We will now spotlight senior Lily Boulanger of Mtn. Valley. She was the 2026 Class B giant slalom state champion and the slalom state
champion. We asked her about her season and her start gate thoughts.
We will next spotlight senior Alden Reardon of Fort Kent. He was the 2026 Class C Classical state champion, freestyle state champion,
and pursuit state champion. Alden won every single MPA Nordic race during his four years at Fort Kent. We asked him about his great successes and his plans for next year.
We will now highlight junior Evelyn LaCasse of Greely. She was the 2026 Class B classical state champion and the pursuit state champion. 
We asked her about her favorite memories from the season and about her successes.
We will now spotlight state champion senior Jack Borland of Deering. He was the 2026 Class A classical state champion, the freestyle
state champion, and the pursuit state champion. We asked him about his state meet preparations and dealing with the state meet pressure.
We will now spotlight senior Lucy Huggett of Freeport. She is the 2026 Class A classical state champion, the freestyle state champion,
and the pursuit state champion. She also won the WMC freestyle title. We asked her about her successes and her favorite things about Nordic skiing.
We next spotlight senior Merrik Iacozili of Fryeburg Academy. He was the 2026 Class A giant slalom state champion. We asked him about
his thoughts at the start line and his preparations.
Maine’s top high school alpine ski racers capped their season with a standout performance at the 2026 Eastern High School Alpine Championships, held March 6–8 at Attitash Mountain Resort in Bartlett, New Hampshire. Competing against full teams from Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the SARA division, Team Maine delivered in both disciplines across a full weekend. The weekend featured both slalom and giant slalom competition across three days of racing. When the final scores were tallied, Maine’s boys team finished a remarkable 2nd place overall, while the girls team earned a solid 5th place finish. Overall team honors went to New Hampshire’s boys and Vermont’s girls.
The boys GS was a dominant performance for Team Maine, headlined by Reed Michaud, who posted the fastest time of 1:03.64 to claim 1st place overall. Dylan Cobb (18th, 1:05.31), Ian Christie (21st, 1:05.45), Cooper Dodge (22nd, 1:05.58), Merrik Iacozili (39th, 1:07.28), Gabe Landry (41st, 1:07.29), and Sawyer Shanaman (49th, 1:08.33) all added crucial scoring points to Maine’s team effort. On the girls side, Valentina Farioli led the way with a 21st-place finish (2:16.44), followed closely by Margo Hesson in 30th (2:18.15), Eleanor Browne in 33rd (2:19.31), Phoebe Bell in 39th (2:21.25), Ella Morse in 48th (2:23.31), and Laney Caron in 56th (2:27.25).
We are now starting up our state champion spotlight series where we interview each state champion in Alpine and in Nordic in all classes and for
each discipline. First up is senior Alex Gordon of Yarmouth. He won the 2026 Class B Classical, the Class B freestyle, and the Class B pursuit. He also won the WMC skate and the WMC pursuit. We asked him about his plans for next year and about all of his successes.
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