Sarah Hoffman, WJH freshman, recently participated in her second Alpine skiing State Meet at Giant’s Ridge. She wrapped up the season with a 50th place finish at state, improving 4 places from last year.

Q: How many years have you been skiing recreationally and on the HHS team?

A: I have been skiing for 12 years. I have been on the HHS team since 7th grade.

Q: Have you been on other ski teams or programs?

A: I used to ski for the Hyland Hills developmental team, but now I compete in the Race Day Only program for Hyland. The program doesn’t have practices, but you go to Hyland on the weekends and race with other kids to increase race experience.

Q: What’s the best part of racing?

A: The best part of racing is that you never know what will come next. Every course is set differently, on varying terrain.