Archives for the ‘Football’ Category

LIVE BLOG: Shelley vs. Fruitland

By mlycklama • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Football, Lead Story, News

Can’t make it to Holt Arena? Then follow along as Shelley takes on Fruitland once again for the 3A state title. We’ll also have scoring updates from Blackfoot-Sandpoint in Moscow.



COLUMN: Mackay football – from extinct to the title game in five months

By mlycklama • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Football, News, column

There was no football at Mackay High School five months ago.
The school board lopped it, along with every other extracurricular program from volleyball to Future Farmers of America, out of the budget after a supplemental levy failed.
The town had no choice. Mackay has always been dependent on state education money because the federal government owns [...]



Lycklama’s Locks, finals

By mlycklama • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Football, News

The weekend we’ve all been waiting for is year. A month’s worth of summer practices and 12 weeks of games all lead up to this — the state finals.
Eastern Idaho still has three teams vying for three titles. Looking into my crystal ball, I see all three bringing home the blue trophy.
Blackfoot vs. Sandpoint
For all [...]



Clark County, Leadore booted from Montana 6-man classification

By mlycklama • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Football, News

Come next year, Mackay will have two more teams to hurdle in order to repeat as the Sawtooth Conference champions.
Clark County and Leadore will join the football conference next fall after the Montana athletics association asked the two out-of-state schools to leave its 6-man classification in October.
Montana had 32 schools in its 6-man classification this [...]



Deja vu – it’s Shelley vs. Fruitland, again

By zkyle • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Football, Lead Story, News

When No. 1-ranked Shelley takes the field at Holt Arena tonight, the Russets won’t just be playing for a 3A state championship. With a win over Fruitland, undefeated Shelley can cement its legacy as the power of the 3A classification before jumping to 4A next season.
By winning titles every other season starting in 2003, Shelley [...]



Clarke comes of age

By mlycklama • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: Football, Lead Story, News

By limiting the mistakes that plagued him last year, Blackfoot quarterback Anthony Clarke has the Broncos back in the title game.



State football finals set

By mlycklama • Nov 15th, 2009 • Category: Football, News

Just one more game separates 12 teams from a state title. Here’s the schedule for this week’s title matches. As of press time Saturday, the 4A final had not yet set a date or a time.



Sandpoint knocks off No. 1 Hillcrest (w/photo gallery)

By mlycklama • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: Football, Lead Story, News

SANDPOINT — A team averaging 40 points a game waged battle with a team allowing only nine Saturday in the semi-finals of the 4A state football playoffs at Barlow Stadium, so something was bound to give.
Unfortunately for Hillcrest, it ran into one of the hottest defenses in the state, as the No. 1 Knights (9-2) [...]



LIVE BLOG: Sandpoint 20, Hillcrest 8 final

By mlycklama • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: Football, Lead Story, News

Hillcrest at Sandpoint, 4A semifinals



Krosch leads Mackay to 1A DII finals

By mlycklama • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: Football, News

POCATELLO – With the game tied and with 3:29 left on the clock, Mackay quarterback Kole Krosch engineered a 12-play, 80-yard, game-winning drive to send his team to the state title game for the first time since 2005.
“We’ve thought about (reaching the finals) all season as one of our goals,” Krosch said. “But for it [...]