Good morning Huskies,

The Board is looking for volunteers to help with the End of Season Banquet. We had a few parents interested in helping with the banquet, if you are interested in helping with the banquet, please send an email to mkrafty95@gmail.com. We are needing help with decorations, end of season video, senior boards, and more.

We’ve heard from some parents asking about busing to races. As of right now, on race days, please assume the school district is providing busing to races. If there is a change, and a bus is not available, a notification will be sent out to parents letting them know that no busing is available. Please note that bus times vary depending upon race times. Throughout the season, communication on bus times have been communicated through the captains on the GroupMe app to skiers. The captains have created a new GroupMe for the whole team (i.e. the boys and girls teams are in one GroupMe group). Please have your skier contact a captain to make sure they are in the new GroupMe group . This will help ensure all skiers are receiving the most recent information on busing and information for the season.

You may be wondering about what happened to the pasta feeds this season. Please know that the Board is trying to coordinate pasta feeds for the team. Unfortunately, its been difficult to coordinate pasta feeds for the team this season due to the ski waxing location(s) changes. If anyone knows or has access to a location that is big enough to host waxing and pasta feeds for the team, please contact a board member.

We wanted to let parents know that a Papa Murphy Blitz will be taking place on January 22, 2022, with January 29, 2022 as a back up date. More information will be sent on this event at a later date.

Race results information. If you are looking for race results information, please visit https://www.skinnyski.com/racing/results/default.asp. Currently, the team website limits the number of documents we can post on the site. Thus, the pdfs are not posted. The SkinnySki link is also posted on the team page.

Lastly, just a reminder, the last day to place orders for the Driven Coffee fundraiser is January 15, 2022. The link is available on the team website or at https://www.drivencoffeefundraising.com/ref/andover-nordic-ski-team/

If you have any questions regarding the above information, please contact a Board Member.

Thank you,

Andover High School Nordic Team Booster Board

Just received notice that practice is cancelled today due to extremely cold temperatures.

We urgently need volunteers for tomorrow’s race. Currently, there is no one signed up for any slots. If you can fulfill a slot for tomorrow, please sign up on SignUpGenius ASAP.

Bus:
The bus is scheduled to depart from the high school at 5 am on Saturday 1/8. We will be leaving no later than 5:15 am.
The bus will return to the high school around 5 or 6 pm Sunday 1/9 depending on how long we ski sunday.
The bus will likely make one stop in Cloquet (or thereabouts) on the way up. Skiers should plan accordingly.

Lodging:
We will be staying at the Country Inn in Hoyt Lakes.
Desk Phone: 866-444-3555

Food:
There will be a small continental breakfast at the hotel. Skiers should bring money for their other meals. They will need to provide their own food for all three meals on 1/8 and lunch on 1/9

Race Times:
11:00 5K Classic Varsity/Boys; Girls
12:00 5K Classic JV/Boys; Girls
1:30 5K Freestyle Varsity/Boys; Girls
2:30 5K Freestyle JV/Boys; Girls

Mesabi Roster:
Varsity Classic:
Aidan, Thomas; Julia, Grace, Chloe
JV Classic:
Ethan
Varsity Skate:
Nick, Jack; Olivia, Anne

Good morning Huskies,

We are still in need of 2 volunteers for today’s races. We need water and a time keeper for the Varsity Races. If you are available to volunteer, please sign up on the Signup Genius.

Thank you,

Andover High School Nordic Booster Club