Tahoe Basin Ski League | North Tahoe boys, Incline girls claim GS wins
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Race results — Alpine Meadows
Boys
North Tahoe 211
South Tahoe 186
Truckee 184
Douglas 162
Whittell 84
Carson 70
Incline 66
Girls
Incline 206
South Tahoe 182
Whittell 182
North Tahoe 180
Douglas 136
Carson 119
Truckee 51
Overall
North Tahoe 391
South Tahoe 368
Douglas 298
Incline 272
Whittell 266
Truckee 235
Carson 189
The North Tahoe boys are 2-for-2 on the season after winning the second Tahoe Basin Ski League race at Alpine Meadows this past Thursday.
The Laker boys, who also won the season opener at Mammoth on Dec. 13, swept the top two spots in the giant slalom race and placed five skiers in the top 10 to easily claim the victory ahead of South Tahoe, 211-186.
Truckee’s boys, meanwhile, placed three racers in the top 10 and finished third with 184 points. The Douglas boys were fourth with 162 points, followed by Whittell (84), Carson (70) and Incline (66).
Incline’s girls also swept the top two spots while placing three skiers in the top five, giving the Highlanders the girls win with 206 points to South Tahoe and Whittell’s 182.
North Tahoe’s girls finished fourth with 180 points. Douglas (136) was fifth, Carson (119) was sixth and Truckee (51), which had only one varsity girl racer, was seventh.
Led by their boys win, the Lakers took the overall (boys and girls combined) ahead of South Tahoe, posting 391 points to the Vikings’ 368. Douglas was third in the overall, with 298 points, followed by Incline with 272, Whittell (266), Truckee (235) and Carson (189).
Individually, North Tahoe’s Drew Austin claimed victory in the varsity boys race, posting a two-run combined time of 1:01.83. Teammate Harry Goss finished second in 1:02.07, while Grand Dunkeiman of Douglas was third in 1:02.48 and North Tahoe’s Rudi Arnston was fifth in 1:02.56.
Kevin Caravelli (1:04.08) and Ross Tester (1:04.42) finished eighth and 10th, respectively, to round out North Tahoe’s top five scores.
Wes Harrington led the Wolverines with a sixth-place finish in a time of 1:02.63. He was followed by teammates Max Wingard, who was ninth in 1:04.08, and Mitchel Osborne, who was 11th in 1:05.00. Gordon Critz (19th place) and Quincy Schram (27th) completed Truckee’s scoring.
In the girls race, Incline’s Emily Donahue and Bridgett Johnson finished 1-2 in times of 1:03.54 and 1:03.71, respectively. Katie Sears of South Tahoe was third in 1:04.57.
Incline’s Laurel Taylor finished fifth in 1:05.25, Incline’s Hannah Laurie was 14th in 1:07.65 and Keegan Wells (1:11.63) of Incline was 20th.
Hailey Perkins, who was the lone Truckee skier in the girls race, finished sixth in a time of 1:05.27.
Emma Sproehnie and Johanna Gur placed seventh and eighth, respectively, to lead the North Tahoe girls with times of 1:05.89 and 1:05.96. The Lakers’ Sophie Pokorny (1:08.10) was 15th, Mara White (1:09.49) 18th and Allie Doyle (1:10.58) 19th.
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