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Lexi Arnold embraced a move from middle hitter to the outside this fall and was rewarded with a selection to the All-Snake River Valley Conference First Team.Shilah and Rylee Arnold were also both named to the All-SRV Second Team, joining their sister in being recognized with postseason awards during a vote by league coaches.Honorable mention nods were also divvied out to Bisbee Henderson and Genevieve Kertz, giving the Vandals five players singled out for their performances following a 24-4-1 season.M-D coach Amber Green said Lexi surprised several opponents with her play after shifting to the outside this fall, a move made to help fill the shoes of Gabi Green, who was voted the SRV’s Player of the Year a season ago, but graduated this spring.Lexi delivered 7.5 kills, 7.9 digs and 2.2 aces per game during her own senior season to earn a first team selection after making the second team last year.

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.

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.

Will Huckaby represented the Cascade cross country team at the 2A State Championships on Saturday in Eagle to conclude a strong sophomore season.The Rambler runner completed the 5,000-meter course at Eagle Island State Park in 20:09.45, a mark that shaved over a minute and half off his time since the season began.“This was the culmination of months of hard work, hundreds of miles, hours upon hours of running,” Cascade coach Josh Miller said.On Saturday, there was an additional challenge.

The Cascade football team advanced to the playoffs this fall for the first time since 2009.

Quarterback Maddox Arnold completed 17 of 21 passes as the McCall-Donnelly football team hosted Fruitland on Friday under the lights at the Richard Sabala Athletic Complex.Receiver Easton Allen also caught a long touchdown for the Vandals during the Snake River Valley Conference tilt.But the Grizzlies defense held M-D rushers to just 56 yards and the visiting team pulled out a 23-14 victory with a punishing ground game of its own.With a 5-3 record, the Vandals still advanced to the 4A State Playoffs, with a trip to Blackfoot on tap for a Saturday game against Snake River.