WEARE – For the second year in a row the John Stark Regional High School boys Alpine ski team earned runners-up honors at the NHIAA Division II Alpine Ski Championship at Mount Sunapee.

Kennett won the 14-team meet in the competitive division, which also includes teams from Pembroke Academy, Hollis- Brookline, Milford, Souhegan, Lebanon, Hanover, Laconia, Plymouth, Kingswood, Oyster River, Monadnock and Con-Val.

The team raced well all year, dropping only two regular-season meets.

“We ski fast, we ski true and we ski for fun,” said senior Andrew Fournier, who finished 33rd of 77 entrants in the giant slalom race, then took 31st in the afternoon slalom.

Travis Nevins was the Generals’ strongest skier, finishing sixth in the giant slalom and fourth in the slalom to help the team reach 701 points. Austin Nevins, who finished 49th in the slalom and ninth in the giant slalom; Kyle Anderson, who took seventh in the slalom and 15th in the GS; Grady Macklin, who was 21st in the slalom and 16th in the giant slalom; and Ross Macklin, who crossed 58th in the slalom and 64th in the GS, also participated for JS.

Anderson, Austin Nevins and Travis Nevins were chosen to participate in New Hampshire’s Meet of Champions at Gunstock. The meet, organized by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, brings together the top 12 racers from each of the four divisions to compete. The top 14 racers from this event will move to a regional event against skiers from Maine, Vermont, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

Other members of the team, coached by third-year mentor Matthew Colby, include Alex Shreenan, Scott Townes, Robert Stone, Gerald Cowan, Steve Kazakis, Michael Doherty and Ben Zawacki. Josi Hier and Ashley Morrison are the managers.