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January 28, 2012

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:23 AM EST

Sapps take first, second in Quebec skiing

MT. ST. BRUNO, Que. — Maile Sapp finished first while her brother, Everett, came in second Sunday in nordic ski competition at Mt. St. Bruno.

Maile won the J1 class in the classic 10-kilometer race and Everett placed second in the Midget (J3) class in the 3.2 km classic event.

The race was sponsored by the Monteriski Club and was held at the National Ski Park in St. Bruno.

The Sapps attend Beekmantown Central School and race for the New York Ski Education Foundation (NYSEF).

Dannemora K of C free-throw contest set

REDFORD — The Dannemora Knights of Columbus Council #2166 will hold its annual free-throw contest on Sunday at Assumption of Mary School in Redford.

Registration will begin at noon, with the contest starting at 1 p.m. All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are eligible to participate. The K of C free-throw championship is sponsored annually with winners progressing through local, district and state competitions.

All local winners will receive certificates. Proof of age is required at registration time with parental written consent. For more information, contact Ed Liberty, at 293-6671.

Pool tournament set for Sunday

PLATTSBURGH — The Cue Club will be holding an 8-ball double-elimination open pool tournament on professional 9' Olhausen tables for all levels of players on Sunday, Jan. 29.

Doors open at 11 a.m. and play begins at noon. There will be a race to five in the winner's bracket and race to three in the loser's bracket. The entry fee is $20, with 50 percent of the fees returned to the top four players.

The Cue Club is located one mile west of Exit 37 on Route 3 in the Airport Plaza. For more information, call 565-7706.

NBC to air Placid Freestyle today, Sunday

LAKE PLACID — The USANA Lake Placid Freestyle World Cup, held last week on Whiteface Mountain and in Lake Placid, will be aired today on NBC-TV, with action in moguls and aerials, beginning at 3 p.m.

The NBC Sports Network will replay the event Sunday, at 2 and 3 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 5, at 3:30 p.m.

Next CVBL meeting on Feb. 8

WEST PLATTSBURGH — The next Champlain Valley Baseball League meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8 at American Legion Post 1619.

The league currently has six teams — defending playoff champion Plattsburgh Cardinals, Lyon Mountain Miners, Meron's Expos, Fourth Ward A's, Fourth Ward Timberjaxx and Airborne Speedway Padres. The Timberjaxx and Padres, however, were not represented at the first meeting.

All teams are asked to be represented. Anyone else who would like to enter a team into the league is also asked to attend. The opening day of league play will be Sunday, May 6.

For more information, contact Bill Chase, at 425-0128 or 572-2705.

Paul Smith's to offer lifeguard course

PAUL SMITHS — Paul Smith's College will be hosting a lifeguard training course in February. This is first time certification for anyone wishing to become a lifeguard.

If the course is successfully completed, you will receive certifications in: Waterfront Lifeguarding (3 years); Standard First Aid (3 years); and CPR-AED for the Professional Rescuer (2 years). You will be eligible for summer lifeguard positions as well as NYS-DEC and Parks and Recreational Lifeguarding exams. The course surpasses the certification requirements for NYS Outdoor Guides.

Classes start February 4 and end February 28. All sessions are mandatory. For more information, contact Kirsten Domas, at 327-6389 or kdomas@paulsmiths.edu.

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Session dates

Saturday, Feb. 4- 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 7- 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 12- 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 14- 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 18- 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 21- 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, Feb. 28- 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

YMCA to hold scuba course

PLATTSBURGH — A Plattsburgh YMCA Scuba Course will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1 on the second floor of the Plattsburgh YMCA.

There is a minimal fee and no fees are due the first night. Bring a swimsuit. For more information, call Jeff LaBombard, at 297-3365 or 569-4977.

Lagoy gearing up for Valcour repeat

VALCOURT, Que. — Rising star Nick Lagoy of Morrisonville, N.Y. and three-time Eastern Pro Tour series champion Jacques Villeneuve will lead the field for the 30th-running of the Grand Prix of Valcourt scheduled for Feb. 17-19.

The best ice oval snowmobile racers in America will be aiming for top honors on the 0.8-kilometer track. Lagoy, who won last year's Saturday race at Valcourt, and Villeneuve will meet once again with the elite riders from the American Midwest that include two-time Grand Prix of Valcourt defending champion Nick Van Strydonk from Wisconsin.

There will be plenty of action for all types of Xtreme sports fans. Aside from the snocross competition and the highly charged ice oval snowmobile, motorcycle and ATV races on Circuit Yvon Duhamel, that showcase the best North American riders, something new awaits spectators this year with the addition of the Big Air Tow-In snowboard competition on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18. Big Air snowboard is a judged event. Competitors are individually towed by a snowmobile up to a ramp where they take off in order to perform aerial tricks, and land on a slope of around 30 degrees.

Tickets for the 30th running of the Grand Prix de Valcourt, presented by La Capitale General Insurance are still available at the ticket office at 1-450-532-3443 or at 1-866-532-7543.

Mazdzer, Mortensen, Griffall qualify

ST. MORITZ, Switz. — American lugers Chris Mazdzer in singles, and the doubles team of Matt Mortensen and Preston Griffall qualified Friday via the Nations Cup for the weekend World Cup series in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

With six United States athletes in this tony resort, these were the only competitors entered in the Nations Cup event. Erin Hamlin in women's singles, and doubles sliders Christian Niccum and Jayson Terdiman, were exempted into the World Cup due to their "A" seed status.

Mazdzer, a 2010 Olympian from Saranac Lake, posted the second best time of the single-heat Nations Cup race. Mazdzer's run, which began above the bobsled start near Badrutt's Park and concluded in the nearby village of Celerina, was timed in one minute, 07.373 seconds. He finished between two Russians. Stepan Fedorov won the event in 1:07.222. Third place went to Evgeniy Voskresenskiy in 1:07.414.

Matt Mortensen, of Huntington Station, N.Y. and 2006 Olympian Griffall, of Salt Lake City, Utah, starting from the lower Monti's Bolt near Sunny corner, clocked 53.814 to finish fourth. This new start position is named after Italian bobsled great Eugenio Monti.

Okemo Mountain Resort offering Super Bowl deals

LUDLOW, Vt. — In honor of the New England Patriots and New York Giants making it to the Super Bowl, Okemo Moutain Resort is offering a special two-day-lift-ticket deal valid for Feb. 3 and 4, for just $99. Print-at-home tickets must be purchased online at least 48 hours in advance.

For sports fans who want to make it home in time for pre-game revelry, The Big Game Sunday Solution ticket takes an additional $10 off Okemo's already-reduced Sunday Solution rate. That means skiers and riders can enjoy the slopes from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. for only $64 for adults, $54 for young adults and seniors, and $40 for juniors. Skiers and riders can visit any ticket window to take advantage of this deal.

For Monday-morning quarterbacks who prefer to re-live every play of the game from the comfort of a chairlift, Okemo has an extra special lift ticket value that depends entirely on the final score of Sunday's game. On Feb. 6, the price of a full-day lift ticket will be charged at $1 per point, based on the total combined points scored during the Super Bowl. If the final score of the game is Patriots 24 and Giants 21, the price of a lift ticket on Monday will be $45. How low could it go? A scoreless game would mean free lift tickets; however, the lowest combined score in Super Bowl history was 21 points in 1973. In case of a high-score game, Okemo is capping the Feb. 6 lift ticket price at $59.