Lady Lakers sweep podium at cross-country state championships; Sugar Bowl’s Halvorsen wins boys’ race
The California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation cross-country state championships were held today under sunny, warm conditions at Auburn Ski Club. A trio of skiers from the North Tahoe girls’ team shot out to an...
Truckee girls defeat Lowry in league semis, earn first state tournament berth since 2010
For the first time since 2010, the Truckee girls’ basketball team is headed to the state tournament. The Wolverines eliminated Lowry in the semifinals of the Class 3A Northern League tournament earlier today, taking a...
Ski wrap: Local alpine racers named to Junior World Team, put on a show in Utah
Incline Village’s Lila Lapanja, 25, raced to a first-place finish in an FIS qualification event at the National Winter Activity Center in Park City, Utah. Lapanja led the way last Friday in a field featuring...
Red Bull Raid returns to Squaw for 2nd year
After a successful inaugural event that saw winter sports stars like Daron Rahlves and JT Holmes compete alongside dozens of other athletes at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, the Red Bull Raid is back for a...
Streit beats out field to claim President’s Cup victory
One of the most well-known Nordic skiers on the Far West circuit has added to his trophy case, claiming victory on Monday in the annual Tahoe Mountain Sports President’s Cup cross-country race at Auburn Ski...
Truckee’s Cuneo wins again, to defend cross-country state title Saturday
Truckee senior Steffen Cuneo raced to his third cross-country win of the high school season Feb. 14, cruising to first place by more than 38 seconds at the North Tahoe Freestyle. Cuneo has now picked...
Sweep on the slopes: North Tahoe boys finish undefeated, Truckee girls claim regular season title
Tahoe Basin Ski League regular season champions were crowned last Thursday at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Alpine skiers closed out the season with a round of giant slalom racing, marking the final chance to accumulate points...
Prep roundup: Truckee girls, North Tahoe boys earn first-round byes (GALLERY)
The high school basketball regular season came to a close last weekend, marking the end of the year for two local squads, while two others will prepare to play in this week’s regional tournaments. Truckee...
Truckee wrestlers earn academic state championship
The Truckee wrestling program was named Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Class 3A Academic State Champions at last weekend’s state championship tournament. The Wolverines worked to post a combined 3.44 GPA in the classroom. Truckee’s lone...
Squaw Winter Olympics hits 60th anniversary
Today marks the 60th anniversary of athletes from across 30 nations marching into Squaw Valley’s Blyth Arena for the opening ceremonies of the 1960 Winter Olympics. The games, which ran Feb. 18-28, nearly had a...
Powell, Halvorsen capture XC wins at Truckee Sprints
A lack of snow may have moved the annual Truckee Sprints cross-country race from Surprise Stadium, but it didn’t stop the area’s top high school racers from battling it out through three rounds of racing....
Ski Wrap: South Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson continues streak of first-place finishes
South Tahoe snowboarder Jamie Anderson has been on fire in recent weeks, racking up a trio of first-place finishes. On Saturday, Anderson, 29, won her 11th Dew Tour championship, besting the field of riders in...
North Tahoe’s AJ Hurt skis to second Nor-Am win of season
For the second time in a little more than a week, North Tahoe’s AJ Hurt stood atop the podium of a North American Cup event. Hurt, 19, posted her second win of the season, capturing...
Prep roundup: Truckee boys sport 3.75 GPA, end basketball season at home this weekend
The Truckee boys’ basketball team was knocked out of playoff contention following last weekend’s games, but will look to end the year on a positive note with a pair of home contests on Friday and...
Truckee riders Penfield, Luebke go one-two on Freeride World Tour
Truckee snowboarders wowed judges on the way to a one-two finish last weekend at the Freeride World Tour’s stop at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, British Columbia, Canada. Jonathan Penfield, who competed for the...
Castellanos reaches state, first Truckee wrestler since 2013 to qualify for tourney
For the first time since the 2012-13 wrestling season, Truckee will be represented at the Nevada Interscholastic Association Class 3A State Wrestling Championships. Senior Kevin Castellanos qualified for this weekend’s championship tournament following a fourth-place...
North Tahoe rider Nina Burt ends regular season with fifth alpine victory
For the second week in a row, North Tahoe senior Nina Burt showed that when she’s dialed in, the other riders in the California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation are racing for second place. Burt...
Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy athletes excel at Kirkwood freeride event
The Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy attended stop No. 2 of the Tahoe Junior Freeride Series at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. The event was held on the steep terrain of Eagle Bowl, underneath Kirkwood’s infamous...
Lakers continue alpine supremacy, sweep team scores at Sierra-at-Tahoe
The North Tahoe alpine team showed its depth and speed in the second to last race of the regular season, finishing the giant slalom event at Sierra-at-Tahoe with a pair of team wins, two individual...
North Tahoe’s Burt obliterates Northstar course, wins by 9 seconds
The North Tahoe girls’ snowboard team remained unbeaten on the slopes this season, racing to a giant slalom victory at Northstar California Resort on Monday behind a dominant performance by senior Nina Burt. Burt sat...