South Tahoe High

The UCLA Bruin Marching Band will open up the 24th Season of The Amazing Race on Sunday, February 23 and a local young man will be part of it. South Tahoe High Graduate Thomas Smith, son of Michael and Madonna Doyle and Tom Smith, plays the trumpet with the Bruins. The Biology major is a Freshman at UCLA.

While at South Tahoe High, Thomas was involved in theater, music and dance.

You can see him on the very opening of this clip. Smith is the 2nd one in, near the 20 yard line, in the diagonal leg of "R."

Skiers from Whittell, South Tahoe, North Tahoe, Incline, Truckee, Carson and Douglas High Schools met on the slopes at Heavenly Valley on Tuesday for the High School Slalom Races.

South Tahoe High's Connor McKeen came in 1st in the boys' races with a total combined time of 1:01.79. Grant Dunkelman of Douglas came in 2nd at 1:02.98 followed by Harrison Goss of North Tahoe 1:03.55.

Maia Bickert from South Tahoe High came in 1st in the girls' races with a time of 1:02.96, followed by Cheyenne Brown of Truckee with a time of 1:04.86 and Laurel Taylor of Incline at 1:07.66.

Due to an incident which happened at Tuesday night's South Tahoe High School basketball game, school officials have put restrictions on Saturday's game against Fernley.

Emails and phone calls went out to the parents of all STHS students, stating that "a large number of students violated the expected behaviors of positive team support, being welcoming hosts, and upholding the Viking Goals."

Because of this, school administration will only allow students to attend "and remain seated with their parents" at the game.

In a quest to make a difference, South Tahoe High School senior Brooke Georguson is collecting jeans that will be donated to homeless youth in the Reno/Tahoe community. On top of that goal, Brooke wants to collect the most jeans in the region so her school will be awarded a $10,000 grant.

Selected among several local outstanding youth Josh Kornbeck will compete against other Boys & Girls Club members for the California Youth of the Year title and a $1,000 college scholarship from Tupperware Brands Corporation. As the new Youth of the Year for Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe, 16-year old Josh is a true example of an extraordinary young man recognized by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for his sound character, leadership skills and willingness to give back to the community.

Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe clinched the first spot on the U.S. Olympic slopestyle snowboarding team with her victory Thursday at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain. Ryan Stassel (Anchorage) took the victory for the men, while favorite Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) fell hard during his first run and couldn’t put together a complete second run. It was the third Olympic qualifier of five, and the fourth qualifier commenced Thursday at 4:30 p.m..

Anderson's winning run was a 50-50, back lip, tail 270 out, frontside 360 shifty, backside 540 and cab 720.

It’s Alive! South Tahoe High presents the musical comedy “Young Frankenstein” written by Mel Brooks. Performed with permission from Musical Theatre International.

Friday, Jan. 17th, 7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 18th 7:00 pm
Sunday, Jan. 19th 2:00pm

Friday, Jan. 24th 7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25th 7:00pm
Sunday, Jan. 26th 2:00pm

Tickets $15 adults/$10 Seniors/$5 students
South Tahoe High TADA Theater

Saturday, Jan. 25th 5:00 pm
3rd Annual GALA Dinner to benefit PABA (Performing Arts Booster Assoc.)

It’s Alive! South Tahoe High presents the musical comedy “Young Frankenstein” written by Mel Brooks. Performed with permission from Musical Theatre International.

Friday, Jan. 17th, 7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 18th 7:00 pm
Sunday, Jan. 19th 2:00pm

Friday, Jan. 24th 7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25th 7:00pm
Sunday, Jan. 26th 2:00pm

Tickets $15 adults/$10 Seniors/$5 students
South Tahoe High TADA Theater

Saturday, Jan. 25th 5:00 pm
3rd Annual GALA Dinner to benefit PABA (Performing Arts Booster Assoc.)

It’s Alive! South Tahoe High presents the musical comedy “Young Frankenstein” written by Mel Brooks. Performed with permission from Musical Theatre International.

Friday, Jan. 17th, 7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 18th 7:00 pm
Sunday, Jan. 19th 2:00pm

Friday, Jan. 24th 7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25th 7:00pm
Sunday, Jan. 26th 2:00pm

Tickets $15 adults/$10 Seniors/$5 students
South Tahoe High TADA Theater

Friday, Jan. 25th 5:00 pm
3rd Annual GALA Dinner to benefit PABA (Performing Arts Booster Assoc.)

The South Tahoe High School Performing Arts Booster Association (PABA) Gala will be held on Saturday, January 25 at 5 pm. For just $30 per ticket you'll get a steak and lobster dinner prepared by local residents, the Romagnolo family. Discounted entrance tickets into the theater department's performance of "Young Frankenstein" immediately after dinner are also available for $10 each.

