Truckee has dominated high school football for years but, I often wonder how they are consistently beating some much larger schools from the Reno area with larger student bodies to choose from in a AAA league.

                                      

           Besides grit and determination, which the mountain environment seems to encourage, as winter nears, some games need to be  played in early snow which also includes practices.   But I think the one thing that gives the Truckee young men a hand up is that Truckee is located very close to 6,500 feet in elevation while their competition is close to 5,000 feet.   Anyone who has come up to Truckee from the valley and begins to exercise knows what it’s like to run out of breath.  Athletes demand even more from their lungs and bodies than the average visitor.

           I think the elevation of Truckee plays an important  part in helping Truckee come out on the top of scores.   It also helps when the Truckee  teams visit the lower elevation, which no doubt  gives a lift on that end as well.

           Go Truckee Wolverines !!!!!!!!

 Don Schaller

Broker Owner

Schaller family Realtors

Dickson Realty Truckee

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