RUMFORD -- Mt. Blue High School added a pair of combined Alpine titles to its trophy case during the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference ski championships Monday at Black Mountain. Several central Maine skiers also turned in outstanding individual efforts to gain top-five finishes.

Afternoon Nordic races where postponed, however, when wind chill temperatures dipped to minus-35 degrees. Freestyle competition, which will complete the KVAC ski championship events, has been rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Strong winds coupled with cold temperatures created a hard, packed giant slalom course that generated plenty of speed and excitement throughout the day. Mt. Blue's Kyle Cyr and Maine Central Institute's Rebekah Kallgren repeated their dual from Saturday when Cyr captured the slalom title by .29 seconds.

Cyr turned up the pressure in the GS, registering the fastest time in each run to gain her second KVAC individual title in three days. Cyr racked up a time of 33.54 followed by a 34.03-second run to edge Kallgren by 1.34 seconds.

"It was a really weird day. You had to fight a strong wind and you had to find a way to stay warm when you were at the top of the mountain waiting to ski," Cyr said. "The course was really fast, I had to use my edges a lot more and focus on my skiing."

Cyr's effort, along with that of Emily Deane (fourth), lifted the Mt. Blue girls to the combined Alpine title after finishing second last season. Mt. Blue outdistanced second-place Oxford Hills 57-105 while defending champion Maranacook, which suffered heavy graduation losses, slipped to fifth.

"Winning the KVAC's gets us in the competition mode," Mt. Blue coach Mark Cyr said. "It gets us thinking about getting four skiers to put down two good runs."

Maranacook's Kayla Brown was impressive, turning in one of her best races of the season to claim a sixth in the GS. Winslow's Emma Walters also found her mark, turning in an eighth place while skiing as an independent.

Mt. Blue showed its depth when top Alpine skier Peter Smith fell during his second run. The Cougars had three skiers move into the top 10 to help them earn a 37-37 GS tie while grabbing the combined championship over Edward Little, 64-70.

"When Peter went down, the other members of the team knew they had to step up," Cyr said. "Everybody moved up and filled in the spots for us, it was a great day."

Harris Roberts led the way with a sixth-place finish followed by Sam Prentiss (seventh) and Alex Witt (10th).

Maranacook boys were solid, finishing third with 136 points. Sean Vallant cruised to fifth while Sam Pelletier added a ninth.

"Our boys and girls skied well and aggressively," Maranacook coach Ronn Gifford said. "I am thrilled at how hard our kids worked this season and how well we skied from top to bottom."

Also gaining accolades where Mt. View's Tucker Andrews and Skowhegan's Andy Calder. Andrews, who trains with Skowhegan and skis as an independent, finished second with a two-run combined time of 1:04.93. Calder claimed a fourth.

"I just came into the race and decided to go for it 100 percent," Andrews said. "I am really happy with the result."