Disappointment, despair, and sadness. That's the overriding sentiment among area seniors whose careers were cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are a few of their stories.
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At Hillcrest, the Madison baseball team broke open a close game with eight runs in the fifth inning on the way to a 12-9 win over Hillcrest on Friday
n Ben Sayre/Braxton Bird, Blackfoot boys doubles
Ririe High School may be better known for its basketball and wrestling success, but that’s never stopped Annalee Ball.
Kyler Hartman already had one state tennis title in hand, winning a 5A boys doubles championship as a freshman at Hillcrest High. He already had his college career lined up, having signed with Idaho State.
At Melaleuca Field, a day after a disappointing loss to eventual state champion Marsh Valley, South Fremont pounded out 13 hits to defeat Kimberly 12-0 in the 3A third-place baseball game. The Cougars put the game away with nine runs in the fourth inning.
At Melaleuca Field, Sugar-Salem punched its ticket to the 3A baseball state title game on Friday night, defeating Kimberly 11-6.
At Rigby, Madison swept the team titles at the 5A District 5-6 track championships.
At Bonneville, Idaho Falls High School completed a sweep of the team titles at the 4A District 6 championships Wednesday at Bonneville.
Not every tennis player makes a good doubles partner. The chemistry and skill required for a duo to move around the court and essentially play as one well-oiled, powerful machine, takes time to develop and likely some patience.
At Pocatello, in the 5A District 5-6 baseball tournament opener, top-seeded Highland (17-6-1) jumped out to an early lead on fourth-seeded Thunder Ridge (3-20) to advance to the semifinals. Thunder Ridge trailed early but put together a four-run fifth inning to close to within 6-4, but Highl…
At Blackfoot, the No. 5 seeded Hillcrest High School baseball team swept No. 4 seeded Blackfoot in a doubleheader to begin the 4A District 6 tournament.
At Hillcrest, the Blackfoot baseball team jumped out to a 6-0 lead after one inning and held off Hillcrest 13-8. Blackfoot (13-8, 7-7) ran its win streak to seven straight as Ethan Case had three RBIs. Hillcrest dropped to 11-12, 6-10.
At Soda Springs, Sugar-Salem pitchers Curtis Drake, Hayden Crapo and Kyzon Garner combined to hold Soda Springs to two hits and Kyle Ostermiller knocked in four runs on Tuesday as the Digger baseball team defeated Soda Springs 17-3.
At Thunder Ridge, the Madison and Thunder Ridge softball teams split a conference doubleheader full of home runs.
At Feist Field in Tautphaus Park, Madalyn Burton hit a grand slam and the Idaho Falls High School softball team completed a regular season sweep of District 91 rival Skyline with Friday’s 16-5 win in five innings.
At Bonneville, the start of a three-game series between two of the area’s top baseball teams on Thursday produced a pitching duel between Idaho Falls’ Cannon Thompson and Bonneville’s Randon Hostert.
At Sugar City, the Shelley softball team put up five runs in the first, but it wasn’t enough as Sugar-Salem took advantage of walks and errors to pull away, 16-5 in five innings. Kennedy Chambers knocked in four runs and Shayla Dopp finished 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs for Sugar-Salem.
Kennedy Burton’s RBI triple to right field in the bottom of the seventh scored Emma Williams with the game winner as the Tigers defeated Rigby 4-3 on Wednesday at Tautphaus Park.
At Blackfoot, the Tigers opened the season with an 11-5 victory over Blackfoot as Andrew Gregersen finished 4 for 4 and knocked in six runs and Cannon Thompson, who started the game and tossed three scoreless innings, added three RBIs. Nate Rose, who finished 2 for 4, also knocked in four runs.
At Blackfoot, the Bronco softball team scored four runs in the first two innings and made them stand up for a 4-2 win over Rigby. Rigby starter Taylor Sheppard pitched a complete game and did not allow a run after the second, but Blackfoot held Rigby to just three hits.
At Blackfoot, the Sugar-Salem baseball team pulled away for an 8-3 victory on Tuesday, highlighted by a 5-run fifth inning. Curtis Drake knocked in two runs and also pitched three scoreless innings in relief for Sugar-Salem.
Thunder Ridge’s first ever collegiate signee is staying put in east Idaho.
Bonneville High School athlete Jaden Howell says, “If we took away high school sports, it would affect tons of kids and make high school a lot harder to get through.” (Pat Sutphin / psutphin@postregister.com)
Three concussions in seven months forced Madison High School senior Michael Dredge to quit football this past season. (Pat Sutphin / psutphin@postregister.com)By VICTOR FLORES vflores@postregister.comWhen Bonneville Joint School District 93 looked for ways to trim the cost of its new high sc…
Hillcrest’s Spencer Neville is the 2015 Post Register All-Area Boys Singles Tennis Player of the Year. Monte LaOrange / mlaorange@postregister.com.
Madison’s Jessica Lundin is the Post Register’s All-Area Girls Singles Tennis Player of the Year. Photo credit to the Upper Valley Standard Journal
Idaho Falls’ Bryant Johnson (left) and Jesse Haas are the Post Register Boys Doubles Tennis Players of the Year. Monte LaOrange / mlaorange@postregister.com
By MARLOWE HEREFORD mhereford@postregister.com
I.F.’s Maddie Maloney and Hillcrest’s Orin Duffin are the Post Register All-Area Tennis Players of the Year for the second consecutive year. Pat Sutphin / psutphin@postregister.com
I.F.’s Maddie Maloney and Hillcrest’s Orin Duffin are the Post Register All-Area Tennis Players of the Year for the second consecutive year. Pat Sutphin / psutphin@postregister.com
