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2006 NJSIRAA State Championships |
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2006 NJISRA Dual Slaloms |
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Mountain Creek hosts Steven Petro Memorial Invitational |
| While warm weather and slushy conditions postponed last week's SCIL competition, the return of cold winds and snow has the slopes at Mountain Creek prepared to host this Friday's 4th Annual Steven Petro Memorial Invitational that is sponsored by the NJISRA. |
| After a battle with brain cancer, Steven Petro, a 2000 graduate of Newton High School, passed away on September 1st, 2002. Petro had a passion for skiing - whether it was exploring the trails of Vermont with his friends or racing through the gates with his teammates - he loved the mountain. For the first two years of his high school career, Newton High School did not have a race team. So he decided to start one. Together with Coach David Pede, he walked through the halls of the high school to recruit skiers. |
| He was made captain of the first ever Newton High School Race Team. Petro, as well as many of the teammates he recruited, had no prior race experience. But one would never know from Steven's actions. On the day of the first race, when everyone's stomach was filled with butterflies, he gave his team confidence. "If I can do it, we all can do it" he said. As the first boy racer for his team to ski the course, his words proved true and the team's first race was a success. |
| It is fitting that, for the last four years, the mountain is honoring him. The proceeds raised from this race will benefit the Steven Petro Memorial Scholarship that is awarded to a Newton High School graduating senior. |
| Danielle De Vita, a close friend of Petro who created the invitational and scholarship said, "The race and the scholarship help to keep Steven's name alive, but his memory will be forever in the hearts of those who loved him". |
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