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SUGARLOAF, ME - Giant slalom specialist Tim Jitloff (Reno, NV – U.S. Ski Team) threw down on bumpy snow at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships to take his third national title in a row ahead of first run leader Tommy Ford (Bend, OR – U.S. Ski Team). Former University of Utah racer and current Team Geronimo member Nick Cohee (Gardnerville, NV – Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club/Team Geronimo) took third.

It is getting close to the final design approval on the Bijou Bike Park and the City of South Lake Tahoe and Bijou Bike Park Association would like the public's input before submitting it.

The meeting will be held at the multi-purpose room at Bijou Elementary School located at 3501 Spruce Avenue in South Lake Tahoe.

South Lake Tahoe was well represented during last weekend's Shamrock Competition at the Yerba Buena Ice Skating Center in San Francisco. The Tahoe Snowflakes Youth Ice Skating Team brought home many team and individual trophies.

Production: 1st place
Synchronized teams:
Junior Youth (5-8 years old): Second Place
Youth (7-11 years old): First Place
Senior Youth (11-14 years old): First Place

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A large crowd is expected to see the San Francisco Giants Trophy Tour at Aces Ballpark in Reno on Saturday, March 14

While the trophy will be on display from noon - 2 p.m., the line expected to start hours before so it is suggested that people arrive early if they want to see the three World Series trophies.

The line will be cut off, if needed, to allow the champsionship trophies to leave at the designated time of 2 p.m. Not all fans in line during the designated viewing time is not guaranteed a photo with the trophies as it will be first come, first serve.

South Lake Tahoe 15-year old Andrew Herrera won his first triple crown in wrestling this weekend during USA Wrestling's Ironman youth tournament held in Reno.

The 182 pound South Tahoe High sophomore won first in Greco, Freestyle and Folkstyle.

Herrera comes off a third place finish with the high school team.

There is one more chance to tryout for South Tahoe National Little League AAA or Majors Division. They will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Here are the details:

WHO: All players aged eight to 12 wishing to play AAA or Majors must try out. This includes players returning to these divisions, as this year is a re-draft.

The Community Athletic Coordinating Council, an organization consisting of representatives of all youth and adult sports organizations in South Lake Tahoe will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. This meeting will be held at the Lake Tahoe Unified School District Boardroom, starting at 5:15pm. This is an open meeting and all interested community members are invited to attend.

Topics to be discussed include:

CACC 2015 Projects– Review and update
New Business

If your kids have always wanted to see if they would enjoy playing ice hockey, a free event this Saturday may be just what you're looking for.

Kraft is sponsoring a free day of ice hockey across America on Saturday, and the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena will be one of the spots they're hosting.

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., all kids can try out hockey at the arena which is located at 1176 Rufus Allen Blvd in South Lake Tahoe.

To protect his mythic status as an American sports hero, Lance Armstrong lied under oath in 2005, saying he never used performance-enhancing drugs. An arbitration panel in Texas ruled it's time for him to pay for it, handing down a $10 million penalty believed to be the largest such sanction against an individual in American judicial history.

In a 2-1 decision, the panel ordered the disgraced cyclist to pay the money to SCA Promotions, a Dallas sports insurance company that paid Armstrong's bonuses for winning the Tour de France and then helped cause his epic fall from grace in 2012.

It was a close game for over three quarters in the gym at South Tahoe High on Saturday, but the visiting Fallon Greenwave prevailed in the end and beat the Vikings 60-44.

South Tahoe needed a win to continue their season in next week's playoffs.

The Division 1A playoffs will start on Thursday in Fallon at Churchill County High School.

The Lady Vikings had a different outcome in their game against Fallon. The girls won by a score of 49-41.

A Little League team that captured the attention of the nation and the hearts of its hometown was stripped of its national title Wednesday after an investigation revealed that team officials had falsified boundaries so they could add ineligible players to the roster.

Only last summer, the all-black Jackie Robinson West team was the toast of Chicago and was honored with trips to San Francisco and to the White House.

It was Senior Night in the Blue Gym at South Tahoe High School on Tuesday Night, and the seniors made it count.

