Sports

The McCall Winter Sports Club sent 16 racers to Grand Targhee Resort near Alta, Wyoming last weekend.

The McCall Mountaineers hockey team has two goals this weekend that go beyond taking down the visiting Las Vegas Sin City Kings.

Sam Penny lofted a game-tying 3-pointer up and over a defender, but the ball descended and bounced off the rim as the McCall-Donnelly boys basketball team watched a late rally fall short against New Plymouth, 58-55, last week on the road.

Lexi Arnold collected 10 points and eight rebounds as the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team delivered down the stretch to knock off Cole Valley, 42-38, on Saturday to complete a sweep of Snake River Valley Conference games.

The shooting was sharp as teammates Cole Olson and Finley Wilkins combined for 37 points and the Cascade boys basketball team routed Salmon River, 53-29, on Saturday at Novotny Gym.

It is a long and winding road from McCall to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, some 2,160 miles if you drive.

But it is a journey former McCall-Donnelly quarterback Peter Knudson will make as early as next week after committing to play his final season of college football at one of the most storied places of all – the University of Alabama.

McCall Figure Skating Club skater Kelsy Weinrauch secured a signature achievement in December, passing her Senior Singles test to become a U.S. Figure Skating Triple Gold Medalist.

Maddox Arnold drained five 3-pointers on his way to a career-high 19 points as the McCall-Donnelly boys basketball team defeated Pendleton (Oregon), 65-47, on Saturday at the Avista Holiday Tournament in Lewiston.