Ely Boys Place 3rd, Duluth East Girls Place 4th at MSHSL State Ski Meet

Nordic Ski: Baird, Robertson reach goals in state pursuit

BIWABIK — Cool, calm and collected. That’s how Annelise Baird handled being the lead skier for the classic portion of the State Nordic ski pursuit Thursday, Feb. 12. Baird posted the fastest freestyle time of 15:24.2 in the morning session and gave herself a 12.5-second lead over the pack heading into the classic pursuit. Baird couldn’t hold on to the top spot, but did post the fourth-best finish in program history as she placed fourth to earn A…

Ely Boys Place 3rd, Duluth East Girls Place 4th at MSHSL State Ski Meet

BIWABIK, Minn.- Thursday marked the 3rd and final day of the MSHSL state ski meet. Champions were crowned for both boys and girls in the classic pursuit. We begin on the boys side where two Ely standouts cracked the top 20. They are Aksel Skustad, who placed 15th with a combined time of 28:45:3. Four spots behind him was teammate Wyatt Devine. He finished at 29:04:5. As for the girls, just one local in the top 20. It’s Duluth East’s Sasha Wahman…