Sports

Quarterback Stuart Derrick and receiver Jackson Hansen connected for a trio of scores but the Cascade football team dropped a home opener to Tri-Valley of Cambridge, 58-20, on Friday at the Cascade Sports Park.Hansen finished the game with 135 yards on four receptions, including three balls he snatched and took to the end zone.Derrick, who rushed for 464 yards over the first two games, spent most of Friday’s game getting the ball to his receivers.The senior signal caller completed eight of 11 passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns as the Ramblers hosted the undefeated Titans for a Long Pin Conference tilt.Derrick also added 72 yards on the ground on 16 rushes, breaking off a 35-yard gain at one point.Cascade battled through two quarters, and the score was tied 20-20 at halftime.

Kayla Boring-Bartlett scored nine aces as the Cascade volleyball team swept Greenleaf Friends Academy in three sets, 25-17, 25-11, 25-14 during a Long Pin Conference game last week.The Ramblers landed 21 aces overall after a three-hour trip to the town of Greenleaf, which is located just outside Caldwell.Ceder Saxton also looked sharp from the service line, notching four aces to go along with three kills and two digs.Cascade netters collected 19 kills in all, with Reata Atnip leading the way with three kills.Boring-Bartlett also chipped in six assists as the Ramblers dispatched the Grizzlies, who joined the 1A Long Pin this fall, for a second time this season.“The girls did a great job working together and trusting each other on the court,” Cascade coach Alison Haupt said.The Ramblers also stole a set from Tri-Valley of Cambridge on Monday, but fell short of a match.

Quarterback Maddox Arnold threw two touchdowns and ran for another but the McCall-Donnelly football team had an undefeated start to the season snapped by Weiser, 27-21, during a Snake River Valley Conference opener on Friday.The Vandals got 105 scrimmage yards from junior Colt Value, who rushed for 80 yards on 13 carries and sprang for a touchdown catch on one of two receptions for 25 yards.On defense, Mikey Wyman and Ethan Roberts intercepted passes for M-D while Finn Moon sacked the quarterback.It seemed like enough for the Vandals, who entered the conference tilt unbeaten, 4-0.

Charlie Speirs seized a silver finish as McCall-Donnelly cross country runners tackled one of the largest youth races in Idaho on Saturday – the Bob Firman Invitational.The Vandal boys were able to place a pair of runners inside the top 10 at the well-regarded meet, held in Eagle, with Jacob Mascheroni also finishing eighth during a Boys Varsity Division II race that featured more than 350 runners.The M-D junior completed the 5,000-meter course at Eagle Island State Park in 16 minutes, 24 seconds.M-D coach McCall Keller said Mascheroni ran smart and finished strong.“Jacob had a big 30 second (personal record), which was a big break for him,” Keller said.

It looked more like a baseball score, but it still counted the same as the McCall-Donnelly football team dropped Grangeville, 9-2, on Friday at the Richard Sabala Athletic Complex to stay unbeaten.Maddox Arnold found Gunnar Newman for a touchdown and the Vandal defense turned in another stout effort as the team moved to 4-0.M-D coach BJ Sorensen said the victory, which came in front of a raucous Homecoming crowd, held extra meaning for some of his players.“This was the first homecoming game that this group of seniors has won during their high school career,” Sorensen said.