Let the games begin
Joe Kline/Idaho State Journal Coach Terry Kennedy, right, of TeeKay Track Club from Long Beach, Calif., watches as Alycia Presley practices coming off the starting block during a Simplot Games practice at Holt Arena on Wednesday evening.

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POCATELLO - Rebecca Anderson didn't have a good feeling about this year's Simplot Games as she flipped her calendar to February.

The event's executive director had received just 400 applicants at the beginning of the month, a steep drop from last year's tally of 1,800. She was haunted by fears of the economic slump ruining one of the nation's premier high school track and field meets.

For the rest of this story, see Thursday's Idaho State Journal.

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