Dinner is at 5 pm and will be held in the STHS Studen Union. The play will start after dinner in the school's new theater.

For tickets, contact PABA at sthspaba@gmail.com

You've most likely seen the bins around town, covered in wrapping paper and notes asking for toy donations for Christmas Cheer. The call for toys being needed for children in the South Lake Tahoe community went out, and the community responded.

Benjamin Wade and Christian DeLeon were hired as the new LTCC soccer coaches at Tuesday night's Lake Tahoe Community College Board meeting. Both coaches will head up the newly established intercollegiate soccer program at the college. Wade will be the men's head coach and DeLeon the women's.

El Dorado County, Douglas County, and the City of South Lake Tahoe are hosting two community workshops on December 11-12, 2013 to discuss the role that outdoor recreation plays in enhancing tourism and community livability for the South Shore. This is a great opportunity for residents to share their insights about parks, recreation, trails, events and programs, so that recreation opportunities can be improved in the future.

Twenty-eight area nonprofits were awarded $85,000 in donations from the 2013 American Century Championship. In a ceremony on Thursday, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority distributed the checks through funds raised during the annual celebrity golf tournament.

Halloween is always a celebration in South Lake Tahoe and this year is no different. Even though the actual holiday is on Thursday, October 31, the parties and celebrations start in town this weekend. Here is an overview on all that is happening:

Halloween Dance with the Tahoe Dance Band - at the Senior Center on Friday, October 25. The 17 piece dance band will perform big band music, food, drink, costume prizes. 7:30 - 10 pm. $10.

It was just 3 minutes from the time a gun was shot today in Sparks, Nevada until the first police officer arrived at Sparks Middle School. In that 3 minutes, one math teacher was killed, two students were shot and the young shooter shot and killed himself.

Celebrate and honor our veterans as the LTUSD Performing Arts Department presents A Veterans Day Musical Tribute on Thursday, November 7, 2013. The music will be performed by the South Tahoe Middle School and South Tahoe High School Bands, Orchestras, and Choirs. The concert will be held in the Multi-purpose Room at South Tahoe Middle School and is FREE!

Doors open at 6:30 PM and the concert starts at 7PM.

More than 2 dozen decorated cars and trucks carrying South Tahoe High students lined Highway 50 on Saturday morning for the Annual South Tahoe High Homecoming Parade. The school's Pep Band, Lady Vikings, Football and Soccer teams, cheerleaders, Homecoming Prince and Princesses, alumni and classes as well as Pop Warner cheerleaders and players joined in the fun. Candy was tossed from passing cars and there were lots of cheering parents and residents along the parade route.

With class schedules, books and other supplies in arm, 2,351 students headed back to school today as the Fall Quarter began at Lake Tahoe Community College. Though the numbers are comparable to last year, school officials have seen a shift to more full time students at the college. According to Tom Greene, VP of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs at LTCC, there are seeing more students who are working towards credits to transfer to a four year college.

For the first time since 1996, enrollment in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District appears to be on an upward trend. There are 102 new students in the district so far this school year, bringing the total number of students currently enrolled to 3,832.

This figure is still far below the number of students attending local school in the 1996-1997 school year when there were 5,978 in grades K to 12.

The breakdown of students at the district's 6 schools:

Bijou Community School – 572
Sierra House Elementary School 493

South Lake Tahoe teen Mykala Muskovitz completed Sunday's Tour de Tahoe's 72 mile course around Lake Tahoe in just 4.5 hours. While some riders were faster, Mykala's ride was filled with passion and compassion as she rode to raise money to sponsor under privileged dancers at Lake Tahoe's Shining Stars and to buy winter hats and gloves for the children at Live Violence Free.

The South Tahoe High School's Viking Football team will now travel to El Dorado High School for Friday's game instead of hosting the season opener. Due to smoke in the area, all other teams in the league have cancelled their games, but since the Viking's opponent is out of the area it was decided to move the game.

The JV team will play at 5 pm and the varsity at 7:30 pm, Stay tuned to southtahoenow.com for scores and highlights all season long.

The Second Annual Fourth of July Parade and Event is sponsored this year by the American Legion Post #795 in South Lake Tahoe. The parade will stage in the parking lot of Big 5 at the Y, and begin traveling East at 10:00 am on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The parade will conclude at the American Legion Post #795 by 11:00 am.

Tahoe Arts and Design Academy at South Tahoe High will present its annual Pops Concerts on Monday, June 3 and Wednesday, June 5, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the TADA Theatre located at South Tahoe High School. Tickets are $5 each. Refreshments will be available.