ELLICOTTVILLE — Girls freestyle skier Brett DeWeese, 14, of Saratoga Springs, took third place at the NY-PA State Freestyle Championships March 9-10 at Holiday Valley Ski Resort. The event was an official U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association competition featuring more than 100 of the top freestyle skiers from New York and Pennsylvania. Freestyle skiing is broken up into runs of aerials, slope style and moguls. DeWeese competes for the New York Ski Education Foundation (NYSEF) team out of Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid.