As head coach Bob Underhill puts it, “We have no rock stars, but they’re all stars.”

The Kearsarge boys’ Alpine ski team didn’t have anyone crack the top three, but the Cougars’ depth stacked the top of the standings.

Three Cougars qualified for the Meet of Champions, all four scorers finished in the top 19 of the giant slalom and in the top 13 of the slalom to claim the NHIAA Division III Alpine title on Tuesday at Gunstock.

Kearsarge (729 points) edged Hopkinton (721) for the title. Hopkinton senior Merrick Chapin defended his slalom title to lead the Hawks.

Freshman Leo Mann (fourth slalom, 11th giant slalom), and seniors Alex Spinney (fifth GS, seventh slalom) and Sam Mann (eighth GS, 13th slalom) qualified for the Meet of Champions with top 10 finishes, while senior Braden Hurley (12th slalom) and sophomore Grayson Wyman (19th GS) rounded out the scoring for Kearsarge.

Underhill, who co-coaches the Cougars alongside Jill Firstbrook, also credited Lucas Taylor (20th GS) and Griffin Dixon (23rd GS) for adding depth.

“They were strong, they all stuck together as a team, which was great,” Underhill said. “They all stayed up and skied well. They all chipped in.”

Kearsarge and Hopkinton were tied at 361 points each through the morning GS before the Cougars took a lead in the afternoon slalom.

Gilford’s Bode McLean won the GS with a combined time of 1 minute, 18.12 seconds from two runs. John Stark junior Austin Freeman was second 1:19.01.

Chapin (sixth), Bishop Brady senior Caleb Goldstein (ninth) and Hopkinton sophomore Coley Wells (10th) also qualified for the Meet of Champions in the GS.

Chapin won the slalom with a time of 1:13.54, besting runner-up McLean (1:14.70).

Chapin intentionally forfeited a higher start number in order to give his teammates the better snow surface. Skiing out of the 49th spot with less than ideal conditions, he was thrown off his skis at one point during the slalom, but was able to make an acrobatic recovery to not only finish the run, but defend his title.

Freeman (fifth), and Hopkinton freshman Chet Behner (eighth) and sophomore Edward Blagriff (ninth) qualified for Meet of Champions in the slalom.

Blagriff (12th GS), Behner (15th GS) and Jamie Stone (28th slalom) were the other scoring performances for the Hawks.

“We took a slight edge after the first run of the afternoon slalom, but Kearsarge roared back during the second run,” Hopkinton head coach Scott Zipke said. “Chapin displayed his athleticism and skiing ability throughout the day. Merrick's leadership and ability to handle anything the snow could dish out was amazing to watch.”

Gilford (689) finished third overall, with other area programs Bishop Brady (516) and Hillsboro-Deering (504) finishing seventh and eighth, respectively.

Goldstein (16th slalom), Aiden Michie (26th GS, 35th slalom), Logan Pelletier (27th GS) and Andrew Weston (41st slalom, 58th GS) scored for Bishop Brady, while David Prentiss (36th GS, 36th slalom), Landon Lane (40th GS, 46th slalom), Shayne Mills (43rd GS, 49th slalom), Logan Lane (38th slalom, 55th GS) were the scoring skiers for Hillsboro-Deering.

Belmont (467) finished 10th behind the efforts of Mathias Krauchunas (17th GS, 22nd slalom), Landon Bormes (23rd GS, 31st slalom) and Henry Ashworth (25th slalom 29th GS).

Ronald Martin (44th GS) also contributed to the scoring for John Stark (14th, 255).

Those that qualified will compete at the Meet of Champions on Tuesday at Mittersill Ski Area at Cannon Mountain.