Zuber was shredding down the mountain, zig-zagging between the trees behind a snowboarder on March 3. He got caught in deep powder but easily made his way out and got back on his way.

But a recent investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice found there was “no cause” to reconsider the previously determined outcome of her case, according to findings published on Aug. 5.

In the final lap of the Class 4A boys 3200-meter run, Ankeny's Ethan Zuber, Sioux City's Natnael Kifle, Norwalk's Tony Anania and Cedar Falls' Jaden Merrick were shoulder-to-shoulder.

Francis Zuber said he was sidecountry skiing on Mt. Baker with a friend on March 3 when he caught sight of a snowboard sticking out from a tree well.