High school
Candon Dahle’s summer has been that of a recluse. He graduated from Blackfoot in May and wasn’t seen for months. He was toiling away in his shop, endless days spent alone repeating the same motion like clockwork, replacing interactions with humans to inanimate objects.
Friday was Deja Vu. For the second-straight season, the American Legion Single-A State Championship came down to a pair of Southeastern Idaho powerhouses.
SINGLE-A STATE TOURNAMENT
Kolter Burton can probably give tours of downtown Fargo by this point, can probably point out every crack along the roads of North Dakota’s most-populated city. The 15-year old wrestler from American Falls would jog around Fargo last week on a nightly basis, trying to burn off whatever weigh…
SATURDAY’S SCORES
DOUBLE-A STATE TOURNAMENT
If only Highland Golf Course was about 4,400 feet lower in elevation, 1,000 yards longer and pitted up against an ocean, perhaps Dawson Moon would have been more prepared for his rounds at Torrey Pines – the majestic San Diego golf course that has hosted a pair of U.S. Opens.
Idaho State University
Regional expectations for Idaho State football aren’t glowing just over a month out from the season opener. Following a 2-4 record in the shortened spring season, the Bengals were voted ninth in the Big Sky preseason media and coaches poll.
College club sports are like intramurals for kids who don’t suck. A good amount of club players could have earned low scholarships but preferred attending a bigger school, often because of finances or proximity or some educational opportunity – and club teams are their outlets to continue pl…
The Big Sky schedule is getting back to normal.
POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State tennis players Gary Rendek and Hristina Cvetkovic were named Idaho State’s Big Sky Conference Scholar Athletes recipients for the 2020-21 academic year on Thursday.
Idaho State soccer officially announced its 2021 schedule on Tuesday. The Bengals start the season with 11 non-conference games before starting Big Sky Conference play on Sept. 24.
The Big Sky Conference announced that junior quarterback Tyler Vander Waal and senior linebacker Oshea Trujillo will represent Idaho State at the Big Sky Football Kickoff.
The market of college athletics, at least at the higher levels, has always acted like a funnel.
Rebekah Cervantes has been named an assistant coach for Idaho State softball, the school announced Friday. Cervantes played at Boise State and worked for the Broncos this past year as a volunteer assistant coach.
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
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Olympian Artem Dolgopyat arrived home to Israel on Tuesday to a hero's welcome after winning Israel's first-ever gold medal in artistic gymnastics.
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles found something a little more manageable than the weight of the world.
KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Brazil advanced to the Olympic gold-medal match in men's soccer by beating Mexico 4-1 in a penalty shootout following a scoreless draw on Tuesday.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Christina Dressel began organizing the room long before the NBC cameras started rolling.
TOKYO (AP) — The complex testosterone regulations in track and field have become an issue again at the Olympics after two teenagers from Namibia qualified for the women's 200-meter final despite being banned from some other events because of their natural hormone levels.
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — There is definitely a UConn flavor to the women’s basketball being played in the Tokyo Games.
Point guards got big money to open the NBA's free agency period.
TOKYO (AP) — Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was never seeking the attention that inevitably came with becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.
TOKYO (AP) — When brash Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm led the field to the starting line on a steamy afternoon at Olympic Stadium, he and his seven opponents had every reason to expect they'd be part of something special.
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles wins bronze medal on balance beam after returning to competition at Tokyo Olympics.
