Mount Hood-based high school riders scored major points in racing, slopestyle and halfpipe at the 2014 State Championships at Mount Bachelor March 13-15.
Ashland High School won the boys Sato Cup for overall excellence, followed by Sandy High, West Linn and Tualatin. It was quite the accomplishment for Ashland, since they hardly had a chance to ride all season due to terrible snow conditions in Southern Oregon.
The girls Sato Cup was claimed by a talented Oregon City High School team led by Sierra Clasen.
Clasen won the snowboard cross and banked slalom races and took first in the judged slopestyle competition. She narrowly missed a clean sweep of the individual events by finishing second in the halfpipe competition behind Maddie Collins of Hood River.
Collins also excelled in slopestyle with a fourth-place finish at states.
Jeremy Nylund of Sandy High was the top overall competitor for the boys. Nylund finished first in slopestyle and banked slalom and took fourth in snowboard cross.
Michael Foushee of West Linn finished first in halfpipe, eighth in banked slalom and 10th in slopestyle.
Graham Fletcher of Tuslatin finished second in slopestyle.
Chris Flake of Canby took second in snowboard cross, second in banked slalom, third in halfpipe and ninth in slopestyle.
Cassidy Smith of Lincoln finished second in banked slalom and seventh in halfpipe.
Virginia O’Regan of Sandy finished second in slopestyle, third in banked slalom and fourth in halfpipe.
The Ashland boys won the team competitions for banked slalom, slopestyle and halfpipe. Here’s a group photo of the Ashland team at the awards ceremony:
The Oregon City girls won slopestyle and halfpipe.
Sandy High took second in boys banked slalom and girls halfpipe and banked slalom
The final top 10 overall Sato Cup boys teams were:
- Ashland
- Sandy
- West Linn
- Tualatin
- La Salle
- Lakeridge
- Grant
- Southridge
- Lincoln
- Canby
The final top 10 overall Sato Cup girls teams were:
- Oregon City
- Sandy
- Grant
- South Medford
- West Linn
- Lincoln
- Tualatin
- Lake Oswego
- Ashland
- La Salle
The top 10 slopestyle individual finishers for girls were:
- Sierra Clasen, Oregon City
- Virginia O’Regan, Sandy
- Kiana Christensen, La Salle
- Maddie Collins, Hood River
- Rachel Lightner, South Medford
- Alex Tinsley, South Medford
- Callie Sweet, Oregon City
- Shave Verbanac, Oregon City
- Kendall Cohns, Lake Oswego
- Zoe Andrews, Century
The top 10 slopestyle individual finishers for boys were:
- Jeremy Nylund, Sandy
- Graham Fletcher, Tualatin
- Thomas Previs, Wilsonville
- Patrick O’Conner, Tualatin
- Casey Tratz, South Medford
- Che Tratensek-Contor, Ashland
- Ethan Field, Hood River
- Parker Busch, La Salle
- Chris Flake, Canby
- Michael Foushee, West Linn
Judging by this photo of Casey Tratz and Henry Krant shared by Coach Paul from Medford, it was a good time event with smiles all around.
EDITOR’S NOTE: If any parents or coaches have photos or video from states that they are willing to share for this article, please email them to Shred Hood and we will post them here.
Last modified: March 17, 2014
