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Segev Moritz placed fifth overall to pace the North Andover skiers to a pair of victories in North Shore League ski action. The Knights had a good day, placing seven in the top 20 and 10 in the top 30 skiers.

There have been six meets scheduled but Tuesday was the first day of actual skiing in the North Shore Ski League. North Andover downed Masco, 91-44, led by Caleb Lister and Segev Moritz.

The Pinkerton girls ski team took third and Astros boys took fourth in a multi-team meet against Keene, Goffstown, Merrimack and Bishop Guertin.

Chris Bennett led Pinkerton, placing third overall. Ava Sozgin led the girls in fifth, while Katelyn Bennett was sixth.

Andover's Jason Denoncourt placed second in the state slalom race at Wachusett Mountain, finishing in 34.38, just behind Jack Donaldson of Bromfield. Denoncourt, who was the overall winner last year, had equipment problems and finished back in the pack. Marblehead won the team title by edging out St. John's Prep.

The North Andover boys ski team finished the regular season with wins over Masconomet and Austin Prep to finish 10-2 and in second place in the North Shore League. Alex Martel won the race for the Knights with a time of 22.27. Martel finished fifth in the overall league rankings, qualifying him for states along with the top-11 skiiers in the league. Andover's Jason Denoncourt won the league with 145 points.

North Andover blitzed Andover, 100-35. Andover's Jason Denoncourt was the overall slalom winner among the seven schools while the Knights were led by Alex Martel (4th overall), Zach Wolmering (5th), Ben Ramos (13th) and Segev Moritz (15th).

Led by a third overall from Kenny McCarthy, Pinkerton boys skiing took second in a seven-team meet with 376 points. Timberlane was third with 364 points.

Andover's Jason Denoncourt took first overall in 24.01, more than a second ahead of No. 2, in Thursday's North Shore Ski League meet. Alex Martel led North Andover, placing sixth overall (25.48). 

CHARLEMONT — As a skiing purist, Jerry Marchegiani was floored by the perfomance Tuesday by Jason Denoncourt.

The Andover High senior won both the slalom (36.27) and the giant slalom (37.53) at the Mass. State Meet at Berkshire East. There were about 150 competitors in both events, which were pushed back a week due to poor conditions. 

Andover junior Jason Denoncourt beat out five St. John's Prep standouts to win the North Shore League's Interscholastic Meet. Denoncourt had quite a day at Bradford Ski Area with a combined slalol/giant slalom time of 44.31, to beat runner-up Jeff DiNitto (45.29) by nearly a full second.
The Prep easily won its 10th straight Interscholastic title with North Andover in second. Cole Masterson and Mitchell Flaherty went 7-8 overall to pace the Knights.

Pinkerton seventh as a team at the New Hampshire Division 1 Ski Championship. Owen Sezgin placed a team-high 10th in the slalom. Kenneth McCrathy was 15th in the slalom and a team-best 22nd in the giant slalom.

Cole Masterson placed tied for sixth overall and Alex Martel took eighth as North Andover downed Andover 80-55 in the final regular-season matchup in the North Shore Ski League. Andover's Jason Denoncourt was the runner-up on the day. Strangely, there were three ties in the top 15. The boys and girls all-league Interscholastic Meets are next Wednesday at Bradford Ski Area 3:30 p.m.

It was another good showing for Andover's Jason Denoncourt, who raced to first in 22.80 at yesterday's boys ski meet.

Andover's Jason Denoncourt placed second overall and North Andover's Alex Martel grabbed fifth on the day in North Shore League ski action. The Knights beat Masco while Andover was no match for St. John's Prep.

Pinkerton's ski teams swept five-team meets and both had the day's No. 1 overall skiier in the large fields. For the girls it was Danielle Martineau and for the boys it was Owen Sezgin.