• Carolyn Wright of Zephyr Cove Tennis Club has been named Reno-Tahoe captain of the year by the USTA Northern California Adult Leagues Department.

• Eight-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland of Squaw Valley headlines the U.S. Snowboarding’s 2014-15 snowboardcross team.

• Tickets are on sale for the annual Passport Weekends in El Dorado County on April 11-12 and April 18-19.

• Homewood Mountain Resort is opening this weekend.

• A big shout out and thank you to Toogee Sielsch of South Lake Tahoe for his photo that is now the masthead of Lake Tahoe News for the winter.