Archives for the ‘News’ 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.



Ririe girls move to 3-0; Nov. 19 girls basketball roundup

By mlycklama • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Girls basketball, News

At Driggs, the Teton Redskins tied the game at 29 late in the fourth quarter, but the Ririe Bulldogs went on a 20-3 run to end the game and come away with the 49-32 win Thursday night in girls basketball action.
“We crept back on them and then turnovers killed us,” Teton coach Don Betts said. [...]



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 [...]



Challis wins opener; Nov. 19 girls basketball roundup

By zkyle • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: Girls basketball, News

At Malta, the Challis girls basketball team outscored Raft River 19-7 in the third to win its first game of the season, 60-45.
Lauren Garlie and Jenna Hamilton led Challis with 20 and 19 points, respectively.
Challis led by six at the half but stretched the lead thanks in part to three 3s by Hamilton.
“Lauren’s points [...]



Bonneville, Sugar-Salem, West Jefferson No.1 in preseason girls basketball media poll

By zkyle • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: Girls basketball, News

Click here to see how the Post Register voted.
Released Nov. 18.
Records are through Tuesday. First-place votes in parentheses.
5A
1. Coeur d’Alene (6) 1-0 38
2. Boise 1-0 24
3. Centennial (2) 3-0 23
4. Lake City 2-0 12
5. (tie) Highland 0-0 5
Madison 0-1 5
Lewiston 0-1 5
Vallivue 1-1 5
Others receiving votes: Capital 2, Meridian 1.
4A
1. Bonneville (8) 1-0 40
2. Middleton [...]



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.



Madison’s Fuller commits to Univ. of Utah

By jpinkham • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: Boys basketball, News

Josh Fuller just made it a lot tougher for his friends who root for BYU.
The Madison High School senior and reigning Idaho boys basketball Gatorade Player of the Year will suit up for the Utah Utes in 2010.
Fuller, 6-foot-7, 195 pounds, will attend Utah on a partial academic scholarship and red-shirt in 2010-11, then plans [...]