By Lauren Cullen

Staff Writer

Despite the lack of snow this season, Westford Academy’s Alpine Ski Team team has a major win behind them, the Dual County League Championship Race, which was held on February 10th.

This win came after a lot of hard work by the entire team, said Senior Captain Jessica Bishop. Along with one of her co-captains Jess Webb, Bishop said the pair have been working hard since freshman year to earn the title.

“Winning the DCLs was honestly amazing,” said Bishop. “This was absolutely the most fun I had out of my four years of WA alpine ski team. I also personally had my best season so needless to say, it couldn’t have been better.”

For the freshmen on the team, the win came with a lot of excitement.

“I felt very happy to win because it was my first year on the team,” said freshman Jackie Benoit. ” I tried to make it so my first year was strong.”

Most of the members said that the team did very well, most likely because they meshed as a group very well.

“It was a really happy moment for all of us because we’re really close as a team,” said Meghan Potter, sophomore.

Bishop says some of the female skiers that really shined this season were sophomores Natalie Bishop and Alexa Sullivan, along with freshman Katie Stokes. Both Bishop, Sullivan, Stokes, and Webb worked well throughout the season, and went undefeated the entire season.

“I want to say thank you to my team for being amazing and awesome,” said Bishop. “They truly made my senior ski season special.”