Joe Fairbanks Qualifies for State Tourney 3rd Year in a Row!
Posted by Dave Johnson on February 9th 2013 in Races, Team Communication
Joe Fairbanks Qualifies for State Tourney 3rd Year in a Row!
Thursday, February 7, 2013 Marshall School senior Joe Fairbanks qualified for his third MSHSL State Tournament with a strong top ten finish in today’s Section Seven Nordic Ski Meet, held at Giants Ridge Nordic Ski Center. In the first race of the day a 5 kilometer skate race on the Silver Trail, Fairbanks placed 10th. Later that afternoon Joe moved up one spot to capture ninth place overall in the classical pursuit race held on the Cedar and Gold section course. His finish placed him in the group of eight individual state meet qualifiers not on the winning team. Fairbank’s teammate Senior Cody Johnson finished the day 13th in skate and 17th overall. Johnson was satisfied with his performance in the grueling races having just recovered from a long lingering cold.
In team results the Ely boys captured first place in a hard fought battle with the Duluth East Greyhounds. The Marshall boys team finished the day in 6th place out of the 11 teams competing in a very tough section.
The MSHSL State Tournament will be held on Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 at Giants Ridge. Racing begins at 10:00am and will be broadcast live by WELY out of Ely, Minnesota
Junior Varsity & Junior High Championships
Posted by Dave Johnson on February 5th 2013 in Events, RacesJunior Varsity & Junior High Championships
Rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013
Monday February 11, 2013
Spirit Mountain Nordic Trails
Duluth, MN
Format: Freestyle (We will have a track set for skiers choosing to classic ski.)
Eligible skiers: Any skier who did not qualify for the State Meet
Bib Pick-up: 11:30 (In the Nordic Chalet)
Coaches’ Meeting: 12:30 (In the Nordic Chalet)
Order of Start:
1pm JV Boys – 5K
JV Girls – 5K
JH Boys 9th; JH Girls 9th – 3k
JH Boys 8th; JH Girls 8th – 3k
JH Boys 7th; JH Girls 7th – 3k
JH Boys 6th/5th; JH Girls 6th/5th -3k
Awards Ceremony: In front of the nordic chalet as soon as results are available for all races.
Awards: Top 10 boys and girls from each division.
Concessions: We will have a lot of soup and other goodies available inside the nordic chalet.
Coaches Information: 
Junior Varsity & Junior High Championships
Section 7
Posted by Dave Johnson on February 5th 2013 in Events, Races
2013 Cook County Invitational Pursuit Race
Posted by Dave Johnson on January 29th 2013 in Events, Races, Team Communication
2013 Cook County Invitational Pursuit Race and LSC Championships
Photoset of the Event (mostly videos of Marshall Skiers)
Date: Friday, February 1, 2013. Date Changed to Saturday, February 2, 2013
Coaches meeting & bib pickup 9:30 AM at Pincushion warming house
Where: Pincushion Mountain Ski Area on the Gunflint Trail. (Co. Rd. 12 is the Gunflint Trail – go through
“downtown” Grand Marais, turn left onto the Gunflint Trail, go about three miles to the Pincushion scenic
overlook (Pincushion Drive) and turn right. Warming house and primitive toilets on site.
ORDER OF START (Enter as many skiers as you want)
10:30 am start running clock. Racers double start at 30 second intervals with some gaps
between events to prevent unnecessary crowding.
Events
Boy’s Varsity Freestyle 5.3K
Girl’s Varsity Freestyle 5.3K
Boy’s Jr. Varsity Freestyle 5.3K
Girl’s Jr. Varsity freestyle 5.3K
Boy’s Jr High Classic 2.8K
Girl’s Jr High Classic 2.8K
2:00 pm restart running clock
Event
Boy’s Varsity 5.6K Classic Pursuit
2:40 pm(?) restart running clock after last Boy finishes
Event
Girl’s Varsity 5.6K Classic Pursuit
Note: Only pursuit skiers will count towards the varsity team scores. (Unlike past years, there will be no
classic only option for either varsity or JV skiers)
FOOD! THERE WILL BE DELICIOUS HOMEMADE SOUPS, BREAD, BARS AND DRINKS
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
AWARDS:
Award presentations will be at the Pincushion warming house immediately following the race.
Varsity Pursuit: Medals for top 10
Varsity Pursuit Team plaques: 1-2-3, boys and girls
Jr. Varsity: Medals 1-5, Ribbons 6-10
Jr. High: Medals 1-5, Ribbons 6-10
Coaches Information
Start Lists must be received by 6PM Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
Send to: Steve Deschene timing@boreal.org , or on website www.boreal.org/~durfee.
Phone Dick Swanson at 218-370-1119 (if you have questions, no phone entries please!)
Cost: $5 per skier. Make checks payable to North Superior Ski & Run Club. Please pay when you
receive your bibs.
Duluth East Invitational Pursuit Race
Posted by Dave Johnson on January 21st 2013 in Events, Races, Team Communication
Duluth East
Invitational Pursuit Race
Friday, January 25, 2013.
Snowflake Nordic Center
4348 Rice Lake Road, Duluth, MN 55811
Bib pickup: 10:00 a.m.
Coaches meeting: 10:30 a.m.
ORDER OF START
11:00 am start running clock. Racers start two every 30 seconds
Boy’s Varsity Freestyle 5K
Girl’s Varsity Freestyle 5K
Boy’s Jr. Varsity Freestyle 5K
Girl’s Jr. Varsity Freestyle 5K
Break
Boy’s Jr. High Freestyle 3K
Girl’s Jr. High Freestyle 3K
At about 2:30 pm restart running clock
Boy’s Varsity 5K Classic Pursuit Starts
(About 20 minute gap between last Boy/first Girl)
Girl’s Varsity 5K Classic Pursuit Starts
NOTE: The classic pursuit race will be limited to the top 100 skiers from each of the boys and girls Varsity freestyle race. Only pursuit skiers will count towards Varsity team scores.
