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The defending Division 4 State Champion Whittell Warriors are beginning the final weekend of regular season action with an impressive record. Overall, they are 21-2 and in league play they are 13-1. Their only loss of the season is to league leading Virginia City.

On Thursday night Whittell won their sixth straight game by beating Sage Creek 70-13.

Every Warrior ended up on the score board led by Palmer Chaplin's 11 points. Three teammates had 10 points: Colin Buchholz, Bryce Bronken and Quinn Kixmiller. All of those players are juniors except senior Bronken.

Palmer Chaplin's 25 points led the Whittell Warriors over Mineral County in prep basketball action on Saturday night. The Warriors scored in double digits each quarter, ending the game with a 59-36 victory.

Following Chaplin was Quinn Kixmiller with 17 and Bryce Bronken with 9.

Whittell's 7-0 league leading record (15-1 overall) is carrying them down the home stretch with remaining games against Virginia City (13-2) on January 23, Pyramid Lake (4-10) on January 27, Excel Christian (8-6) on January 30 and Smith Valley (2-15) on January 31.

With an overall record of 12-1 and a Northern Nevada IV league leading 5-0, the Whittell High School Varsity Basketball Team has taken off just as they did in their 2014 State Championship year.

The Whittell Warriors hosted Excel Christian action Saturday night. Whittell's 31 point second quarter sealed the deal as the South Shore team won, 81-51. Whittell was coming off a Friday night road victory where they beat Smith Valley 73-35.

This just may be the year of South Lake Tahoe girls soccer dominance. One week after the Whittell warriors won the state title for Division III schools, the Lady Vikings will try to win one of their own.

On Friday night, the South Tahoe High Varsity Girls beat the #1 seed from the South, Faith Lutheran by a score of 2-1. Junior Ashley Schouten scored both goals for STHS. Their nemesis from the North, Truckee, lost their match Friday against Sierra Vista High 1-0.

The Lady Warriors of Whittell High School played the first round of the State Soccer Championships just as they had the regular season, with dominance.

With a league leading record of 14-0 (and overall 17-1), the Whittell girls breezed into the final game by beating White Pine 5-0.

In the other playoff game at Whittell on Friday, Incline High beat North Tahoe with a score of 5 to 4.

The Warriors girls team will play Incline at noon on Saturday at Whittell High.

The Whittell Warriors Varsity football team improved their record to 8-0 after a double overtime win over Mineral County on Friday night. The Warriors fell behind in the first quarter 22-8 and went into the locker room at half time trailing 44-22. At the end of regulation play the score was tied at 44 after Whittell came back with two touchdown passes by Colin Buchholtz late in the game. Max Primo's 6 yard rushing TD in overtime was followed by a pass by Buccholtz to Armando Rodgriquez for a touchdown put Whittell on the win column with a final score of 56-50.

The girl's varsity soccer team from South Tahoe High beat the Whittell Warriors on Saturday by a score of 6-0. Senior Ally King led all scorers with three goals, followed by Junior Ashlee Schouten's two and Alejandra Gutierrez, a junior, kicked in one. South Tahoe seniors Kendall Egan and Jordyn Dion each has assists.

Both teams are having big seasons. The Whittell girls are now 9-1 overall with 4-1 in league play and are in first place in Division III North. South Tahoe is now 10-2-1 overall and 7-0-1 in league and are in first place in the Northern Nevada 1A Soccer League.

Are you ready for some football? Friday Night Lights are underway once again as the South Tahoe High Vikings take on the El Dorado Cougars on August 29. The JV game starts at 4:30 p.m. and Varsity starts at 7 p.m.

Viking Coach Kevin Hennessee has five seniors on his team, 24 juniors and two sophomores.

Both the Boy's and Girl's Cross County teams head to Shadow Mountain Park in Sparks for their meets.

On Saturday, the South Tahoe Girls Soccer teams take to the field. The Vikings host Montgomery in an 11 a.m. JV game and 1 p.m. Varsity match up.

Celebrities competing in the 25th American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe next week will be autographing golf bags for charity. Vessel and the ACC have teamed up to raise money by auctioning off the bags through online and text bidding.

The 25th Annual American Century Golf Championship which is played at South Lake Tahoe's Edgewood Tahoe is just 3 months away! This year's event takes place July 15 through July 20.

Discounted season pass tickets are now available for $50 which makes the daily ticket price just $8.33. The Lake Tahoe tournament is the No. 1 celebrity golf event in the country.

The American Century Championship is offering the specially priced Season Pass through May 31; beginning June 1 it’s $60.

2/23/14 update: League Champion Whittell lost to Virginia City on Saturday 62-49, bringing to a close their 23-4 season.

The Whittell Warriors Boys Basketball team is continuing their winning ways in the Northern Nevada Division IV playoffs. They beat Eureka on Thursday night by a score of 71-27 and beat Wells on Friday night, 53-41.

They will now meet Virginia City for the Championship game on Saturday at 2 pm at North Valleys High School in Reno. They beat Virginia City during the regular season on February 15 62-55.

November 16, 2013: This just in: The South Tahoe High School girl's soccer team has won the Nevada State 1-A Championship! In Friday's first round action the Lady Vikings beat Faith Luthern by a score of 2-1 which brought them to today's championship round against Pahrump Valley. South Tahoe was victorious by a score of 3-2 and is crowned state champ.

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From March 29-31, 2013, Heavenly Mountain Resort will be buzzing with excitement as Olympic hopefuls take to the California side of the resort to compete in moguls, aerials and dual moguls. The Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships will return to Heavenly’s famous Gunbarrel run, as U.S. team athletes come together for the final event of the season to battle it out for the title of U.S. Champion. Leading the team are Olympic and World Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT), and hometown hero Sho Kashima (South Lake Tahoe, CA).

Matt Elliott twirled a no-hitter, Robbie Poet earned his first win ever and Jake Sharp's bat stayed red hot as the Warriors bounced back for a sweep in the Smith Valley baseball tournament Satur...

The boys and girls Whittell basketball teams playoff runs came to an end Thursday in Elko in the Northern Division III quarterfinals. The boys lost 69-60 to No. 4 seed ROP, and the girls lost 48-32...

INCLINE VILLAGE - When Molly Franklin and Kortney Solis have the green light to shoot - which is every time down the court - the Incline girls are a dangerous basketball team.Incline's big two c...

The lady Warriors are coming together just in time for playoffs. They didn't get the win Tuesday against Truckee, but they did play some of their best basketball so far this season. The Warriors...

The lady Vikings and Warriors meant business as they took the court for a physical cross-town rivalry. The Vikings took control of the game early on, and cruised to a 49-24 win over Whittell on ...

ZEPHYR COVE - For a second it looked like Whittell might pull it off. Garrett Bronken's free throw hit the rim perfectly and rebounded back into his hands, just like he intended. With 8 seconds ...

Ladies split weekendThe girls turned in mixed results against Sparks and Silver Stage last weekend. On Friday, the Warriors struggled in the fourth quarter and Sparks took advantage for a 40-34 win...

The Vikings and Warriors hit the slopes with top times to kick off the high school ski season. The South Tahoe boys and girls teams both claimed first place overall at the Alpine Meadows opener ...

The Warriors had home court advantage Tuesday, but it didn't feel like it. The boys and girls both lost hard-fought, physical matches to Virginia City in front of a boisterous visiting crowd. Th...

It didn't take long for the Warriors to shake off any lingering rust from their two-week winter break.In fact, it was hard to believe Whittell even took the holidays off.The Warriors exploded ba...