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Warriors volleyball hosts playoffs
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/02/2012 - 5:00amA 3-0 win is not a bad way to warm up for playoffs, and that's exactly what the Warriors did Tuesday.The Whittell High School volleyball team ended regular season play with a road win against North...
Playoffs begin for high school teams
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 5:00amIt's playoff week in the world of high school sports. South Tahoe and Whittell high schools' volleyball and soccer teams will enter the first round of postseason this week. South Tahoe volleybal...
South Shore Rotary clubs teaching young ambassadors
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 5:00amMeredith Grasso needed a year off after graduating from Whittell High School in 2011 to think about her future career path, so she applied to the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Youth Exchange program. She wa...
Cross-country charges into regional championships
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 5:00amThe Warrior runners may be small in size and experience, but not in heart.Eight runners make up the Whittell cross country team, and they all have one thing on their mind right now - Zone Champions...
Home games to be held at local high schools
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 5:00amSouth Tahoe High School home games: Football vs. Truckee, Friday at 7 p.m. Soccer vs. Truckee, Thursday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Volleyball vs. Sparks, Thursday at 6 p.m. Whittell High School home game...
Warriors grab road win
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 5:00amTAHOE CITY - If the first play of Saturday's Whittell at North Tahoe football game was any indication, the Lakers were in for a long day.Whittell quarterback Austin Buyak connected with Ty Sproc...
LTUSD schools closed Tuesday
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 8:09amAll schools in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District were closed on Tuesday due to snow. Whittell High School and Zephyr Cove Elementary School opened one hour later than regularly scheduled, and ...
Snow closes Lake Tahoe Unified School District schools, Whittell and Zephyr Cove delayed
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 4:56amAll schools within the Lake Tahoe Unified School District are closed today after the first significant snow of the season blew into South Lake Tahoe Monday and overnight. Whittell High School and Zephyr Cove Elementary are open today with delays. Douglas County School District transportation operators report the school bus pick up on Upper Kingsbury will be on Tina Court and Ski Court due to icy road conditions.
Vikings edge Warriors in cross-state rivalry
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 5:00amVolleyball games are won in the backcourt, and South Tahoe's Bailey David showed how it's done Wednesday.The Vikings played fundamentally strong volleyball to beat Whittell High School in three ...
Vikings soccer making moves
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 5:00amThe South Tahoe girls soccer team turned on the heat at Whittell in a 7-0 win Tuesday. The reigning state champions are now 6-0-1 in league, 14-1-1 over and have secured a playoff spot. Andi Jo Emb...
Warriors step up in tough road game
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 5:00amYERINGTON, Nev. - Facing Yerington is never easy. To make matters worse, the Warriors went into Friday's game missing a top running back and their assistant coach.Despite the setbacks, Whittell ...
Whittell pinks out in support of athletic director
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 5:00amHuddled together for warmth, the entire Whittell High School student body held formation, patiently waiting for the athletic director to find them.The students all wore pink shirts that read, we...
Kids hoops heads to finals
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 2:42amBoth Whittell and South Tahoe middle school kids will play their basketball finals at South Tahoe Middle School Saturday starting at 8 a.m. The Whittell eighth graders played their final home match...
Warriors best Silver Stage
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 7:05amThe Whittell High School volleyball team defeated Silver stage in three straight games Tuesday. The girls took the match 25-12, 25-23, 25-11. Right side Tori Jimenez set a dominating tone in the...
Warriors girls soccer takes two
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 7:27amThe Whittell girls soccer team picked up two on the road last weekend. The girls bested Sparks 2-0 in their first match. Skylar Smith netted both goals for the Warriors and Sabrina Trachsel came th...
Vikings volleyball aces crosstown rivals
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 7:15amRound one this year went to South Tahoe, and with it the volleyball girls snapped a nine-year losing streak to Whittell. "They came out firing on all cylinders to prove they are once again for real...
Rival match ends on tough note
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 5:00amINCLINE VILLAGE - There was no love lost on the field at Highlander Stadium on Friday.A chippy contest between Division III rivals Whittell and Incline almost turned ugly after the final horn so...
Division changes hover on Whittell's horizon
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 5:00amIt's nothing personal. Just numbers.Whittell High School will officially drop to Division IV next season after successfully meeting the enrollment criteria of less than 170 students for two year...
