Thompsonville, MI — At Crystal Mountain Wednesday night, David Potgeter placed first in giant slalom. Very few skiers win events and he is only the 7th Caledonia Boys Ski Team member to win a giant slalom event. DJ’s run set the tone for the team with Aidan Brown taking 5th place, Peter Calhoun placing 7th and Derick Pritchard finishing out the scorers with a 10th place. The boys team took 2nd in slalom. It was one of the most exciting slalom events that anyone can remember. The entire first flight failed to finish their first slalom runs, which opened the door for Caledonia’s depth to challenge Glen Lake. Sophomores, Aidan Brown (3rd SL) and James Pritchard (4th SL, along with freshman Jake Potgeter (6th SL) and junior Gavin Dean (9th) all scored and were within 2 points of Glenn Lake in slalom. “After the first guys from each team struggled with their runs and DQed, we quickly changed our game plan and had our remaining guys ski more conservatively. We ended up having 5 guys finish the event and ended up only 2 points behind Glen Lake in slalom.” Coach Petrosky “We are pretty deep and if we do lose a few of our top skiers our next guys are there to put down some very competitive times, which always keeps our chance to win there. This time we came up a little short but we are super proud of the effort our guys made at the race. Despite some mistakes we scored 10 to 15 points less than our previous conference races.” The Scots next race is regionals at Cannonsburg on Monday Feb 10th. The top three teams and the top ten individuals in each disciple qualify for the State Finals at Boyne Highlands on Monday Feb 24th.