Sophomores emerge as Foxcroft Academy’s Winter Carnival champions

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy’s sophomore class won the “Wonders of the World” snow sculpture competition to cap a dominant Winter Carnival performance that also featured victories in five of the other nine categories: skits, tug-of-war, volleyball, snow baseball/softball and dress-up days.

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    STANDING ON TOP — The Foxcroft Academy sophomore class, which includes Taylor Smith who is atop the Class of 2017’s snow sculpture, took first-place honors in the “Wonders of the World” competition during the school’s recent Winter Carnival. The sophomores won five of nine events to best the other three Pony grades.

    In all, the sophomores secured 36.5 total points, outpacing their closest competitors the juniors who won basketball and the quiz bowl by five full points. The seniors took second in the sculpture competition and finished third overall with 27 points while the freshmen have vowed to train in Siberia this offseason as they look to bounce back from a lackluster rookie performance.
    Regardless of the final standings, it was a great week for all, with participation reaching an unprecedented level in spite of Thursday-Friday temperatures that never got above 16 degrees. English teacher Nick Miller did an excellent job running the show for the second straight year, and he was quite pleased with how the week turned out.
    “Winter Carnival weekend was highly successful because of the phenomenal participation by Foxcroft students,” Miller said. “Despite the cold weather, the FA community came together, had fun, and put their Pony pride on display. Thank you to all who were involved.”