FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy cross-country ski team is having a winter to remember. The Raiders turned heads across the Pine Tree State last Saturday at the largest high school race thus far this season.
The FA boys won the meet, and four of Coach John Weston’s skiers qualified to represent Maine in the New England Championships next month.
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