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High School Alpine Racing

High School Racers Prepare for First Annual Kelsey’s Race

High School Alpine Ski racers will compete on January 2 in a season-opening fun race named in honor of a racer who died at the age of 25 in a tree well accident....

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High School Alpine Racing

Brutal Crash into the Rocks Forces a Change in Plans but Leaves a Young Skier Feeling Fortunate

Lifelong Mount Hood skier Mac Heffernan is feeling lucky to be alive after a tough crash into the rocks on July 30, but he will have to postpone his planned military career to recuperate...

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High School Alpine Racing

Have Fun. Ski Hard. Leave it All on the Snow

What happens when Oregon’s top high school racers and their coaches and families descend on super-steep Mt. Ashland for year-end championship racing?...

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High School Alpine Racing

A Bittersweet End to Another High School Racing Season

Editor’s Note: Shred Hood Correspondent Robin Cressy was on the scene for Day Two of the Oregon Championship Ski Races at Mt. Ashland, and he filed this report from his motel room in...

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High School Alpine Racing

Blue Skies and Some Good Tumbles in Day One at State Championships

Editor’s Note: Shred Hood Correspondent Robin Cressy was on the scene for Day One of the Oregon Championship Races at Mt. Ashland, and he filed this report from his motel room after a...

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5 Hours Later… Ashland!

Editor’s Note: Longtime ski racing coach and videographer Robin Cressy is on assignment in Ashland this week for the Oregon State Championships. Here’s his first update, wired...

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High School Alpine Racing

High School Racers Shred the Gates Come Rain, Sleet or Snow

The high school season racing is out of the starting gates and ripping into 2016 with hundreds of high-energy competitors and all sorts of crazy Mount Hood weather....

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High School Alpine Racing

Hood River comes out on top after two lively days of racing for the Oregon State Championships

High school racers from all over Oregon descended on Mt. Hood Meadows last week for a lively two days of racing, socializing and cheering on their teammates in warm, spring-like weather....

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Racers, families and friends bid a fond farewell to the Christine Cato Memorial on Mount Hood

The 25th Christine Cato Memorial Ski Race at Timberline on Saturday was as lively as always, with the usual goofy costumes, high-speed wipe-outs and good-natured cheers. But the event also...

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High School Alpine Racing

The Cato Memorial will run its last race this winter after 25 years of camaraderie and healing

This coming January, for the 25th year in a row, hundreds of high school skiers and their families will gather on Mount Hood to dress up in whacky costumes, ski fast, cheer each other on,...

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