The road to playoffs for Whittell High School teams

The football team as well as girls' soccer and boys' cross country teams from Whittell High School all continue their seasons as State Tournaments approach.

Cross Country

Cole Snyder, a Whittell High School junior, is heading to State after coming in fourth at Saturday's NIAA Northern Region Division III/IV Championships at Rancho San Rafael in Reno. His time of 18:35 put him into the top 5 which earns him a spot at the November

Freshman runners Sam Rusk and Jacob Otterstrom placed 43rd and 47th respectively. Rusk had a time of 26:00 and Otterstrom had 28:13.

As a team, Whittell placed eighth with an average time of 36:29.

Whittell's girls team had two finishers at the Northern Nevada meet, Senior Mary Sanchez who came in 23rd with a time of 25:50 and Marissa Maidman, a junior, placed 25th with a time of 26:08.

Soccer

The Whittell girls will be playing in the NIAA Division III Nevada State High School Soccer Championships starting on November 6. They have the #2 seed for the tournament, drawing Incline, the #3 seed, in the first round. Their game starts at 12:00 p.m. The last time the two teams met on October 22 ended up in a 2-2 tie.

The winner of that game plays the winner of the North Tahoe-White Pine game on November 7 at 12:00 p.m.

Incline High is the host for the State Championship game which features only teams from the North.

The Warriors have a league high 11-1-2 record, 13-2-2 overall.

Football

After scoring 416 points during the season (while allowing just 52 points), and having an undefeated 9-0 season, the Whittell High football team looks strong as they prepare for the post season.

They are headed into the NIAA Division IV State Tournament with a first round home game on November 6 against Carlin, Nev. The 6 p.m. game puts the number one and two seeds in a head-to-head match-up. The winner of that game plays the winner of the Beatty-Pahranagat Valley game on November 14. The State Championship game will be held on November 21.