Cadillac , MI — "One of our team goals is to finish in the top three at all of the Invitationals that we compete in and we achieved the first part of that goal at the Cadillac Invitational on Friday. We knew that there were some great teams at this race. Mattawan Paw/Paw entered the race ranked 7th in the state, Mt. Pleasant was ranked 8th in state and Cadillac is always one of the best teams in the state, so we knew that this would be a great way to see where our team is at the start of the season." Coach Duane Petrosky "Our guys came out and really skied well today and we are super proud of all of their efforts! Tyler Dean medaled in both events (6th Slalom and 10 GS) and Sean Rice ended in the top five in a very tough field in GS (5th)." "We knew we could end up in the top three but how we did it makes this race special. We were solidly in third after finishing GS. Luke Shuster & Tyler Dean each put down great slalom runs but Sean & Brayden both had to climb on one of their runs, which happens when you push yourself to have great times. At this point, I talked to DJ Potgeter and Ben Diegel and told them that the team needed their them to push it hard but they needed to ski without any mistakes so our team would have a chance to finish well in the race and they both came through with great times to secure the team's third place finish". "Today was a great example of our team's depth, our starters are all capable of putting down times that can put us in contention at a race and today we proved it by scoring with our 5th and 6th seed on a very challenging slalom course." Scoring for the Scots were Tyler Dean (6th SL & 10th GS), Luke Shuster (14th Sl & 25th GS), Sean Rice (10th GS), Brayden Smith (20th GS), DJ Potgeter (21st SL) and Ben Diegel (25th SL) The Scots next meet is the Benzie Invitational on Monday at Crystal Mountain Team Standings Cadillac. 80 Mattawan Paw Paw 86 Caledonia 126 Mt. Pleasant 145 Clare 168 Onekama 178 Saginaw Heritage. 202 Grand Haven. 257 Harrison. 261 Team scoring Information can be found using the following links: https://www.live-timing.com/report.php?r=242280&rp=995948 https://www.live-timing.com/report.php?r=242278&rp=995970