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High school
POCATELLO — There's about five feet of space between the sideline and the wall at Pocatello's aptly-named home gym, the Pit. The design of the sunken basketball court gives the entire place a claustrophobic feel and, with space taken up by chairs for the benches, gives coaches even less than…
After its overtime victory over Century last week, Blackfoot jumped into the top 4A spot in Tuesday’s Idaho girls basketball media poll.
Former Highland star Tommy Togiai declared for the NFL Draft on Monday, shortly after the end of his junior season at Ohio State.
POCATELLO — The crowds are limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the basketball fans at Century can still be loud when they want to. The noise rises from the scattered family groups in the bleachers, loud and shrill, pushing through masks and bouncing off the flat ceiling and polishe…
Idaho State University
Idaho State announced Tuesday morning that head football coach Rob Phenicie has agreed to a two-year extension.
POCATELLO – Ryan Looney was in the midst of his post-game press conference when Idaho State center Brayden Parker emerged from the locker room, grabbed a ball and headed to the free-throw line.
POCATELLO – Ryan Looney halted practice on Friday. There were only 10 minutes left, but the frustration of the Idaho State coach boiled over. His casket flew off aND he started yelling at his team about acting too loose, saying they weren’t seriously repping through late-game situations.
The Hornet’s Nest at Sacramento State is not one of the gems of the Big Sky Conference. Frankly, it looks like a high school gym. There are volleyball lines on the floor, a Daktronics scoreboard that might have been cutting-edge technology in 1970 and a mighty seven rows of seats rising up f…
Over the years, the two 25-foot statues of Northern Arizona’s mascot Louie the Lumberjack have served as gathering spots and Instagram hotbeds alike outside of Flagstaff’s Walkup Skydome. Idaho State coach Ryan Looney did neither of those things when he saw the massive figurines of “Paul Bun…
Ellie Smith’s typical Tuesday looks like this — she’s at the Portneuf Medical Center by 7 a.m., donning the personal protective equipment required of medical personnel in the pandemic.
The Idaho State women’s basketball team has added a game against Northwest Nazarene University to its 2020-21 schedule. The Bengals will host the Nighthawks on Friday, Feb. 5, with the start time to be announced at a later date.
POCATELLO — Seton Sobolewski, the fundamentally-focused coach he is, knows the importance of free throws. So, in the Idaho State Bengals locker room, there’s a chart that tracks all the players’ practice performance at the charity stripe.
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
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Frank Vatrano scored 2:50 into overtime, and the Florida Panthers beat the winless Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Porter lasted just 38 days as New York Mets general manager, fired for cause Tuesday about nine hours after ESPN reported he sent sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 while he was working for the Chicago Cubs.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's best performance of the season — maybe even of coach Mike White's six-year tenure — came without three starters.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It turns out that Joe Musgrove was prescient when, at 18, he got a tattoo of a baseball with the San Diego Padres' logo in it, along with his last name and the year he was born.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three more people linked to the Australian Open have tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne, increasing to 10 those associated with the Grand Slam tennis tournament which begins Feb. 8.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — No disrespect to Tom Brady, but young Tampa Bay linebacker Devin White wants the Buccaneers defense on the field with the game on the line.
Tiger Woods has suffered a setback with his back, disclosing Tuesday that he recently had a fifth surgery that will keep him from starting the year until after the West Coast Swing on the PGA Tour.
Five years after achieving the unthinkable, Leicester is back atop the Premier League and making another improbable run at the title.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caris LeVert arrived in Indianapolis last week feeling perfectly fine.
