State Nordic skiing: SPA sisters take team sprint title

The first time Maren Overgaard recalls skiing with her sister Alyda, things didn’t go so well. “I was in eighth grade,” the senior at St. Paul Academy and Summit School said. “She was in sixth grade, so she hadn’t joined the team yet. But we were on the Birkie trail in Cable, Wisconsin, and Alyda broke my pole! “I can still remember her just trying to keep up with me on those hills.” It went much more smoothly Wednesday when Maren and Alyda, now a sophomore, teamed up to win the girls team sprint title at the state Nordic ski meet at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. The duo finished in a time of 14 minutes, 20.3 seconds, outpacing the second-place team of Nora Deisz and Keira Dahlquist of...