Cosmos' Warner earns overall runner-up

Springfield's Alex Warner finished second overall at the VPA Snowboarding State Championships held Wednesday and Thursday in Ludlow.

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2017-03-04 / Sports Print article Print Cosmos' Warner earns overall runner-up Springfield’s Alex Warner, shown in an earlier meet, placed second overall at the VPA Snowboarding Championships. — COURTESY Springfield’s Alex Warner, shown in an earlier meet, placed second overall at the VPA Snowboarding Championships. — COURTESY LUDLOW, Vt. — Springfield's Alex Warner finished second overall at the VPA Snowboarding State Championships held Wednesday and Thursday. The Cosmos senior compiled 53 points, just two behind overall champion Evan Bloch of Woodstock. Logan Bijolle of Bellows Free Academy was a distant third with 38 points. Warner, with 219 points, was third behind Bloch (259) and River Willman (249) of Rutland in Wednesday's Halfpipe. On Thursday morning, he placed third behind Bloch and Dylan Leavitt of Enosburg in Slopestyle. In the afternoon, Warner was fourth in Giant Slalom with a two-run time of 1:39.36. He trailed Rice Memorial's Marcus Roberge, Twin Valley's Logan Boyd and South Burlington's Phillip Hampson. Green Mountain's Molly Verespy added a runner-up finish in Thursday's Slopestyle to the third place she captured in Wednesday's Halfpipe. Allie Nowicki of Burr & Burton won the Slopestyle with a score of 220 while Verespy chalked up 204 points. Verespy was 18th in the GS with a cumulative time of 2:02.67. Bellows Free Academy won the boys overall team championship while Burr & Burton took the girls title.