Sports

Ponderosa State Park will host a Free Ski and Winter Access Day Saturday, Jan. 7, with free cross-country ski lessons and a snowshoe tour.

With temperatures in the single digits on Saturday morning, 37 Nordic skiers competed in the McCall Nordic and Biathlon Ski Club’s Winter Start Race at the Bear Basin Nordic Center. “We had a fun event with cookies, hot chocolate, glitter station, and raffle prizes for the kids.

Jake Hendrix scored a teamhigh 11 points, but it was largely tough sledding for the Meadows Valley boys basketball team during an 87-29 loss to Garden Valley Monday in New Meadows. Cody Padgett also dished out a team-leading six assists as the Mountaineers played their first game in nearly three weeks, falling to 0-2 with the loss during their Long Pin Conference opener.

McCall-Donnelly’s Cole Burtenshaw and Griffin Good both earned recognition as the 3A all-Idaho football team was announced. Both players made the second team at the defensive back position.

Eight Ramblers found the scoring column as the Cascade boys basketball team bullied its way past Greenleaf Friends Academy, 63-23, on Monday at Novotny Gym. The Ramblers also featured three players scoring double-digits, with Cole Olson leading the way with 16 points.

McCall-Donnelly’s Gabi Green and Claire Warren both earned recognition as 3A all-state honors were announced for volleyball. Green, who averaged nearly eight kills per contest, highlighted selections by being named to the second team.

Kyler Nitzel scored 15 points and Kallyn Rogers added 11 as the Cascade girls basketball team met Garden Valley in the third-place game at the Rolly Lincoln Memorial Tournament on Saturday in Wilder, but fell 45-36.