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Hopkinton High School Athletics is proud to announce that it is sending six of its athletes to the 2018 MIAA Boys & Girls State Alpine Tournament, which will be held at Berkshire East Mountain on March 6th.
This is only the second year of the Hopkinton High School Alpine Ski Team. Consisting of 20 athletes (18 boys and 2 girls), the team competes in the Central Mass Conference Ski League. This season, the boys team finished in fifth place overall out of 12 teams, while the girls team finished ninth out of 10 teams. In addition to the team standings, athletes are invited to the State Tournament based on individual skier’s results. This year, the top 20 girls and top 24 boys in the League qualified. Athletes from HHS that are invited to ski at the Tournament are Girls: Allison Marr (ranked 4th) and Cate Barry (6th) and Boys: Max Rodgers (13th), Jordan Hanna (20th), Jackson Schlussel (23rd), and Kyle Perkins (24th).
The athletes wish to thank Head Coach Nancy Schlussel and Assistant Coach Dan Barry, as well as Athletic Director Dee King, for their support. Go Hillers!