Thunder Ridge High School has its first college softball player.

At Thunder Ridge, Jaxon Sorenson had 17 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for the Idaho Falls High School boys basketball team in a 66-48 nonconference win over the Titans, who had their second annual Pink Night cancer awareness fundraiser.

Kaysha Sadovich will be trading her Shelley red and black for Blue Mountain Community College blue and white in the fall.

For the second consecutive week, Bonneville is the No. 1 4A team in Idaho’s girls basketball state media poll.

At Arco, Belle Beard scored 15 points and added seven rebounds, four assists and four steals as Butte County downed Mackay 61-47 in girls basketball on Tuesday.

North Fremont remained No. 1 in 2A in the state media boys basketball poll released Tuesday, holding off Nampa Christian by two points.

When the Sugar-Salem High School girls basketball team received its 3A state championship banner and blue trophy 11 months ago at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, it added to an already banner year for the school while giving those Diggers a place in history.

Career bests are a funny thing.

BOISE — Frank Solich has been on the end of countless water and Gatorade baths.

As Utah State gears up to put its full attention on defending their Mountain West Conference men’s basketball title, the Aggies are well aware that it’s a long process.

BOISE — Two early Mountain West games in December have made things a little odd as the calendar flips to January and league play resumes.

In a game where possessions are king, it is curious the blocked shot is so universally celebrated.

POCATELLO — Idaho State needed a big shot. Jared Stutzman was due.

It was a celebration that seemed unlikely just a few weeks ago.

The Pioneer League North championship is still on hold.

Rain wreaked havoc on Melaleuca Field on Tuesday night, causing the suspension of the Pioneer League North Division championship game between the Idaho Falls Chukars and Billings Mustangs.

At Melaleuca Field, the Billings Mustangs forced a third and deciding Pioneer League playoff game with the Chukars, evening the best-of-three series at one game apiece on Monday night with a 4-3 victory.

At Melaleuca Field, Bryar Johnson struck out eight in seven innings and the bullpen did the rest as the Idaho Falls Chukars shut out the Great Falls Voyagers 7-0 on Saturday night.

At Melaleuca Field, the Idaho Falls Chukars were held to just one run and five hits on Friday night, falling to the Great Falls Voyagers 4-1.

At Melaleuca Field, for the second night in a row, the Idaho Falls Chukars routed the Great Falls Voyagers.

Idaho Falls Bandits coach Ryan Alexander describes his team as a group of players that don’t like to lose.

At Lewiston, the Idaho Falls Bandits made team history on Sunday, winning the American Legion Northwest regional title and earning the program’s first berth to the American Legion World Series.

At Lewiston, the Idaho Falls Bandits kept their summer going with a 6-3 win over the Bozeman Bucks 6-3 at the American Legion Northwest Regional Tournament.

At Lewiston, the Idaho Falls Bandits strung together 15 hits to defeat Bellevue, Wash., 15-7 in an elimination game and reach the semifinals of the American Legion Northwest Regional Tournament.

At Lewiston, a three-run sixth inning proved to be the difference in the Idaho Falls’ Bandits 6-3 loss to the Medford (Ore.) Mustangs on day two of the American Legion Baseball Northwest Regional Championships. It was Idaho Falls’ first loss since July 10 and snapped a 13-game win streak.

At Lewiston, Randon Hostert threw a no-hitter for the Idaho Falls Bandits in a 10-0, six inning win over the Casper Oilers to begin the American Legion Northwest Regional Tournament.

The Idaho Falls Bandits have been in playoff mode for nearly the past month, but the American Legion Double-A state champions may be headed for uncharted territory.