Last January, Ellie Sato, then a junior at Whitefish Bay High School and reigning MVP, was shooting downhill in a high school slalom race, crouching and leaning in around a gate when her ski got caught and her leg twisted backward as she tumbled. She was escorted off to learn she had torn her knee's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) — on the side opposite the one she tore the previous winter — and would be out the rest of the season.
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After reconstructive surgery and eight months of recovery away from her favorite sport, Sato is back on skis and hoping to help lead a bright new Whitefish Bay ski team to state.
"I definitely learned that it takes a lot of effort to get back to where you want to go, and you have to keep at it to get something you want," Sato said.
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Sato had some catching up to do, she said, because many serious skiers don't stop practicing in the off-season. There are camps out west, and dryland training at home.
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