Seven members of the Vikings varsity basketball team will be graduating in June, and as is tradition, parents and family members join their students on the court for a celebration. Seniors on the girl's basketball team, cheer team and dance team also took part in the festivities.

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.

Two years ago, Travis Ganong contacted Daron Rahlves and asked for help.

Ganong, then 24, had long been considered a rising star in speed events (he won the downhill and super-G national titles in 2010), but he hadn't figured out how to translate his potential to World Cup results. After debuting on the circuit in 2009, it took him three years and 39 races to crack the top 10.

The Nevada State defending champs Whittell High School basketball team added one more win to the W column on Saturday with a win over Smith Valley. The Warriors' varsity team won the game 66-25.

The team from the South Shore has an overall record of 16-2 and hold a 9-1 Northern Nevada IV conference record.

There is one team from the north with a better record. Virginia City is undefeated at 9-0. They gave the Warriors their only loss on the season.

World Champions Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO), Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) headline a strong group of 26 athletes, 14 men and 12 women, named by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to compete in the 2015 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships Feb. 2-15 in Vail/Beaver Creek on home turf. Joining them will be five-time medalist Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) as well as Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill winners Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) and Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT).

South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson won her 10th X Games medal in Aspen, CO today, bringing home silver.

Anderson led the group of athletes in Snowboard Slopestyle through the first two rounds but failed to land cleanly on the last, allowing defending two time X Game Gold medalist Silje Norendal to win her third straight gold.

Today's event was Anderson's third straight X Game silver.

The Sierra-at-Tahoe snowboarder's medal count for X Games: 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze.

South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman won her third straight gold medal Wednesday in the 2015 Women's Ski SuperPipe final at the X Games in Aspen.

She started off day one of the annual five day event with solid runs of 85.00, 78.00 and 85.66. The silver went to Ayana Onozuka (83.33) and a bronze to Brita Sigourney (78.66).

Bowman, who grew up on the slopes of Sierra-at-Tahoe, tied the late Sarah Burke's three straight X Game golds.

Skiing is a phenomenally exciting and fun sport. However, the injury rate is relatively high, with more than 20,000 knee injuries sustained each year by skiers in the U.S. alone, most of which involved the ACL. The question is why and what can you do about it?

My advice on how to avoid common injuries is based on my 55 years of skiing, more than two decades of being an orthopaedic surgeon for the U.S. Ski Team, the Pro Ski tour, the Jeep Tour, 48 Straight Ski tour and other winter sports events. However it is not gospel. There are many views and disagreements on skiing safety.

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.

It is now time to sign up to play in the 2015 Babe Ruth season in South Lake Tahoe.

The next sign updates will be on January 21 and 28 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Kahle Community Center, February 5 and 25 at the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then again at the Ice Arena at the same time on March 5.

Tryouts will then be held on Sunday March 22 and 29 at 10 a.m.

The Babe Ruth League is expecting a six team with with 12 players on each team. Joining the players on each roster will be a Manager, Coach and Assistant Coach (a Varsity Player).

The South Tahoe Lady Vikings Varsity team currently has a 3-3 record in 1A Northern Nevada League action. They are coming off of a full week of basketball action.

On Friday, January 2, South Tahoe lost to Elko 52-33. Senior Ally King led all STHS scorers with 10, followed by Sophomore Drue Chapman's 9.

The girls had a win against Spring Creek 46-42 on Saturday, January 4. King and Chapman led scorers again with 17 and 16 respectively. They each had two 3 pointers each.

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.

Steve Berlack built a life around snow and skiing. He lived in Franconia, N.H. He taught at an exclusive ski academy – Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont.

His son, Ronnie, rose up the ski racing ranks, graduated from Burke, had recently made the U.S. "D" team and was still hoping to make it to the World Cup level within a few years.

But snow and skiing took Ronnie's life Monday.

Ronnie Berlack, 20, and another U.S. ski team developmental athlete, Bryce Astle, 19, of Sandy, Utah, were killed in an avalanche in Soelden, Austria.