Idaho High School Football Media Poll

Week 9 (Final poll)

Records as of Oct. 24

Class 5A

1. Capital (9) 8-0 49

2. Highland (1) 7-1 38

3. Eagle 7-1 32

4. Mountain View 6-2 16

5. Centennial 6-2 7

Others receiving votes: Vallivue 5, Coeur d'Alene 3

Class 4A

1. Hillcrest (9) 7-1 49

2. Blackfoot 7-1 34

3. Bishop Kelly (1) 7-1 ...read more

So here's what we know in the 4A Southern Idaho Conference Playoff picture so far: Bishop Kelly will be the No. 1 seed in the state tournament.

And entering the last week of the season, that's all we know. The second and third spots are both up for grabs with Middleton (6-2 overall, 5-1 conference), Nampa (5-3, 4-2), Skyview (4-4, 4-2) and Columbia (4-4, 3-3) all hoping to grab one of those...read more

With Bryan Gates gone to the NBA, the Idaho Stampede are searching for a head coach.

Word is the replacement might be someone familiar with the organization. Yahoo!Sports basketball insider Adrian Wojnarowski wrote Friday that former Stampede coach Larry Krystkowiak "is the favorite" to be the next coach of the Stampede. Click here to read.(It is at the end of the article.)

Krystkowiak...read more

The top senior football players from around the state will be in Pocatello next week for the wannaplaycollegesports.com All State Games.

The format for this year's games have changed quite a bit. Instead of just one game, there will be three. It is still set up with Team Treasure Valley playing Team Idaho, but this year there will be games pitting 5A-4A all-stars, 3A-2A-1A all-stars and eighth...read more

Below are all the scores from the state golf tournaments taking place in eastern Idaho on Monday and Tuesday.

A surprise to me is only one team from District III won a team title — the Middleton girls. It was the first 4A state title for the Vikings in golf. There was also just one individual title winner from District III — Timberline's Ali Thompson.

At Highland Golf Course

5A Boys

Team...read more

Here is the first addition of the Honor Roll for softball and baseball. Just so you know, the stats are provided by coaches and compiled by sports reporter Bruce Mason. (Thanks Bruce!) To provide stats, e-mail information to sports@idahopress.com by Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

Honor Roll

Through Mar.30

Softball

5A

HITTING

Batting Average

Name, School AB H AVG

Ashley VanHorne, Caldwell 44 23...read more

2009 Bucks Bags Spring Classic

Thursday's Schedule

At Rodeo Park

Mountain Home vs. Mountain View, 1 p.m.; Hermiston vs. Mountain Home, 3:30 p.m.; Nampa vs. Twin Falls, 6 p.m.

At Centennial High School

Emmett vs. Rocky Mountain, 1 p.m.; Emmett vs. Madison, 3:30 p.m.; Centennial vs. Pendleton, 6 p.m.

At Capital High School

Fruitland vs. Kuna, 1 p.m.; Fruitland vs. Ontario, 3:30; Capital...read more

I am sure there is still a lot of buzz about Skyview's state championship victory over Pocatello on Saturday at the Idaho Center. I have to admit it was one of the better high school games I have seen.

We received a letter on Monday that will be run at some point in the paper as a guest opinion, but I realize not everybody that visits TreasureValleySports.com gets the paper. So, I thought I would...read more

The winter sports season (basketball and wrestling) wrapped up with a pretty exciting day of boys basketball at the Idaho Center.

The Skyview-Pocatello championship game was certainly the most exciting in a day full of entertaining title games, with plenty of big shots for both teams. In fact, it was so exciting that IHSAA director John Billetz took time out to laud the virtues of high school athletics...read more

5A FINAL: Lewiston 56, Madison 46. Another good game, but the Bengals hit their free throws to secure the victory.

4A FINAL: Skyview wins 59-58 in overtime. Kyle Dranginis hit a runner with 21 seconds that proved to be the game winner. Pocatello had two chances but missed both. CRAZY game!

GOING TO OVERTIME: Two big shots in final 7 seconds. Rowe hit 3-pointer to give Skyview 51-49 lead with 7 seconds...read more

FINAL: Madison 56, Capital 48. It's official - no District III teams advanced to the 5A state semifinals. All four 4A SIC teams will be playing in the early games tomorrow. Vallivue plays Eagle at 1:15 p.m., and Borah faces Capital at 3 p.m.

Halftime: Capital 27, Madison 27. The Bobcats got off to a hot start, but the Eagles managed to tie at halftime.

FINAL: Post Falls 63, Borah 59. Lions...read more

The teams for this year's Idaho State High School All-Star Basketball Games were announced Monday by the North Idaho College. The games pit the north all-stars against the south all-stars and will be played Saturday, March 14, at NIC's Christianson Gym in Coeur d'Alene. There will also be a 3-point shooting and slam dunk contests.

State media and broadcaster voted on this. I have to admit...read more

The IHSAA has posted the preliminary brackets for this week's state wrestling tournament. As they note, the brackets are subject to change before wrestling starts Friday morning at Holt Arena in Pocatello. Click here, to the get to the IHSAA wrestling page.

Bruce Mason and I will drive over to cover the tournament. So be sure to check TreasureValleySports.com and my blog for updates.

The Idaho High School Activities Association announced Wednesday the 2008-09 winter sports academic state champions. The award is presented to a varsity team in each classification that achieves the highest cumulative grade point average.

Two schools from District III made the list - the Boise High girls and the Melba High boys. Congratulations to both teams for the honor.

Girls Basketball

5A...read more

Below is a release from the Idaho High School Activities Association. Some of the changes are small (such as making meetings paperless) and others are big (reducing the size of the state golf tournament).

Remember, the IHSAA is also looking at reducing the number of regular season events for all sports by 10 percent and eliminating state play-in games. If you don't think it might happen, take...read more

It wasn't too long ago the Idaho Stampede were part of the Continental Basketball Association (Hooray for quarter points!). Long-time Stampede fans will remember in 2001 when the league went bankrupt.

The CBA returned, but it wasn't long before some of the stronger teams, including the Stampede, jumped ship for the D-League. I noticed at the start of this CBA season the league was down to...read more

I have been doing some follow up on reports that former Boise State standout Coby Karl was leaving the Idaho Stampede for Spain (click here for the story from Friday's paper).

The Web site for the Pro Exposure Network lists Karl as signing with Joventut Badalona in its transactions for Jan. 23. It doesn't list terms for the deal other than Karl has signed for the rest of the season.

Official...read more