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The South Tahoe High Vikings Football team hosted the Lowery Buckaroos on Friday night in a game that earn the hometown boys their first win of the season.

After close losses to El Dorado (35-32) and Spring Creek (33-27), the Vikings were ready for a win.

Quarterback Tommy Cefalu threw one touchdown pass to Darren Jackson, followed by one on the ground for Jackson and two more rushing touchdowns by Noah Jackson.

The final: 27-0.

Next up for the Vikings: Next week's homecoming game against Wooster at STHS Friday night. Varsity starts at 7 p.m., JV at 4:30 p.m.

The new half-million dollar bleachers at South Tahoe High should be ready for Friday night's home opener between the South Tahoe Vikings and the El Dorado Cougars.

While the press box is in, and the seats are ready, the perimeter of the stands was fenced off on Thursday afternoon. School officials on site at the time said "all should be ready to go by game time."

Summer rainstorms and state regulations for school bleachers held up the process which began right after June, 2015's graduation ceremony.

The South Tahoe High varsity baseball team took their 16-8 league record into the NIAA 1-A Northern League Baseball Tournament Friday, coming out of the first day of games still in the hunt for a state tournament bid.

If the Vikings get by Elko Saturday morning, they'll meet up with the number one seed Churchill County in the NIAA-IA Championship game.

After a slow start, Coach Starbuck Teevan and his varsity baseball team from South Tahoe High have won their last seven games, bringing their league record to 7-3. The Vikings are now 4-0 at home after their opening home stand March 27-31.

The team hosted Truckee High School Friday afternoon, and for two games on Saturday. South Tahoe beat the Wolverines 4-1, 9-5 and 15-3. They also beat Dayton on Tuesday afternoon by a score of 10-7.

The other three wins in this streak were from games against Sparks March 20-21. They beat the Railroaders by scores of 10-5, 8-6 and 6-5.

Due to the generous donation from someone in the community, the South Tahoe High girls' and boys' basketball games are free on Saturday, February 14.

The Junior Varsity girls open up the day of basketball with their 10 a.m. game, followed by the JV boys at 11:30 a.m.

Varsity games get underway at 1 p.m. for the girls and 2:30 p.m. for the boys.

All games will be against Churchill County High School of Fallon, NV.

The South Tahoe Viking wrestling team made their trip to the 2015 NIAA Division 1A Northern League Wrestling Championships count on saturday, with five wrestlers qualifying for State next weekend.

Wrestling at 126 pounds, Junior Michael Valney beat Fernley's Dillon Maguin to bring home third place.

At the next weight class, 132 pounds, Senior James Sorenson also had a third place finish with his win over Lowry's Quint Bell.

Churchill County turned out to be a tough host on Saturday, with both the boys and girls varsity basketball teams from South Tahoe High losing their games. The boys lost 68-47 and the girl's team lost 33-22.

The Viking boys ran against a tough defense during their conference game but sophomore Harry Chakmakis-Moses was still able to score 13. His scoring output was followed by junior Denzel Perez's ten points and senior Kirby David's nine.

South Tahoe High's varsity boys basketball team has been racking up the wins over the last eight days, coming away with victories in the last four games.

Coach Joby Cefaul's Vikings beat Fernley on Saturday, January 10 by a score of 80-68. They started their winning streak on Saturday, January 3 when they beat Spring Creek 65-38, followed by Tuesday's win over Dayton (63-48) and Thursday's 68-58 win over Union Mine of Placerville.

The tributes and memories of Dejon Smith continue to pour in via Facebook and media outlets as well as through much desired hugs.

South Tahoe High had counselors on hand Monday during the school day, helping students deal with grief. The death of 14 year old freshman Dejon Smith has affected not only his friends and classmates but also unknown people around the country.

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 Vikings of South Tahoe High extended their season at least one more day by beating Lowry Friday during the Division 1A Regional Semifinals. Freshman Annie Brejc had two goals on the day with Junior Ashlee Schouten and Senior Maia Bickert each kicking in one.

They are now 19-2-1 on the season and meet their league rival Truckee Wolverines for the Regional Championship. That match will be in Truckee on Saturday, November 8 at 2 p.m.

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.

On Tuesday September 9th, South Tahoe High Schools JV and Varsity team visited Truckee, the defending champion.

The South Tahoe Vikings JV team had a huge win, beating Truckee 5-0 , Nacho Vasquez opened the score with a impressive volley that passed the goalkeeper. Brandon Estrada scored 3 goals to make it 4-0 and a late goal by Luis Munoz wrapped up the scoring for the afternoon.

The Varsity team didn't fare as well as they lost to Truckee, 4-1. The loan goal was scored by Michal Lis early in the game. Lis just moved to South Lake Tahoe from Poland.

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.

The South Tahoe Vikings varsity baseball team is headed to the Nevada State Division 1-A Tournament May 22-24 after taking 2nd place in the Northern Championships Saturday.

Friday's Northern Nevada Tournament action saw South Tahoe beat Number 1 seed Elko in the morning game, followed by Fallon beating Spring Creek in the afternoon and South Tahoe losing to the Fallon team in the nightcap.

South Tahoe had the morning game again on Saturday, in which they beat Spring Creek by a score of 10-8.

In what had to be one of the more exciting games all year, the South Tahoe Vikings Boy's Varsity team came back from behind to beat Dayton by a score of 64-49.

A large and vocal student cheering section was joined by a talented pep band and stands of parents enjoying the second to the last home game for the Vikings.

The STHS Varsity takes their 9-12 overall record (7-6 league)into Saturday's home game against Fernley. Varsity tips off at 3:30 p.m.

In other action Tuesday, the STHS Viking Girl's Varsity team beat Dayton 46-30 and the Boys JV team beat Dayton 43-39.

The South Tahoe Vikings varsity basketball team won Saturday's conference game against Churchill County by a score of 71-67. As has been the case this season, South Tahoe came charging out with strong play on both sides of the court. The 3rd quarter box score had Churchill outscoring South Tahoe 12-8 but the Vikings rebounded with a 19-15 4th quarter.

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.

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.

Tension is high. Palms are sweaty. Beer is in the cooler and everyone in the room is armed with printed materials and pens. Weeks of studying, plotting and planning has all been in preparation for this one big moment. A barren banner spread along one wall with 8 empty columns is about to be marked upon over the next 4 hours.

The headers on each column are now filled in with the names Cheeseheads, Rabid, Go Deep, Rebel Dogs, Midgets Punching Clowns, Wide Right, Tahokies and East Coast Connection.

This folks is the beginning of a Fantasy Football Draft.

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