ShS Nordic Ski Team

CONGRATS to the Sheridan Boys Nordic Team for WINNING the State Championship in 2026 in Pinedale! 🥇

Welcome

Sheridan Bronc Image, the high school's mascot

Welcome to Sheridan High School's Nordic Ski Team. We are excited to establish high school level competitive Nordic Skiing in Sheridan as we train in the Bighorns and enjoy being outdoors during the winter.

C O R E V A L U E S

We WORK Hard

We are ONE Team

Sibley Lake Nordic Trail in Wyoming, Training area for our ski team

We LOVE the Outdoors

fitness defined in measurable performance of endurance, agility, power, balance, strength, speed, cardiovascular capacity, coordination, and flexibility

Nordic Skiing is an excellent way to improve overall fitness as it challenges the athlete in all nine aspects that make up fitness. Both aerobic and anaerobic sports can benefit from Nordic Skiing during the winter. For endurance athletes such as cross-country runners or swimmers, Nordic Skiing builds a better engine increasing the athlete's VO2max and lactic threshold. For athletes competing in anaerobic sports such as football, soccer, tennis, or volleyball, Nordic Skiing enhances their ability to recover quicker allowing them to push longer at high intensity throughout the game.

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Important Dates including the upcoming 2025/2026 Season:

Weekly Pre-Season training spring through fall: Reach out to coach Alicke if you'd like to join us for our weekly activities including track practice, EMIT gym training, roller ski outings, and social gatherings.

10/31 Winter Gera Swap Fund Raiser
11/3 6:30pm Cafeteria: Pre-Season meetings for Parents and Athletes
11/16 First Day of Practice
11/21 Training in the Bighorns
11/25-11/29 Thanksgiving Break
12/5 Training in the Bighorns
12/11-12/12 CASPER (KW) (HS and NRL race at biathlon center)
- 12/11-12/13 IMD opener in SOHO (NRL race, not HS sanctioned)
12/18-19 Laramie (also NRL backup if Casper lacks snow)
12/21-1/4: Christmas Break - Daily training trips into the Big Horns (signup required w/ limited seating)
- 12/20-12/21: Crested Butte (RMN Qualifier #1, not HS sanctioned)
1/8-1/9 Casper (Natrona)
1/15-1/16 HOME MEET (SHERIDAN HOSTS!)
1/23 Pinedale Stampede (not school sanctioned; citizen race)
1/30: training in the Bighorns
- 1/29-1/30: Steamboat Springs (RMN Qualifier #3, not HS sanctioned)
2/5-2/6 Jackson (HS and NRL race)
- 2/7: Jackson NRL race (not HS sanctioned)
2/12-2/13 Cody (HS race)
2/19-2/20 training in the Bighorns
- 2/20-2/21: Minturn (RMN Qualifier #4, not HS sanctioned)
- 2/20-2/21: McCall (IMD Qualifier #3, not HS sanctioned)
2/26-2/27 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in Lander
- 2/27-2/28: Bozeman (IMD Youth Championship, not HS sanctioned)
3/6 West Yellowstone Rendezvous race
3/6-3/7: Durango Youth Festival
3/6-3/7: Boise Clubs Champs
3/12-3/14: U16 Championship Farmington, ME
3/11-3/15 Junior Nationals in Kincaid Park Ancorage, Alaska (not school sanctioned)

Interested? Join us on Band App!

Athletes sign up here! & Parents sign up here!

Head coach Falk Alicke with his wife Libby Alicke in front of the 2022 CrossFit banner in Madison, WI

Head Coach Falk Alicke with Libby Alicke

Meet Our Coaching Staff

Coach Alicke is an US Ski and Snowboard certified L100 cross-country ski coach with a long standing endurance training background in cross-country skiing, running, and triathlon training. He strongly believes in the importance of High Intensity Interval (HIIT) and Strength training, and is also a CrossFit Level 2 trainer. He is also the founder of High Plains Performance Coaching, a coaching service dedicated to maximize athletic performance utilizing a data driven approach. He is the president of High Plains Nordic, a division of US Ski and Snowboard to promote, develop, and expand cross-country skiing within Wyoming, Eastern Montana, and the Dakotas. He and his wife Libby have 5 children, one of them currently attending Sheridan High School.

Coach Sara Kirol

Coach Kirol began cross-country skiing at the age of 3 in southern Wyoming. She has been a life-long athlete competing on basketball, volleyball, and track and field teams. She has been a Nordic ski instructor in Wisconsin and for Western Wyoming College Outreach in Saratoga, WY. She was a collegiate volleyball player and enjoyed competitive trail running for many years. She and her husband Chris have two children.

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