Canyon Lake Ski Club takes to the water

BY Dawn Rankins

The Canyon Lake Ski Club held its Memorial Tournament over the weekend in a two-day event at the North Ski Lake and Jump Lagoon.

Twenty-six slalom skiers took to the water along with 11 jump skiers and 14 trick skiers.

Tournament Director Thad Epting said the weekend tournament was a big success not only because of the number of participants, but because of the caliber and results of the skiers.

“We had some great skiing this weekend with 6-10 athletes scoring personal best performances in slalom, trick and jump events,” he said. “The weather was fantastic and Saturday afternoon gave us some gentle headwinds which are perfect for a big jumping distance.”

He also said that some of the skiers competed for the first time after having to sit out a few seasons because of injuries and surgeries. They performed well and had some great results, he said.

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First place winners and buoy count for slalom winners in each division were: Boys 1, first place Jacob Kerber with a buoy score of 31.5. Girls 3 first place winner is Julia Kerber  with a buoy score of 38.5. Women 2 first place Emilia Horton, buoy score of 93. Women 3 first place, Blake Rose with a buoy score of 69.First place women 4, Gretchen Painter with a buoy score of 62. Debra Sacks first place inWomen 7 with a buoy score of 73. Master’s men first place is Scott Larson with a buoy score of 108.5. Men 1 first place, WyattMilewski, buoy score of 65. Men 2 first place, Taylor Horton, buoy score of 99. Mike Kerber, men 3 first place with a buoy score of 87, Steve Bolz,men 4 first place with a buoy score of 93. Men 5, first place is Rick Jacob with a buoy score of 92. Men 6, first place is Scott West, buoy score of 91. First place, men 7 is Brad Hartwell with a buoy score of 93, Men 8 first place, Ed Terwilliger with a buoy score of 5.5 and men 9 first place is Mike Hayes with a buoy score of 75.

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Trick first place winners by division were: boys 1, Jacob Kerber with 500 points, women 2, Emilia Horton with 3,940 points, Men 1, Wyatt Milewski with 1,020 points, Ment 2 Taylor Horton with 4,800 points, men 4 Thad Epting with 240 points, men 6, Kevin Hyatt with 930 points and men 7, Brad Hartwell with 1,240 points.

First place jump winners by division and distance were: women 1, Katie Horton with 101’, women 2, Amy Hartwell with 33’, men 2, Kevin Malak with 170’, men 5, Scott Larson, 42’ and men 6, Kevin Hyatt with 74’.

“The club wants to thank Chief Judge Emilia Horton, and assistant judges Joe Perez and Kevin Malak,” Thad said. “We also want to thank chief scorer Joe Perez, chief boat driver John Jacobson, chief safety Meghan Tierney and tournament announcer Jacob Kerber.”

Photo by Dawn Rankins

Photo by Dawn Rankins