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<\/a><\/p>\nCompeting in four categories \u2013 men\u2019s giant slalom and slalom ski, women\u2019s giant slalom and slalom ski, men\u2019s snowboard cross, and women\u2019s snowboard cross \u2013 student-athletes will hit the slopes in January competing in their first of six races on Monday, January 12, 2026 at Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort in Twin Bridges, with an anticipated roster of 245 student-athletes. The Team will host the third race at Bear Valley Mountain Resort in Bear Valley on Monday, January 26.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a special niche of students that competitively race in downhill ski and snowboarding. Why not give them the opportunity to compete as Bret Harte students,\u201d shared Brian Barnett, athletic director. \u201cIt will be great to see these student-athletes compete and represent their school and community in a new way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The District\u2019s Governing Board approved the adoption of the school\u2019s 16th sport \u2013 skiing and snowboarding \u2013 to the athletic program by unanimous vote on November 3. In 2021, the board added eSports and boys and girls water polo in 2016.<\/p>\n
Superintendent Scott Nanik shared, \u201cI am excited for the new Ski & Snowboard Team at Bret Harte. It will embody the best of our students \u2013 courage, perseverance, and teamwork against the backdrop of our beautiful mountain environment.\u201d Nanik concluded, \u201ctheir success will not be measured solely in times or medals, but in the character and discipline they build on the slopes. I look forward to cheering them on as they tackle the new season.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team will be led by head coach Nikolai Shawkey, a veteran competitor and ski instructor for the Bear Valley Race Team and board member of the Bear Valley Snowsports Foundation.<\/p>\n
Find the inaugural 2025-26 season schedule, visit Bret Harte\u2019s game schedules online site. To learn more about the Bret Harte Ski & Snowboard program, contact Tyra Dragomanovich at tdragomanovich@bhuhsd.k12.ca.us.<\/p>\n
The CNISSF was established in 1950 to provide an exceptional alpine experience while adhering to California Interscholastic Federation\u2019s bylaws and United States of American Snowboard and Freeski Association\u2019s rule book. The Federation is comprised of six divisions with over 30 member schools throughout the state. Learn more at the CNISSF at https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/cnissf.<\/p>\n
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Angels Camp, CA…Bret Harte is now home to the newest member school competing in the California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski & Snowboard Federation (CNISSF). Joining the \u201cSouth 1\u201d division, the Bret Harte Ski & Snowboarding Team will compete alongside Amador\/Argonaut, El Dorado, Oak Ridge, Ponderosa and Union Mine High Schools at Sierra at Tahoe and their home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,22,6,20,1,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angels-camp","category-bear-valley","category-education","category-featured","category-news","category-sports","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bear-Valley-Slalom-by-Cliff-Eclarino_Jan-2025.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197150,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197148\/revisions\/197150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/197149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}