Cost: $5 per skier. Make checks payable to Duluth East Nordic Ski Team.
Send to: Duluth East Nordic Ski Team, Duluth East High School, 301 North 40th Avenue East, Duluth, MN 55804 or bring to the race.
AWARDS:
Individual awards to the top 10 in the Varsity pursuit, Junior Varsity freestyle and Jr. High freestyle events.
Award presentations will be immediately following race.
Concessions will be available
Coaches Information
Entries must be received by 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
Send to: Steve Deschene timing@boreal.org ,
or on website http://www.boreal.org/~durfee/entry_form.htm.
Phone Dave or Bonnie @ 218.724.2775 if you have questions (no phone entries please!)
The Proctor, Ely and Marshall Classic Invite
Posted by Dave Johnson on January 13th 2013 in Events, Races
Link to Videos of most Marshall Skiers
Proctor, Ely and Marshall Nordic invite you to a classic race to be held at the Hidden Valley Ski Trails on Saturday, January 19, 2013. After the change/cancellation/rescheduling of our individual races we have decided to band together in the hopes that this race will happen as planned 
Format:
Racers will start individually every 20 seconds. Varsity and Junior Varsity will ski 5 Km races and Junior High will ski 2.5 Km. All courses will be a single loop and there should be about a 10 minute break between races.
Schedule:
9 a.m.. – Bibs available
10:00 a.m. – Coaches Meeting
11:00 a.m. – Racing Begins
Race Order:
Girls Varsity
Boys Varsity
Girls Junior Varsity
Boys Junior Varsity
Girls Junior High
Boys Junior High
Awards: 1st – 10th place, Varsity, JV & JH
PS: Tasty concessions will be available.
Coaches Information
$5.00 entry fee per skier; no cap. Please make checks out to: Ely Nordic
Wolves, thanks. Checks can be mailed to: Gail Gustafson, 2350 Birchwood
Lane Ely, MN 55731, or pay at bib pick up.
Entries are due to Steve at www.boreal.org/~durfee by Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:00pm
Questions? call Paula Anderson at 218-365-
2785 (home), 218-349-6231 (cell) or e-mail – elypaulaxc@gmail.com
THE CLASSIC SORENSON
Posted by Dave Johnson on January 9th 2013 in Events, Races, Team Communication
“THE CLASSIC SORENSON”
(Proctor Invite)
Canceled Due to Icy Conditions
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Proctor/Hermantown Nordic invites you to a classic race at Snowflake Nordic Center. This will be a fun course that pays tribute to the man that brought Nordic Skiing to Proctor High School back in the late 1900s!
Format:
Racers will start individually every 20 seconds. Varsity and Junior Varsity will ski 5 Km races and Junior High will ski 3 Km. All courses will be a single loop and there should be about a 10 minute break between races.
Schedule:
2:30 p.m.. – Bibs available
3:30 p.m. – Coaches Meeting
4:00 p.m. – Racing Begins
Race Order:
Girls Varsity
Boys Varsity
Girls Junior Varsity
Boys Junior Varsity
Girls Junior High
Boys Junior High
Awards: 1st – 10th place, Varsity, JV & JH
PS: Tasty concessions will be available.
CEC Pine Valley Invitational
Posted by Dave Johnson on January 3rd 2013 in Events, Races
CEC Pine Valley Invitational on Tuesday Jan. 8th.
Racing will start at 11am with the Girls VR, followed by the Boys VR at about 11:40; Girls JV; Boys JV; Girls JH and Boys JH. VR and JV races will be 5.5k while the JH will race 2.5k. All races 1 lap.
All races will be skate. We will be unable to set track due to thin snow.
There will be awards for the 1-10 places.
Bib pick-up starts at 10am. Coaches meeting at 10:30am. Both at the timing shed.
Entry fee is $5/skier. Payable to CEC Nordic. Please have entries to Boreal timing by Sat. night Jan. 5th.
There will be concessions.
Send checks to Cloquet High School; 1000 18th St., Cloquet, MN 55720.
Two Harbors Invitational @ Korkki Nordic
Posted by Dave Johnson on December 31st 2012 in Events, Races
Two Harbors Invitational
@ Korkki Nordic
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Come join us for a fun, old school race
thru the beautiful single track at Korkki Nordic!
Format:
This will be an individual start classic race with one skier starting every 20 seconds. Varsity and Junior Varsity will ski ~5 Km; Junior High skiers will ski ~4 Km. Dig in your attic and find some old school spandex to race in!
Schedule:
11:30 a.m. Bibs available for pick-up
12:30 p.m. Coaches Meeting (in front of the warming house)
1:00 p.m.
Races start…there will be 10 minutes between the races and a 20-30 minute break before the JH races.
Boys Varsity
Girls Varsity
Boys JV
Girls JV
Boys JH
Girls JH
Awards when results are in
Awards:
Awards will be given for the top ten skiers in each race and for the best vintage spandex/outfits (any era).
There will be concessions!
Directions: From Highway 61 turn in (away from the lake) on Homestead Rd. Drive 2.5 miles north. Turn left on Korkki Rd. The trailhead is .5 miles ahead on your right. Buses can park in the lot (if you are pulling a trailer, have your driver check out the lot before pulling in; there is not room to turn around). Spectators please park on the road! Two Harbors Invitational @ Korkki Nordic
