High school
POCATELLO — For the Snake River Panthers softball team, the goal was simple: win and you’re in.
POCATELLO – Snake River senior Payton Brooks doesn’t identify with the father-son bond of baseball. To him it’s a mother-son bond, a deep-rooted connection that began when his mother, Brittany, threw Payton straight into coach-pitch and later made sure that he never gave up the game.
POCATELLO – All year long – from football to volleyball to soccer to basketball to wrestling to softball to baseball – coaches in 4A District 5 have tried to wrap their heads around the lunacy that is a three-team conference.
Century softball wins district championship, will play in state tournament for first time since 2013
POCATELLO – Century’s Whitney Misner and Abby Nelson snuck out the white door attached to Century’s dugout and plopped an orange Gatorade bucket in the grass, turning the nearby spout to fill the tub with water. Just after the Diamondbacks recorded the first out in the top of the seventh, th…
Mostly, Brendon Kopp remembers the anguish. The pain of coming a game away from state two years ago, his Thunder Ridge softball team’s first year as a program. The disappointment of losing last season to the coronavirus pandemic. The weight of those seasons combined.
Idaho State University
Heading into the first outdoor conference final of her young career, Idaho State’s Elizabeth Butler wasn’t intimidated by the two runners from dominant conference power Northern Arizona standing next to her.
With one day remaining in the Big Sky Conference track & field outdoor championships, the Idaho State women are right in the thick of a crowded team leaderboard.
Just an hour or two after wrapping up first- and third-place finishes, respectively, in the heptathlon on the second day of the Big Sky Conference championships Thursday at Weber State, Idaho State’s Ashley VanVleet-Sturgis and Brianna VanVleet still sounded fresh.
POCATELLO, Idaho – The Bengals came out strong on day one of the 2021 Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Ashley VanVleet-Sturgis and Brianna VanVleet led the group, finishing the first four events of the heptathlon in second and fourth place, respectively.
Idaho State announced Monday that softball coach Cristal Brown has resigned in the wake of an underachieving 2021 campaign in which the Bengals finished last in the Big Sky.
Emma Bordenkecher’s final game as an Idaho State Bengal was a memorable one. The Bengal senior was 2-4 with two RBI and one run scored to rally Idaho State to a 9-6 victory over Northern Colorado.
Blackfoot High School and Idaho State alumnus Josh Hill announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday, according to a report by Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Idaho State defensive end Kainoa Fuiava has entered the transfer portal, the Idaho State Journal confirmed Monday.
Prep Stars
Former Century High standout Leo Behrend was named an NAIA Division II men’s basketball third-team All-American, announced Thursday.
A lot has changed for Tristen Hoge and Kyler Manu since they celebrated Highland’s 5A state championship together in 2014.
Editor’s Note: Prep Stars in College is a weekly glance at former southeast Idaho high school athletes who are now competing at the college level. If we’re missing anyone, let us know at sports@journalnet.com.
Editor’s Note: Prep Stars in College is a weekly glance at former southeast Idaho high school athletes who are now competing at the college level. If we’re missing anyone, let us know at sports@journalnet.com.
Editor’s Note: Prep Stars in College is a weekly glance at former southeast Idaho high school athletes who are now competing at the college level. If we’re missing anyone, let us know at sports@journalnet.com.
Editor’s Note: Prep Stars in College is a weekly glance at former southeast Idaho high school athletes who are now competing at the college level. If we’re missing anyone, let us know at sports@journalnet.com.
After Ashlyn Winn considered her 27 home runs from this season, she settled on her last as her favorite.
Editor’s Note: Prep Stars in College is a weekly glance at former southeast Idaho high school athletes who are now competing at the college level. If we’re missing anyone, let us know at sports@journalnet.com.
ISJ Sports Stars
With Drew Brees coming off injured reserve, Pocatello’s Taysom Hill was relegated back to his backup quarterback/utility player role for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in their 32-29 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Being a starting quarterback in the NFL is supposed to be hard — but it appears nobody told Pocatello’s Taysom Hill, who helped the New Orleans Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons 21-16 on Sunday to run his record to 3-0 as a starter in the NFL.
POCATELLO — Before the start of every practice, Kobe Tracy worked on screen passes.
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Gino Mariani led Highland back to the state’s biggest stage in 2018.
Longtime coach and ultra-runner extraordinaire Ty Draney is this year’s keynote speaker for the Idaho State Journal’s Sports Stars awards banquet in Pocatello. Draney is a native of Auburn, Wyoming, and attended Idaho State University and Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho).
10. Bear Lake erases 20-year title drought
POCATELLO — Hunter Roubidoux and Michelle Pratt were honored as the area’s top athletes at the Idaho State Journal Sports Stars event, which was held at the Stephens Performing Arts Center on Tuesday evening.
Skyline entered halftime tied 14-14 with Bishop Kelly before outscoring the Knights 26-0 in the final two quarters in a 40-14 win Thursday at Holt Arena in the 4A state quarterfinals.
National
BALTIMORE (AP) — After a week dominated by the failed drug test of trainer Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit, horse racing enjoyed a rare moment to celebrate at the Preakness when unheralded Rombauer gave owners John and Diane Fradkin and trainer Michael McCarthy a victory i…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have gone from being mired in a nearly decade-long playoff drought to a division champion armed with postseason experience and success.
LONDON (AP) — The British government is still deciding whether to accept an offer from Pfizer to fast-track Olympic and Paralympic athletes for coronavirus vaccines.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yolanda Griffith got a job repossessing cars so she could take care of herself and her infant daughter whil…
BALTIMORE (AP) — The New York Yankees have had another positive COVID-19 test, this one involving a staff member, manager Aaron Boone said before their game against the Orioles on Sunday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Chris Webber among those selected for 2021 class for Basketball Hall of Fame.
HOUSTON (AP) — Charles Oliveira claimed the UFC lightweight title Saturday night, stopping Michael Chandler with a barrage of punches early in the second round at UFC 262.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Bauer and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in a lot better spirits compared to six days ago.
HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa and Kyle Tucker each homered to help Luis Garcia earn his first career win as the Houston Astros held on to beat the Texas Rangers 6-5 on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.
WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie’s goal song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” echoed through Capital One Arena and its 25% capacity crowd. It turned out the credit technically belonged elsewhere, but Capitals fans were in no mood to nitpick.
