Maxfield Silverson

Maxfield Silverson

  • Joined: October 18, 2023
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Vandal comeback falls short

Maddox Arnold ran for 107 yards and rushed for one of two second half touchdowns as the McCall-Donnelly football team staged a furious comeback during the opening round of the 4A State Playoffs on Saturday.But the Vandals, playing through rain and cold and on the road, came up short in the final minute against Snake River of Blackfoot, falling 17-15 and ending their season.Colt Value also found the end zone as the M-D football team wrapped up the fall campaign, disappointed, but with a rock solid 6-4 record that featured a trio of losses to top-ranked opponents.The Vandals dug an early hole Saturday, trailing 17-0 at halftime, and could not climb out.“It stings a little bit to go out this early again,” M-D coach BJ Sorensen said.

Vandal seniors win four titles

Four district titles in four years makes for a pretty good high school career for five McCall-Donnelly boys soccer players.It is a claim Vandal players Michael Foster, Bogdan Monahan, Soloman Arndt, Caleb Anderson and Toby Klasner can make after a senior season that netted another district championship as well as a fourth place trophy from the 4A State Tournament.

Sports Briefs

The McCall Vandals hockey team opened the season over the weekend on the road, going 1-3 through four games.The Vandals blanked Boise, 8-0, but lost a trio of games against Timberline (4-1), Eagle/Rocky (6-2) and Idaho Falls (9-1).The McCall team is technically not affiliated with McCall-Donnelly, but competes among the high school ranks as the McCall Vandals and are sponsored by the McCall Youth Hockey Association.

Speirs, Mascheroni lead Vandal runners at state

Teammates Charlie Speirs and Jacob Mascheroni proved it on the biggest stage over the weekend, both finishing among the top boys runners as McCall-Donnelly competed at the 2024 Idaho Cross Country State Championships on Saturday in Eagle.Josie Leslie also shined during her first state meet at the 4A level, helping the Vandal girls to a fifth place finish.The M-D boys, meanwhile, brought home a fourth place trophy, forcing a repeat of last year when both Vandal boys and girls finished among the top five.Speirs capped off a successful fall season by becoming a state runner-up in just his sophomore season.

Reinstated: Payette Lakes Ski Club regains nonprofit status

The Payette Lakes Ski Club recently regained its nonprofit status after it was revoked in the spring following an accounting error.The ski club, which manages the Little Ski Hill and Bear Basin Nordic Center, was notified by the IRS on March 14 that its nonprofit status would be revoked.PLSC Executive Director Colby Nielsen declined to provide specifics of the accounting error but asserted that the revocation was not the result of any misuse or misappropriation of funds.The club’s nonprofit status was reinstated in October.Regaining the 501c3 designation means that all donations from Nov.

EMS levy passes narrowly on third try – Cascade levy passes and Prop. 1 flops

The $4.22 million Valley Countywide EMS permanent levy override passed with 69.5% of the vote on Tuesday.A two-thirds plus one vote majority was required for the tax to be approved.On Tuesday, 4,986 people voted in favor of the levy, with 2,185 opposed.The district saw two previous attempts to pass a permanent levy override fail, each earning about 64% of the vote.“This is a huge win for the EMS System and Valley County residents,” said EMS District Commission Chair Travis Smith.