Night of reckoning and tackling
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 5:00amThere aren't many games circled as must-wins on the Warriors' calendar, but tonight's game against Incline is one of them.With the way the season is shaping up, Whittell coach David Housel is fa...
Whittell volleyball captures big road win
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 5:00amThe Warrior volleyball team ripped out a huge thorn in its side Wednesday when it swept Yerington on the road."Yerington beat them in the state finals the last two years in a row and has been a ...
Tahoe Douglas Fire District uses insurance bonus money to reward local nonprofits
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 12:18am
Five Douglas County, Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada area non-profit organizations are the recipients of Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District employee insurance money designed to benefit community groups.
The money directed to the nonprofit groups comes from the fire district's health insurance plan operated through consultant LBG Advisors.
The following organizations were given the gifts:
Whittell volleyball falls to Lovelock
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 11:51amThe girls battled in Lovelock on Friday, but fell 3-1 on the road. The Warriors dropped their first game 25-12, won game two 25-23 and dropped games three and four 25-16 and 25-14. It was the team'...
Warrior Warpath
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 5:00amWhittell High School hosted a hilly cross country meet Sept. 73.1-mile runAlexa Cooper 34.10Veronica Charles 30.19Josh Welch 23.41Chris Evans 25.30Rudy Mata 29.272.3 mileAisha Ceron Espinosa 26....
Kudos & Kindness: Thanks for making celebration trip possible for graduates
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 1:14pmThe George Whittell High School Senior Class of 2012 would like to thank local businesses, alumni and the community for your overwhelming support toward our Gradnite Safe & Sober celebration trip.I...
Warriors show second-half stamina in loss
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/25/2012 - 5:00amZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - Whittell High School football lost its eight-man home opener 48-20 to Tonopah High School, but the team showed something it hasn't displayed in quite some time, a second-half...
Nevada schools to start new year free of NCLB
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/18/2012 - 5:00amStudents at George Whittell High School and Zephyr Cove Elementary School might not notice anything new when they start classes next week, but the wheels of education reform began turning when Neva...
Whittell makes big offseason changes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 5:00amWhittell High School football underwent major changes this summer, rebuilding its offense, adding depth to its roster and picking up a promising new coach. New head coach David Housel won't give...
Where to buy a Lake Tahoe home...Nevada or California?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 2:54pm
Just a few years ago home buyers were choosing the Nevada side over the California side when looking for a Lake Tahoe home to purchase. Taxes were lower and schools were better so Nevada was more attractive. But is that still the feeling? There's good news, and bad news, depending on which neighborhood/state you're set on owning a home in.
Shining Example of Schools in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Maltase Youth Soccer Camp Aug. 6-10
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 9:31amSTATELINE, Nev. - Whittell High School varsity soccer coach Steve Maltase, with help from current and former varsity players, will be conducting a youth soccer camp at Kahle Community Park August 6...
GWHS Student wins gene upshaw scholarship
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 5:00amGeroge Whittell High School Student Garrett Bronken of Stateline received the fourth annual Gene Upshaw Scholarship Award at this year's American Century Championship on Sunday. The $5,000 scholars...
Sports Briefs: Youth soccer camp at Kahle starts Monday
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 8:42amWhittell High School varsity soccer coach, Steve Maltase, with help from current and former varsity players, will be conducting a youth soccer camp at Kahle Community Park July 9-13. The camp is op...
Heavenly honors Lake Tahoe area high school grads with scholarships
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:36am
Heavenly Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe honored five recipients of the Heavenly Mountain Resort Community Scholarship Program at a luncheon Wednesday at Tamarack Lodge, located at the top of the Heavenly Gondola.
For the ninth consecutive year, Heavenly Mountain Resort awarded $4,000 scholarships to five recent high school graduates, bringing the resort’s overall commitment to the Heavenly Mountain Resort Community Scholarship Program to $180,000. The scholarships are designed to help further the education of local area students.
Kudos & Kindness: Free sports physicals reach more than 250 local students
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 5:00amOn Wednesday, June 6, Barton Family Medicine and Tahoe Center for Orthopedics provided more than 250 free student sports physicals at South Tahoe High School for South Tahoe, Whittell and Pop Warne...
