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Starting with the K20 small hill, Cudhea, 14, launched two 18.5-meter jumps with perfect style scores to win the U18 boys division. Nichols followed in second with leaps of 17.5 and 16 meters.
The Andover Outing Club’s Henry Johnston and Matthew Reynolds and the Lebanon Outing Club’s Cameron Summerton all had jumps in the 15-meter range. After accounting for style points, Johnstone took fifth place, Summerton was seventh and Reynolds took eighth.
Ford Sayre’s Cameron Forbush took third in the U12 boys competition, missing a win by just five points. FSSC’s Caroline Harrison tied for second among U12 girls with jumps of 12.5 and 13 meters. Ford Sayre’s Charlie Forbush was third in the U10 boys meet.
Cudhea added a second U18 boys win on the K48 ramp, throwing down three solid jumps with a tournament-best of 47 meters. Nichols also did well in runner-up fashion, going 42.5 meters, and then outskied the rest of the field to go home with the Nordic combined meet crown.
Johnstone grabbed fourth on the K48 ramp, and Cameron Forbush left with a third-place finish in the U12 boys group.
The meet is normally held in the winter, but poor snowfall forced organizers to postpone the tournament until summer. Doing so allowed competitors from as far away as Madison, Wis., and Chicago to come to the Adironadacks to jump.
Cudhea and Nichols, who also made their first training leaps off the large K90 hill, were members of the Eastern Regional Junior National team last winter. Both will remain in Lake Placid for the new few weeks for further training before embarking for Park City, Utah, later in the summer for the Springer Invitational Tournee.
Randolph
Dresden claimed an 8-2 win over Lake Region on Sunday to earn its slot in the state final. Ian Smith and Ben Aaron shared the victory on the mound. Smith and Leadoff hitter Sam Ames both had a pair of runs to key the offense, while Ian Marks, Timmy Parks, Ezra Kleinbaum and Nick Reiss also scoring runs.
Catcher Christian Blix, second baseman Zander Doyle and teammates Aaron Nyhan and Sean Nam also contributed to the season’s successes. Dresden fielded a roster of six third-graders, four fourth-graders and two fifth-graders, all from Norwich and Hanover.
Bellows Falls advanced to the New England regional tournament in Uxbridge, Mass., on Friday with the championship win.
On the Trails
Thetford
On Saturday, O Section’s Bob Hagen (802-785-4311) and a ranger from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park will lead a hike along the Appalachian Trail between Pomfret Road and Cloudland Road, part of the park’s Boots to Boats series. The route will cover 1.8 miles and 700 feet of climbing, with plenty of views at the height of land.
On Sunday, join Peter Hope (603-863-6456) on a six-mile ascent of Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, N.H. The hike will cover a six-mile loop route along lesser-used trails to the east of the peak. Be prepared for a moderate to strenuous trek involving 1,900 feet of elevation gain.
O Section will also offer two hikes on Tuesday. Duncan Love (802-226-7697) will lead a White Mountains hike on the East Pond Trail from the Kancamagus Highway to Tripoli Road, near the Waterville Valley ski resort over a five-mile route that includes an optional two-mile side loop to Little East Pond.
Closer to home, Juergen Ewert (802-457-4345) will guide hikers on an easy, four-mile trip to Eshqua Bog in Hartland. In all cases, call trip organizers to learn more.
Thetford
The pond offers many scenic views, possible loon sitings and plenty of places to stop to picnic or swim. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch for the excursion, which will cover between four and six miles on a pond where no power boats faster than 5 mph are permitted.
Contact organizer Harry Temple at 802-738-8405 for more information or to resrve a spot.
Wilder
The first clinic will involve classroom instruction in the Clack River High School cafeteria in Ludlow on July 21 at 6 p.m., with a follow-up scrimmage clinic on July 28 at the Dothan Brook School in Wilder, also at 6. The second opportunity close to the Upper Valley will come at Whitcomb High School in Bethel on Aug. 27, an all-day event running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact Gary Blodgett at gblodg@comcast.net or either 802-558-3147 or 802-228-8711 to register.
Another clinic will take place at Peoples Academy in Morrisville on Aug. 26 at 1 p.m., with both classroom and scrimmage clinics planned for the same day.
In all cases, the cost to participate is $75, with $25 of the fee covering NHFS insurance.
For more information on the Morrisville clinic, contact Frank Martel at 802-782-4489 or fmartel55@yahoo.com.