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Kerry Christopher of Andover won the giant slalom in a photo finish over Manchester's Alex Marshall 21.95-21.96. She led the Golden Warriors to the Interscholastic (North Shore League) Meet championship. Andover also got a third from Julia Ganley and a fourth from Sara Faigel. Catie Wolstromer took seventh to lead North Andover.

Kerry Christopoher was the No. 3 overall skier on the day and she led Andover to a 91-44 win over Manchester Essex. Catie Wolstromer was the North Andover star in a 115-20 romp over Haverhill.

Andover girls skiing surged to a second-place finish at the Mass. State meet, finishing just two points short of Westford Academy for the title.

"We were psyched to be finalists," said Golden Warriors coach Tom Busta. "But it was disappointing.  Two points, that's like the length of a pen. Like a shot going around the rim and out. But a lot of teams would be happy to be where we are."

Andover's Kerry Christopher and Jess Kearns went 1-2 in the Bove Meet 11th-12th grade race. Christopher and boys standout Reed Spencer had the fastest times of the day.

Led by Julia Ganley, Andover placed five of its eight skiers in the top 15 to win the girls Interscholastic meet. Ganley came in third overall followed by Sara Faigel in sixth to spark the title run. North Andover finished as runner-up driven by fifth-place Alyssa Zahoruiko and Allie Roberts in seventh.

Pinkerton's Laura Moran finished in third place by skiing her two races in a combined time of 57.24 at a New Hampshire eight-team meet. 

Moran's effort helped the Astros girls take second with 364 points.

Andover's girls skiers completed an unbeaten regular season (10-0) with a 90-45 victory over Masconomet. Jess Kearns, Julia Ganley, Kerry Christopher and Nicole Ericson finished second through fifth overall for the Warriors. They'll be the favorite in next Tuesday's Interscholastic Meet at Bradford.

Timberlane and Londonderry tied for first in a seven-team meet in the giant slalom. Londonderry's Justine Rouleau and Timberlane's Becca Bassi went 1-2.

Taking three of the top four spots, Andover remained unbeaten with its dominating ski victory over Masconomet. Kerry Christopher was the overall winner for the Warriors followed by Jess Kearns in third place and Julia Ganley in fourth.

North Andover senior Alyssa Zahoruiko nipped Andover's Jess Kearns, winning in 20.86 for her first victory at Bradford Ski Area as both the Knights and unbeaten Warriors both won their ski meets.

Andover's Jess Kearns (22.33), Kerry Christopher (22.41), Sara Faugel (22.45) and Nicole Erickson (22.65) took placed 2-5 overall as the Golden Warriors ski team topped Manchester Essex 98.5-36.5

Despite the mild winter, the ski season got underway at the Bradford Ski Area for local girls yesterday and Andover made a dominating statement. The Warriors whipped both North Andover and Manchester Essex and, led by winner Jess Kearns, had the top three places and four of the top five.

Andover ski coach Tom Busta described the scene in baseball language.

"It was like being down by two runs heading into the bottom of the ninth," he said. "Then coming back with three runs to win it."

Andover's Jess Kearns, Maddie Baldwin and Kerry Christopher took spots No. 2-4 overall to help Andover remain undefeated (4-0) and dealing Masconomet its first loss of the season 81-54.

Sarah Redman placed second, Abby Goldfarb third and Becca Basi fourth as Timberlane girls skiing won a five-team meet.