Four returning players have Daniel D’Lerma feeling good going into his third season as head coach of the Meadows Valley boys basketball team. The Mountaineers open play today at home, hosting St. John’s Bosco Academy of Cottonwood at the MV gym. Tipoff is at 6 p.m.
Kallyn Rogers scored 10 points, but the Cascade girls basketball team’s quest to win a third straight game fell short against Wilder, 3919, on Friday at Novotny Gym. Freshman Ceder Saxton also chipped in five points as the Ramblers fell to 2-1 with the non-conference loss.
Lilian Miller and Kayla Bartlett both scored a team-high six points as the Cascade girls basketball junior varsity team defeated North Star Charter School, 29-12, last week in Eagle. Miller led the Ramblers with four points but the JV lost to Wilder, 42-13, on Friday at Novotny Gym.
Colt Crockett, Cayden Fee, Damian Nuno, and Kevin Rushton each won two matches as the Payette Lakes Middle School wrestling team competed at a quad-dual last week in Payette. Coltin Jones, Nicholas Craus, and Garrett Rogers also picked up a win as the Vikings took on middle school competition from Homedale, Payette and Ontario (Oregon).
The McCall-Donnelly girls basketball junior varsity swept games last week to move to 2-0 on the season. The Vandals edged Cole Valley, 41-36, on Saturday and Grangeville, 45-25, earlier in the week.
The Payette Lakes Middle School eighth-grade girls basketball team swept the competition during games last week to move to 8-1 on the season. The Vikings topped Weiser Middle School, 33-14, in a game played at the PLMS gym.
Gabi Green poured in 17 points, but the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team dropped a non-conference game to Cole Valley, 36-30, on Saturday at the M-D gym. Ashtyn Jones also chipped in eight points, four rebounds and a team-high five steals.
Kiki Frick passed her senior moves in the field test to become a U.S. Figure Skating gold medalist for the McCall Figure Skating Club. Her test was completed virtually through the Vaca Valley FSC in Vacaville, California in August 2022. Frick is a freshman in high school.
Cascade’s Jordyn Cummins won four races as the Cascade Killer Whales and the McCall Marlins swim teams competed on Saturday at the Cascade Aquatics and Recreation Center. Luke Johnson also picked up a trio of wins, while Cascade teammates Sawyer Davis, Nash Campbell, Jackie Smith and Laura Inwards all won two races.
The McCall Mountaineers hockey team skated out to an early lead and cruised to a 10-4 victory over the Reno Ice Raiders Friday at the Manchester Ice and Events Centre. Dimitri Jones, Bryan Watters and Mackay Power each came up with two goals as the Mountaineers opened a two-game homestand with a convincing win.