Friday’s Scores
Aberdeen 18, American Falls 15
Baker, Ore. 20, Parma 12
Buhl 34, Burley 12
Butte County 24, Grace 0
Carey 48, Castleford 30
Deary 70, Potlatch 32
Emmett 18, Weiser 14
Fruitland 39, La Grande, Ore. 7
Garden Valley 32, Rimrock 18
Grangeville 21, St. Maries 0
Hagerman 46, Camas County 0
Hansen 40, Rockland 14
Kootenai 60, Lakeside 12
Lake City 30, Sandpoint 26
Lapwai 36, Lewis...read more

State media high-school football poll
Records as of Aug. 27
Team      Record   Points (First-place votes)
5A
1. Highland    0-0    38 (4)
2. Lake City    0-0    24 (1)
3. Capital    0-0    22 (2)
4. Meridian    0-0    19 (2)
5. Coeur d’Alene  ...read more

The Idaho football season started Saturday, with a game a long, long way from here.

Blackfoot, the team that beat Nampa for the 4A championship, opened its season with a road trip to Juneau, Alaska. Juneau-Douglas had already played two games prior to Saturday's game, but somebody forgot to tell Blackfoot. The Broncos rolled to a 27-7 victory.

You can read more about it here and here.

Speaking...read more

I received an interesting alert from the fine folks from Google late last night.

It turns out Birmingham High School (Van Nuys, Calif.) has received a transfer student from Boise. The Los Angeles Times' high school blog reported yesterday that Marquelle Henderson, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive lineman, had transferred to the school. You can read more about it here.

The Times' writer said Henderson...read more

After spending some of my summer perched in the press box at Memorial Field, I have found my way down to the field - the football field.

I stopped by my first high school football practice Tuesday evening to check in on the Nampa Christian Trojans. I think almost every player on the team has put on at least 20 pounds since last year, and it is not the kind of weight I put on after a trip to the nearest...read more