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Justin Scacco

Justin Scacco

Reporter at Sierra Sun

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Tahoe City's Bahrke to be inducted into ski hall of fame - Sierra Sun

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. — Shannon Bahrke still remembers riding a double chair to the top of KT-22 as a kid. That day, her coach Ray DeVre had taken the young skiers on the Squaw Valley Freestyle Team to one of the Tahoe area’s most iconic runs and had them positioned above a large cornice.…
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Truckee siblings sweep regional tennis titles

TRUCKEE, Calif. — A brother and sister duo from Truckee swept the Class 3A Northern Region Singles Playoffs last weekend. Senior Paige Wilcox and sophomore Kiefer Wilcox each battled their way through the 16-player tennis...
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Tahoe athletes named to national snowboard, freeski teams - Sierra Sun

PARK CITY, Utah — The remainder of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s national teams have been announced, adding to a list of local athletes that have already been selected to the national program in alpine and cross-country. The Tahoe area will have one athlete making her debut on a national team and several returning veterans of…
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Wolverines stand at first place with two games left in regular seas...

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Truckee football team stands alone in first place and with two games remaining in the regular season, has clinched a first-round bye ahead of the Class 3A Northern League playoffs. The Wolverines faced the only other unbeaten team in league play on Saturday, and rode to a 21-7 win at home…
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North Tahoe football team tackles community service project - Sierr...

TAHOE CITY, Calif. — The North Tahoe football team got to work off the field this past weekend, coming together to tackle a community project at Anchor Point Lodge. Roughly 30 of the Lakers, along with parents, and with the support of the Rotary Club of Tahoe City, spent Saturday cleaning up green waste around…
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Arts For The Schools reopens as Fox Cultural Hall - Sierra Sun

KINGS BEACH, Calif. — After 40 years of operating in the area as Arts For The Schools, the nonprofit is now shifting to a different name — Fox Cultural Hall. The Fox Cultural Hall, located at 8707 North Lake Boulevard in Kings Beach, reopened in March after four years of work and will now provide…
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Palisades Development to pay $1.65 million to Lahontan Regional ......

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Palisades Development, LLC will have to pay $1.65 million in fines to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board for violations regarding storm water prevention, submitting annual reports, and installing and maintaining best management practices at its development in Olympic Valley. The water quality control board’s prosecution team alleged Palisades Development…
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Akshay Batia wins playoff for Barracuda Championship, first PGA ......

TRUCKEE, Calif. — For the first time in the four years Old Greenwood has hosted the Barracuda Championship, the tournament winner was decided by a playoff. Akshay Bhatia and Patrick Rodgers finished Sunday’s final round with 40 points using the Modified Stableford scoring format, resulting in a playoff on the par-4, 18th hole. Bhatia, 21,…
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DeAngelo family asks for help in fight against cancer - Sierra Sun

SEATTLE, Wash. — Steve DeAngelo was home in Washington during Christmas Eve when the familiar twitching in his left foot began. It had been nearly six months since the last episode, and with family all...
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Education, planning key to safe backcountry skiing - Sierra Sun

TAHOE CITY, Calif. — Late at night a cell phone lights up, its ring alerts one of several volunteers from Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue — a lost skier is in need of help. Though...
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It's on: World Cup festivities at Palisades Tahoe starts Friday - S...

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — The world’s top alpine racers are set to take on Palisades Tahoe. Despite storms in the forecast, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has green lit this weekend’s Stifel Palisades Tahoe...
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North Tahoe's Johnson wins second straight Nordic race - Sierra Sun

TAHOE CITY, Nev. — The high school Nordic schedule took skiers to Tahoe Cross-Country Ski Area for the North Tahoe Freestyle, marking the fifth of six regular season races. North Tahoe freshman Niki Johnson won...
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Lady Lakers go undefeated in league play, set for playoff run - Sie...

TAHOE CITY, Calif. — After an undefeated run through the Class 2A Northern League, the North Tahoe girls’ basketball team has earned the top seed going into the postseason and a first round bye. The...
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World Cup stop at Palisades Tahoe receives official name, music ......

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The top alpine athletes in the world are set to descend on Palisades Tahoe next month for the first World Cup event to be hosted by the resort since 2017. Ahead of...
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CHP rescues skier on Donner Peak | SierraSun.com - Sierra Sun

DONNER PEAK, Calif. — An injured backcountry skier was rescued by helicopter Wednesday from Donner Peak. A crew from the California Highway Patrol Valley Division Air Operations responded to the incident Wednesday afternoon and was...
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Moonbikes touch down in Truckee | SierraSun.com - Sierra Sun

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The world’s first electric snowbike touched down near Truckee last weekend. Offering a different way to zip around the Tahoe backcountry, Moonbikes, a company based in the French Alps, set up a...
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Courts order Placer County to rescind Olympic Valley development .....

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Approvals from the Placer County Board of Supervisors to further develop areas within Olympic Valley have been rescinded following an Aug. 22 court order. At its meeting last week, the Placer County...
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‘She’s a fighter’: Carrillo goes from Truckee to D.C.

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Marlenne Carrillo still remembers being told to put the bag of Oreo cookies back on the grocery store shelf. “Something as simple as Oreos,” she said. “We couldn’t even buy that because we...
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Outside acquires local startup Stomp Sessions

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Truckee’s Ryan Williams has come full circle. The co-founder of local startup, Stomp Sessions, announced the company has been acquired by Outside Interactive, Inc. — the same brand that featured him in...
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‘I’m compelled to do what I do’: 75-year-old set to conduct 9/11 me...

Set to Wolfgang Mozart’s choral masterpiece Requiem, James Rawie churns his mountain bike along Tunnel Creek Trail in Incline Village. The 75-year-old is absorbed in the music, visualizing leading an orchestra through the piece’s movements...
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Law enforcement officials confirm missing teen’s vehicle found with...

TRUCKEE, Calif. — On Sunday afternoon, diving nonprofit Adventures With Purpose reported they’d found the remains of missing 16-year-old Kiely Rodni. At a press conference Monday, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon announced Rodni’s vehicle had been...