WEBER STATE 17, MONTANA 10
POCATELLO — It will be an interesting week for the Idaho State women’s basketball team.
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POCATELLO — In just about every way, Ryan Looney’s new gig of leading Idaho State’s men’s basketball program has been the opposite of his last head coaching job.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
BOISE — Another year, another assistant coach for the Boise State football team to replace.
POCATELLO – A chant rained down on Lexi Bull and the rest of the Century Diamondbacks in the first quarter of their cross-town rivalry game at Pocatello on Friday.
POCATELLO — As the Pocatello High boys basketball team further solidifies its status with each win, Thursday’s victory over previously-unbeaten Minico was the measuring stick that might sway the skeptics.
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Three-time Super Bowl champion Ed McCaffrey is the new head football coach at Northern Colorado.
The 5 a.m. workouts paid off for Wyatt Kearn.
Bryan Harsin hopeful Boise State will keep thinking big: 'Settling is not a place that I want to be'
BOISE — Barring a late surprise that reopens college football’s coaching carousel, it looks like Boise State coach Bryan Harsin will be back for a seventh season next year.
POCATELLO — After two years of gradual improvements, the Idaho State football team took a step back under head coach Rob Phenicie in 2019, going 3-9 in a season of missed opportunities and self-inflicted mistakes that spiraled into a tailspin that lasted the entire back half of the year.
THOMAS — Jorianne Balls scored 25 points, including a crucial offensive rebound and putback late in the third quarter, and Soda Springs beat Snake River 54-37 at Snake River on Wednesday.
Century, Soda Springs and Rockland are ranked atop their respective classifications in the first girls basketball media poll of the season, released Wednesday.
Three former Idaho State athletes or administrators were honored in the 14-member inaugural Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame Class, announced Wednesday. Altogether, six men's and four women's student-athletes, along with four coaches/administrators, comprise the 2020 Big Sky Hall of Fame Class.
BLACKFOOT — Chloe Cronquist first familiarized herself with Western Nebraska Community College two years ago.
POCATELLO — A frantic, back-and-forth early-season matchup between two familiar foes from eastern Idaho turned on a layup that barely fell through at one end and a free throw that bounced off the rim at the other as Highland beat Blackfoot 62-60 at Highland on Tuesday.
Prep Stars
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.
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
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.
One of the most precarious situations Blackfoot opponents endured this season was when the ball was at Coque Velasquez’s feet.
Baily Permann was terrified.
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
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community's high school football team — with a shooting victim's brother as linebacker — won the state championship Saturday …
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The United States women's hockey beat Canada 4-1 on Saturday night, with players hoping the first in a series of five games between the international rivals will help kindle the public’s interest in both their sport and their fight off the ice for better professional o…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — They crowded into Nationwide Arena, 13,000 strong, cheering every shot, roaring with every basket.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo wrapped Malcolm Perry tighter than an Army defense could muster for an embrace that served as a bit of an apology.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Fire broke out Saturday at the future home of the Texas Rangers, which is under construction in Arlington.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump used his appearance at the annual Army-Navy football game to pitch to the players an administration policy change that clears the way for athletes at the nation's military academies to play professional sports after they graduate and delay their act…
Anthony Rendon and agent Scott Boras had just wrapped up the third baseman’s $245 million deal to join the Los Angeles Angels last Wednesday when Mike Trout began blowing up his phone.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In a stellar matchup of senior point guards, Payton Pritchard prevailed in the end.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville rebounded from a lackluster defeat that will end its stay at No. 1 with the offensive patience and accuracy that fueled its rise to the top.
LONDON (AP) — Mo Salah and Liverpool are running away with the Premier League.
