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Eric Willett's break-out season continues to get better and better.
The 22-year-old Breckenridge snowboarder took home the gold medal Thursday in slopestyle at the Winter X Games Europe in Tignes, France.
Willett landed a second run that included at frontside double cork 1080 and finished with a double backside rodeo to earn a score of 91.0, according to ESPN.
No rider came within five points of him.
Sage Kotsenburg was second, and Mark Grilc took home the bronze.
For Willett, the win capped off an incredible 2009-10 season.
The Breck rider had an early season podium at his home mountain in the Winter Dew Tour in December, then took silver in Winter X Games 14. He followed that up in February with winning the 5 Star TTR World Tour in Italy.
And now, Willett, born and raised in Summit County, has the distinction of the first-ever Winter X Games Europe slopestyle champion.
"That's all I've ever wanted to do since I was a little kid," Willett told the Daily earlier thi

FARMER'S KORNER - After his team's home opener Thursday, senior Daniel Hagy summed up exactly why he thinks his Tiger swimming and diving squad will surprise a lot of opponents this spring.
"What we lack in numbers, we make up for in strength and dedication," Hagy said.
Although Thursday's meet against Wheat Ridge will technically go down as a loss, the eight-man Tiger team certainly demonstrated Hagy's point.
The Tigers had six events in which they finished either first or second, and Hagy gave Summit an individual win in the 500-yard freestyle.
"I think for our first actual competitive meet, swimming the distances and the strokes, I think we actually did really well," Hagy said.
His coach agreed.
"This was the first (meet) where they did their full schedule," head coach Ryan Van Gundy said. "So, this was really their first meet, and they did a good job. They need some endurance training, though, some harder practices."
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FARMER'S KORNER - The Summit High girls' soccer team had its first home game in recent memory Thursday, although the result is one the Tigers would like to forget.
With temperatures in the teens and wicked winds whipping through Farmer's Korner, Summit lost its season opener 10-0 to Battle Mountain at Climax Molybdenum Field at Tiger Stadium.
With an inexperienced and young roster, SHS head coach Tommy Gogolen said Thursday's result wasn't as important as what the Tigers got out of it.
"Everyone played hard," he said. "It's just a matter of learning. I don't question anyone's effort, but it's learning how to win a 50-50 ball, learning how to be in the right spot. That's what we need to work on and teach these girls."
Tiger goaltender Hailey Curnutte made 14 saves in the loss, constantly thwarting close-in scoring chances from the visiting Huskies.
Really, Curnutte felt that her team did a good job playing in front of her.
"We kept up with them