AMERICAN FALLS – Chandler Coombs doesn’t care much what other people think.
BLACKFOOT – It was senior night for the Blackfoot Broncos and as they entertained the Bonneville Bees, they celebrated the contributions made by Tylar Dalley and Yoleni Navarrette, who joined Hadley Humpherys, Prairie Caldwell and Izzy Arave in the starting lineup.
The local logjam remained in place in 4A and Rockland’s hold on first place in 1A DII got more tenuous in this week’s girls basketball state media poll, released Tuesday.
Make it a clean sweep this weekend, as neither of the Idaho State basketball teams will play their scheduled games against Southern Utah.
The Idaho High School Activities Association is slightly changing its winter championship schedule due to COVID facility protocols and recommendations from its State Tournament Committee.
AMERICAN FALLS — The opening tip of a basketball game is something that Grace Barclay has prepared for probably hundreds of times in her life.
Pocatello native Dirk Koetter, who played at Highland and Idaho State and started his coaching career at Highland before going on to become an NFL head coach, announced his retirement in a Facebook post on Thursday.
Idaho State’s men’s basketball games against Southern Utah, scheduled for Thursday and Saturday, have been canceled due to COVID-19 issues within the SUU program, according to an announcement sent out by ISU on Monday.
The Idaho State women’s volleyball team dropped its season opener 3-2 against the University of Montana on Sunday afternoon in Reed Gym in a tough five-set battle.
The Big Sky Conference released an updated spring football schedule today, with Idaho State scheduled to play Weber State to open and close its six-game slate.
BLACKFOOT – A pair of 4A boys basketball teams met on Saturday night looking to bolster their resumes as they head down the stretch of the regular season. Century came into the ball game in Blackfoot with a 10-3 record while Blackfoot was 85, both teams right in the thick of things in their …
Not much this season has Idaho State looked like the Bengals of last season – which is a positive. The losses have been tight. The effort has been admirable. And, aside from the first three games, the hope has been bright. Saturday didn’t change that. But it tapped the brakes on the anointme…
The Idaho State track and field teams opened their spring seasons Friday in a dual meet at Montana State University.
POCATELLO — For a while during the second half of Idaho State’s game against Portland State, Bengals coach Seton Sobolewski’s vocabulary was severely constrained.
McCAMMON – Bryler Shurtliff jetted in like a missile. Or maybe a torpedo, because no one sees those coming. For all eyes following the play, it must have seemed as if the 6-foot-3 West Side junior teleported to the hoop.
POCATELLO — Century girls basketball doesn’t give out photos or framed jerseys on senior night. No, after the players walk to center court and hug their parents and wave to the crowd, they’re given quilts, personalized with their names and numbers.
A hush mushroomed over Skyline’s largest basketball crowd in some 10 months. Star guard Mattie Olson grimaced in pain, sitting under the Grizzlies’ basket, arms resting on her knees. Skyline nursed a seven-point lead over Blackfoot midway through the third quarter, but if this ankle injury w…
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
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Lester has been a part of three World Series champions and collected nearly 200 wins in the majors. He's been a five-time All-Star and a Cy Young runner-up.
HOUSTON (AP) — David Culley has been hired as the coach of the Houston Texans, a person familiar with the hiring told The Associated Press.
HOUSTON (AP) — AP source: Houston Texans hire Baltimore Ravens assistant David Culley as head coach.
With a coronavirus-enforced quarantine coming to an end, the world’s elite tennis players will go from two of the quietest weeks of their lives in Australia to three of the busiest.
Pro Football Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-quarantining, according to people familiar with the situation.
SEATTLE (AP) — Former Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman Chad Wheeler was charged with first-degree domestic violence assault on Wednesday following his arrest last weekend.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Hammer made one last trip to the spot where he hit No. 715.
Washington’s second-half schedule might not be as jam-packed as first thought, after the NBA said Wednesday it was rescheduling some Wizards games after a half-dozen of their contests were postponed in recent weeks for virus-related reasons.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rory McIlroy is playing the Farmers Insurance Open for just the third time, looking for his first tour victory since 2019 while getting a feel for the course that will host the U.S. Open in June.
Former WNBA MVP Candace Parker has decided to play for the Chicago Sky, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
