Friday morning with the 5km classic race. Mitchell DeLong won the race in 17 minutes, followed closely by Keefer Edwards from Traverse City Central and teammate David Jaszczak. Isaac Stone (6th) and Ben Wood (10th) also finished in the top 10 for the Ski Tigers.

2013 champion Sarah Goble (Lake Michigan Ski Team) continued her reign with a winning time of 19:40. Ski Tigers senior Sarah Lyle wasn't far behind with a time of 20:06, with Annabel Needham rounding out the top 10 for the Ski Tigers. With only four skiers, the Ski Tigers girls managed an impressive tie for first place with Traverse City after the classic race.

The skiers returned to the trails Friday afternoon to compete in the skate race for the distance champion title. The start times for the skate race were based on the finish times from the classic race, so that a composite of both races is used to determine the distance champion.

Mitchell DeLong held on to win the boys distance title, although teammate David
Jaszczak was closing in quickly. Isaac Stone (6th) and Matt Chard (9th) also finished in the top 10, giving the Ski Tigers a final team score of 148, good for first place by a wide margin.

The Ski Tigers girls finished in a close second place to Traverse City. Sarah Goble expanded her lead from the classic race to finish first place overall for the second consecutive year. Ski Tiger Sarah Lyle (3rd) and Annabel Needham (7th) finished in the top 10 for Ski Tigers.

In the past there has been a second day with 1-kilometer sprint races, but it was cancelled this year due to extremely cold temperatures and wind-chills on Saturday.

Fueled by their strong boys team score, the Ski Tigers won the Michigan State Team Title for the third consecutive year.

"I'm very proud of all of these kids. They trained very hard all year, several of them have qualified for Junior Nationals [March 8-14 Truckee, CA] and I'm excited to see how they do there." Said coach Tom Wood.

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