Hollis Brookline's Justin Colby is all smiles after winning the Division II Slalom title Thursday at Cranmore (Twitter photo)

Hollis Brookline’s Justin Colby knew the conditions weren’t great, and he didn’t let his seventh place finish in the Division II boys alpine ski championships Giant Slalom at Cranmore bother him.

“Even though he finished seventh overall in the GS portion of the race, he knew he could push himself further in the Slalom portion during the afternoon,” HB coach Matt LoPresti said.

And Colby was right, as he is now the Division II Slalom state champion, winning the race in 1:08.74, just ahead of Hanover’s Dylan Hendrick (1:09.05).

As a result, the Cavaliers finished second in the Slalom and fourth overall (697 points) in the meet won by Hanover (755.5) with Kennett second (736) and last year’s champion Bow third (705.5).

Souhegan finished seventh overall at 589.

Meanwhile, in Division I at Gunstock, Bishop Guertin’s three-year reign came to an end as the Cardinals finished third overall – despite winning the Giant Slalom – behind champion Bedford (691) and Keene (657). Bedford won its first title since 2017, right before the Cards begin their threepeat.

Merrimack finished 11th with 520 points while Nashua South was 14th (426) and Nashua North 16th (327).

Here’s a look at Thursday’s boys results and Wednesday’s girls state meets as well:

DIVISION II BOYS

HB’s Braeden O’Connor was 12th in the Slalom in 1:16.90, while teammate Max Marshall was 16th (1:21.56) and Martin Bergeron 19th (1:25.16).

Souhegan was eighth in the Slalom, led by Nate Fritz (22nd, 1:26.76) and Will Upton (33,1:37.48).

In the GS, Colby was seventh in 49.84 seconds, while HB’s Ben Palmer (21, 51.17),, Max Marshall (51.59, 24th), Braeden O’Connor (25, 52.07) and Martin Bergeron (27, 52.65) helped the Cavs to a fourth spot.

“Justin has been skiing at a high level all season long and all his hard work throughout the season paid off today,” LoPresti said. “The course conditions during the Slalom portion of the race were starting to eat kids up during the second run and Justin was able to power through and capitalize on the situation.

“I’m very proud of how he was able to fight through such a tough field of kids and finish on top.”

Souhegan in the GS was fifth led by Aidan Leary (15th, 50.28), Fritz (18th, 50.76), Upton (34, 54.10) and Aidan Lawrence (36, 54.75).

DIVISION I BOYS

The Cards were led in their victorious GS race by Colby Rathbone, who finished third (1:08.18), and Colin Rathbone, who was fifth (1:09.03). Matt Kyle was ninth (1:12.22), Dylan Steward 19th (1:15.22) and Chris Swanson 38th (1:19.96.).

Merrimack (11th in GS) was paced by Aiden LaPorte (32nd, 1:17.22) and Gavin Kurdek (1:20.04). Nashua South’s Tyler McCabe was 21st in 1:15.39, Caleb Humber 46th (1:22.04) and Rory Olsen 49th (1:22.88). North was led in the GS by Darren Bevins (65, 1:38.54).

BG struggled in the Slalom despite two in the top 10 – Colin Rathbone was second in 52.61 seconds, followed by Colby Rathbone in fifth at 55.45.

Merrimack was eighth in the Slalom led by Kurdek (21, 1:04.98), LaPorte (32, 1:11.04) and Jacob Gaudet (1:13.63, 38).

McCabe led South (15th) with a 1:06.01, good for 24th while Brady Swisher was 46th (1:19.14).

Bevins for North (16th in Slalom) finished 58th in 1:38.61, followed by Klein (59, 1:39.08).

In the girls meets on Wednesday:

DIVISION I GIRLS

BISHOP GUERTIN THIRD

The Cards totaled 695 points to finish third, behind champion Bedford (711) and Portsmouth (706) at Gunstock.

Nashua South was 13th at 419, while North right behind in 14th at 389, and Merrimack at 17th at 108.

Kate Simpson and Maddie Goldstein paced the Cards. Simpson was fourth in the slalom (58.96) and Goldstein fifth (1:00.63).

The Cards were second in the Slalom overall with help also from Grace O’Malley (16, 1:09.02), Emma Sufariu (34, 1:17.74) and Kaylie Skinner (1:20.04, 39th). In the GS, O’Malley was 19th in 1:21.31,

In the Giant Slalom, Goldstein was fifth (1:16.53) while Simpson sixth (1:17.71). O’Malley was 19th (1:21.31), Kaylie Skinner 26th (1:23.00) and Emma Sufariu (41, 1:27.19)

North was led in the Giant Slalom by Emily Wynee, 44th (1:28.46) and Kate Conley (1:32.97, 56). South in the GS was paced by Abby Yekelchik (55,1:31.84) and Lily Vogel (1:34.05, 58). Merrimack’s Andrea Bartus was 53rd in 1:31.58

In the Slalom, Nashua South’s Audra Robinson finished 19th in 1:09.85, while Vogel was 46th (1:28.03) and Yekelchik 51st in 1:27.74.

North was led by Wynne (49th, 1:27.04) and Brooke Dsilva (60, 1:36.39). Merrimack’s Bartus was 54th in 1:28.79.

DIVISION II GIRLS

SOUHEGAN THIRD

The Sabers were third (697) behind state title winner Kennett (769) and second place Hanover (721) at Crotched Mountain.

Hollis Brookline was 11th with 358.

Souhegan’s Lyla Kimball was the top local in the Slalom in ninth at 1:27.89, while she was fourth in the Giant Slalom in 1:08.64.5.

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