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Article: A grand weekend is on docket at Killington

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SKI NOTEBOOK

Vermont natives and fellow Olympians Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter will have at it this weekend at Killington for the US Snowboarding Grand Prix overall title. Clark is the defending Grand Prix champ and is leading the women's standings following a victory at the Copper Mountain opener and a second at Boreal. Teter, who won the halfpipe at Boreal, is close behind with Gretchen Bleiler sitting third.

Louie Vito and Steve Fisher are tied in the overall men's standings. The finals in the 430-foot-long halfpipe with 22-foot walls are scheduled for Saturday with slopestyle Sunday.

Hannah Kearney is heading into her final World Cup of the season March 18-20 in France with a 2009 FIS ...

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