Maxfield Silverson

Maxfield Silverson

Now You Know – Jan. 25 Issue

The McCall Community Center, formerly called the McCall Senior Center, has hired a new executive director, Laura Holmes, and plans big changes for serving the McCall community in the coming year starting with new programs scheduled in February.Every Tuesday and Thursday starting on Feb.

Vandals pass the test – Penny scores 25

McCall-Donnelly boys basketball players endured a week’s worth of testing entering Friday’s game versus Fruitland, then passed another by coming away with a 52-36 victory to run a streak of wins to double-digits.Sam Penny scored 25 points and Cade Anderson provided a much-needed spark during the second quarter as the Vandals shook off a sluggish start to win a 10th straight game in front of a home crowd.“Every year I say this, but finals week at M-D is brutal,” head coach Jason Tinney said.

Taking care of business – Vandals down Payette 57-36

Gabi Green tied her season-high with 19 points and the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team took care of business by dispatching Payette, 57-36, to collect a seventh straight victory.Izzy Tinney also chipped in 14 points during the Snake River Valley Conference game, played Saturday in Payette.

Vandals victorious at Johnshoy

Seven Vandals snared championships Saturday as McCall-Donnelly wrestlers competed at the Ron Johnshoy Invitational in Melba, results that came despite the team missing a handful of its top wrestlers.Gavon Keegan (113-pounds, Boys A), Ethan Roberts (160, Boys A), TJ Leonard (170, Boys A), Avery Riggs (170, Boys B), Carter Tucker (170, Boys C), Van Critchfield (220, Boys C) and Finn Moon (285, Boys A) all nabbed tournament titles at the multi-class meet.Keegan, Roberts, Riggs, Tucker, Critchfield and Moon also finished weekend action undefeated.M-D coach Joel Sherer said he was pleased with the results, especially given several of his athletes have been working back from injuries and are rounding into form.“All of them wrestled better and better as the tournament went on,” the coach said.A trio of M-D’s top wrestlers, siblings Matthew Daniels, Adam Rushton and Zion Rushton did not make the trip, but that did not stop the Vandals from making their mark.Vandal wrestlers dominated the ranks at 170, with Leonard, Riggs and Tucker topping their groups to pull off a complete sweep of the weight class.M-D’s Charlie Palmer also snared second place at 138 in the Boys B division.M-D travels to Kooskia for the Clearwater North-South Duals on Friday and Saturday, then travels to Payette on Wednesday for another Snake River Valley Conference dual.Vandal wrestlers hosted Fruitland, the no.

Letter to the Editor – Granite Mountain project

In the January 11, 2024 issue of The Star-News was an article “Granite-Goose comments open 40,000-acre project near McCall.” Nowhere in this article did it state that there would be a public meeting in Adams county where a good share of this project is in Adams county.I thought the U.S.F.S.

Vandal wrestlers host tri-meet Wednesday

The McCall-Donnelly wrestling team opened a string of dual meets against Snake River Valley Conference opponents with a 52-18 win over Parma last week.But Vandal grapplers are already looking forward to Wednesday, when they will get the chance to compete in front of a home crowd for the first time all season.Wrestling action begins at 4:30 p.m.