Several South Shore ball players named to all-state teams
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 9:21amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Softball and baseball coaches from all over Nevada voted five South Shore players to the 2A and 3A all-state teams. While no player was a first team selection, Whittell h...
Free Student Sports Physicals
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:08amTahoe Center for Orthopedics, Barton Health and Lake Tahoe Unified School District have joined together to offer FREE student sports physicals to South Tahoe and Whittell High School and Pop Warner athletes playing fall, winter and spring sports. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at South Tahoe High School, 1735 Lake Tahoe Blvd. This one-time, annual-event is available on a walk-in basis. Questions, please call: (530) 543-5615.
Free sports physicals, concussion tests offered to students
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 5:00amFree sports physicals will be offered to students Wednesday, June 6, from 4-6 p.m. at South Tahoe High School.Pop Warner athletes and South Tahoe High School and Whittell High School students who p...
Whittell's Hunter Morgan to play football at Sterling College
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 9:28amZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - After football season was over, Whittell's head coach Jeff Jones said that senior linebacker Hunter Morgan would get his shot to play college ball. He was right, as Morgan signe...
Whittell sweeps Silver Stage in 10 innings to advance in playoffs
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 8:13amZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - It only took Whittell 10 innings to sweep Silver Stage on Friday afternoon and advance to the second round of the Northern Nevada 2A softball playoffs, routing the Hawks 10-0...
North Tahoe sweeps Whittell
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 10:39amTAHOE CITY, Calif. - The Lakers' top two hurlers delivered a couple of gems against visiting Whittell to wrap up Mount Rose League play Saturday. Junior Colin Spencer recorded 17 strikeouts en r...
Northern 2A playoffs announced by NIAA
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 11:53amThe NIAA recently announced the Northern Nevada 2A first round playoff games for baseball and softball. Whittell High School baseball, an eight seed, will face top-seeded Yerington High School o...
Whittell drops Wednesday's game to North Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/28/2012 - 7:01amGARDNERVILE, Calif. - Matt Elliott broke up a no-hitter and a shutout with two hits, and senior Hunter Morgan threw a complete game, but it wasn't enough for Whittell as the North Tahoe Lakers p...
Big sixth inning leads Vikings over Whittell
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 1:32pmZEPHYR COVE, Calif. - With an 8-1 win, South Tahoe can call themselves South Shore softball champs this season after beating Whittell on Monday. The two squads faced each other twice last week, ...
Whittell and South Tahoe split doubleheader
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 1:12pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Both coaches chalked up their team's win - and loss - to its mentality. For Whittell, their attitude proved to be the difference in the first game, while in the second...
Whittell girls fight back to beat South Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 1:18pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Whittell girls' softball team was out for revenge on Tuesday - and the Warriors got it. The Zephyr Cove School beat South Tahoe 7-6 after a tight loss the day befo...
Kudos & Kindness: Ernie's made burger night fundraiser possible
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 5:00amErnie's made burger night fundraiser possibleGeorge Whittell High School Softball team would like to thank Paul and Judy Bruso at Ernie's Coffee Shop for hosting our "Burger Night" fundraiser on Ma...
Whittell and South Tahoe softball square off
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 6:51pmEmily Gardner stepped in the batter's box, "shaking from intensity," with the Vikings down one run in the bottom of the eighth and the winning run on second. "I wanted to kill it," the junior sa...
Whittell jumps ahead early, but struggles late against Incline
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 6:26pmGARDNERVILLE, Nev. - Taking first-inning leads has become a habit for Whittell this year. In Saturday's doubleheader vs. Incline at Lampe Park, the red and gold again led in both games after the...
Whittell drops two against Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 10:10amTRUCKEE, Nev. - Nearly a month into the season, the Truckee and Whittell softball teams finally found themselves playing at lake-level, facing off at Truckee River Regional Park on Saturday."It was...
'Stars of Tomorrow' Talent Competition Applications Due April 20
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 12:37amThe 6th annual STARS of Tomorrow Talent Competition has been scheduled for Thursday, April 26, 2012 at the South Tahoe Middle School MPR. Applications are due April 20.
The competition is open to students currently enrolled in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades in the South Tahoe area, both California and Nevada sides of the state line. This includes South Tahoe High, Whittell High and any student enrolled in a private high school program or an approved continuation or home-schooled program.
