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Athlete of the Week contest
This week Josie Leslie of the McCall-Donnelly girls cross country team and Stuart Derrick of the Cascade High School football team were selected as Athletes of the Week, for the voting round of Nov.
Vandal girls put in the work
Count senior Shilah Arnold a fan of a busy offseason schedule as the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team opens the 2024-25 campaign today against 6A Lewiston.The Vandals then host 6A Nampa on Saturday at the M-D gym, with a 7:30 p.m.
Inwards leads Cascade swimmers at state
Cascade’s Laura Inwards wrapped up her high school career by snaring a pair of silver medals at the Idaho Swimming State Championships on Saturday at the Boise West YMCA.Inwards was joined at the end-of-season gathering by two Cascade Killer Whales teammates, Faith Powell and Jordyn Cummins.All three swimmers regularly train and compete with the local swim club, which is coached by Ryan Harrison and associated with the Cascade Aquatic and Recreation Center.
Ramblers roughed up by Dietrich
Cole Olson rushed for 180 yards and a touchdown as the Cascade football team tackled Dietrich on Friday during a 1A State Playoff quarterfinal.Olson also threw for a touchdown, finding Finley Wilkins for a fourth quarter trip to the end zone.Unfortunately, the no.
Ramblers returners key new look
The Cascade girls basketball team enters the 2024-25 season with a new coach and a clean slate.Linzie Green, who assumed the reins of the Rambler program this fall, is excited to work with a youthful group that showed pluck while going 5-15 last year.Cascade opens the season on Wednesday by hosting Vision Charter School from Caldwell.
SPORTS BRIEFS
The McCall Mountaineers hockey team welcomes the Reno Ice Raiders to town for a two-day homestand, Friday and Saturday.Games for the budding rivalry start at 7 p.m., with doors at the Manchester Ice and Events Centre opening at 6:30 p.m.McCall and Reno have enjoyed some heated matchups during the two years they’ve faced off.The Mountaineers swept the Ice Raiders during a two-game series played in McCall last November, but the Reno squad returned the favor with a pair of victories on their own home ice in March.McCall also wrapped up its inaugural year on the ice – 2022 – by knocking off the Ice Raiders on the road with a golden goal in overtime.Mountaineer General Manager Robert Lyons remembers that very moment – and expects similar high-intensity outings this weekend.
Vandals netters net postseason honors
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.
Cascade gridders to tackle Dietrich
The Cascade football team will play the underdog when it tackles Dietrich on Friday at 6 p.m.
Vandal comeback falls short
Maddox Arnold ran for 107 yards and rushed for one of two second half touchdowns as the McCall-Donnelly football team staged a furious comeback during the opening round of the 4A State Playoffs on Saturday.But the Vandals, playing through rain and cold and on the road, came up short in the final minute against Snake River of Blackfoot, falling 17-15 and ending their season.Colt Value also found the end zone as the M-D football team wrapped up the fall campaign, disappointed, but with a rock solid 6-4 record that featured a trio of losses to top-ranked opponents.The Vandals dug an early hole Saturday, trailing 17-0 at halftime, and could not climb out.“It stings a little bit to go out this early again,” M-D coach BJ Sorensen said.