The McCall-Donnelly boys basketball team will begin its quest to win a second straight 3A District III championship on Saturday in front of a home crowd. The Vandals (8-2, 13-4) will welcome either Fruitland (7-3, 12-9) or Weiser (1-9, 4-17) to the M-D gym for a 7 p.m.
If it looked like the Ramblers were in a hurry during a 72-46 victory over Tri-Valley of Cambridge on Tuesday, maybe they were. Tyler Thurston scored 14 of his 25 points in the first quarter as the Cascade boys basketball team blitzed the Titans during a 1AD2 District III opener played in Council.
Kallyn Rogers scored 24 points, but the Cascade girls basketball team’s spirited run through the 1AD2 District III Tournament came to an end last week with a 61-40 loss to Garden Valley. Senior Kyler Nitzel also fought through extra defenders to score seven points, but the Ramblers’ quest to advance to the state tournament fell short during an elimination game played in New Meadows, the tournament host site.
Seniors Ashtyn Jones and Jenna Thomas each scored 10 points, but the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team lost to Fruitland, 54-42, during a 3A District III Tournament elimination game last week, ending its season.
Senior Ashtyn Jones scored 13 points and the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team topped Payette, 51-31, on Tuesday at home during a 3A District III elimination game to keep its season afloat. Gabbi Green and Jenna Thomas each added eight points for the Vandals while Cassidy Crockett came through for seven points.
With no tournaments scheduled, the McCall-Donnelly wrestling team competed in a series of duals last week. Adam Rushton, Jake Carr and Jake See all won matches as the Vandals squared off against Weiser in a Snake River Valley Conference dual on Jan.
Tate Ova spurred the Vandals with a massive dunk during a pivotal fourth quarter as the McCall-Donnelly boys basketball team knocked off first place Homedale, 37-32, last week on the road. Luke Scott and Rylan Pate led the Vandals in scoring with eight points apiece as the Snake River Valley Conference game went down to the wire for the second straight meeting between the schools.
Cole Olson got hot from beyond the arc while scoring 27 points, and the Cascade boys basketball team enjoyed a bit of revenge by downing Horseshoe Bend, 65-39, during a Long Pin Conference game played last week on the road.
TheMeadowsValleyboys basketball team got defensive during a 36-21 victory over the McCall-Donnelly junior varsity “B” team last week in New Meadows. Koby Rivas scored 14 points and Jake Hendrix added 13 points as the Mountaineers picked up their third win this season in a game played at the MV gym.
Solomon Childs, Jed Erekson and Rucker D’Lerma all nabbed gold as the McCall Wrestling Club competed at the Idaway Cougar Clash on Sunday at Caldwell High School. Childs won all five of his matches by pin while winning the 100-pound division for wrestlers ages 9 and 10.