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Husky cheer team wins division title

April 8, 2013

Having been absent from competition for over a decade, the Mammoth High School Cheer Team came up big last month.

The nine-member team was directed by Cindie Wormhoudt and coached by Sarah Butner, along with assistant coach Danny Stanton.

Their victory came at Knott’s Berry Farm on Saturday, March 16, earning them some rest. It was their first competition since 2001.

“I’m extremely proud of these girls and of our coaches,” Wormhoudt said.

Cook second—by one-hundreth of a second—in Super G Nationals at Squaw Valley

March 29, 2013

Ross wins at Squaw, Mancuso third

Mammoth Olympic ski racer Stacey Cook ran a great race last week at Squaw Valley, but came up short by the merest of margins.

Racing on Friday, March 22, Cook crossed the line just one one-hundreth of a second behind winner Laurenne Ross.

Biathlon heaven at Mammoth Mountain

March 29, 2013

Perfect conditions for Sixth Annual race

While Eastern Sierra and California athletes filled the Mammoth Biathlon racing rosters, a pair of elite athletes from New Hampshire and Washington dominated the top tier of the competition last weekend.

Katrina Howe, a New England biathlete, and Casey Smith, from Winthrop, Wash., took the top elite spots on Sunday, March 24, at the sixth annual Mammoth Winter Biathlon.

Village Championship racers go ‘old school’

March 25, 2013

Vintage races follow dual giant slalom

It was Retro Day on Mammoth Mountain Tuesday, when racers in the Village Championships held their fifth annual “Vintage Races.”