Allan Steele

EAGLE – Ririe’s Liza Boone said they’ve already dusted off a spot in the school’s trophy case to add Saturday’s shiny blue trophy. It’s been 30 years since the Bulldogs won a state cross country title, so there’s bound to be some dust. “Every single practice we go into it with the mentality we wanted […]

The first week of playoff football is in the books and 15 area teams are headed into the second round. Here’s a first look at this week’s matchups. 6A Rigby comes off a bye and will host North No. 2 seed Post Falls on Friday at 7 p.m. Post Falls (7-3) is the second-place team […]

Shae Sutton of Ririe was named Nuclear Conference volleyball Player of the Year. | Peyton Taylor, courtesy photo.

Ririe’s Rafe Newton and Kolter Lewis have been a force for the Bulldogs’ offense this season. | Allan Steele, EastIdahoNews.com

The South Fremont volleyball team was honored with Coach of the Year and Player of the Year selections in the All-Mountain River Conference team released this week. Cougars’ middle blocker Tori Hathaway was named Player of the Year after helping lead South Fremont to the conference title and a berth in the 4A state tournament. […]

REXBURG – Madison guard Nash Humpherys recently signed a letter of intent to continue his basketball career at Boise State. The first-team all-state selection averaged nearly 20 points, 4.6 assists and three steals last season in helping lead the Bobcats to the third-place game at the 5A state tournament. “Nash is a consummate winner and […]

ABERDEEN – David Jolley grew up in Aberdeen. For anyone who hasn’t ventured far off of Interstate 15 in east Idaho, imagine a postcard of what small-town rural Idaho looks like, with acres of farmland rolling over the horizon and the powerful Snake River nearby. Mountains off in the distance already topped with snow as […]

Firth’s Kynzie Nielson celebrates with family after signing her letter of intent to run a Weber State. | Courtesy photo.

IDAHO FALLS – So after graduating around 30 seniors from last year’s football team that made a run to the state championship game, Hillcrest reset and went into rebuilding mode in 2024. Well, that’s not exactly true. That might seem logical on paper, because who replaces 30 seniors, several of whom were three-year varsity players, […]

Actually, luck probably has nothing to do with Sugar-Salem’s success on the football field.