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The McCall-Donnelly boys soccer team capped off a challenging week of games by rolling past Grangeville, 6-0, during a non-conference tilt played Saturday at the Richard Sabala Athletic Complex.It was a get-right performance – following a tie and a loss to Snake River Valley Conference opponents in days prior – and featured regular starting goalkeeper Michael Foster playing another position during the second half and finding the net to the delight of those in attendance.Caleb Anderson scored a pair of goals to lead M-D on Saturday while Sebastian Carheden, Jose Manuel and Bogdan Monahan also finished chances.Vandal coach Forrest Stanley deemed the performance a good one, and noted his players regularly strung passes together.The days leading up to Saturday proved challenging.

It took a village as the McCall-Donnelly volleyball team closed out Cole Valley in three sets, 25-19, 25-9, 25-23, last week in Meridian to stay undefeated on the season.Lexi Arnold, Genevieve Kertz and Shilah Arnold combined for 27 kills during the Snake River Valley Conference game, helping the Vandals run their record to 15-0-1 overall and 5-0 in league play.“We were expecting the Cole Valley game to be super tough and our players rose to the occasion,” M-D coach Amber Green said.Kertz came through with some late heroics – five blocks and four kills – as the Vandals rallied from a 18-12 deficit to pull out a third set victory and shut the door on a feisty Chargers side.M-D gathered 10 total blocks during the match while Bisbee Henderson delivered a team-high 22 digs and fueled a strong defensive effort with her communication.“She really directs traffic on the court, which helps everyone,” Green said.The Vandals spread the wealth among their hitters, with Lexi Arnold leading the way with 11 kills.

Zoe Spangenberg scored a three-goal hat trick in singular fashion as the McCall-Donnelly girls soccer team continued an unbeaten campaign with a 7-1 victory over Parma last week on the road.Addison DeFoort, Maddie Lathrop, Payton Woolcott and Kelsey O’Brien also found the net during the Snake River Valley Conference game played in Parma.A fun fact emerged from the outing.

The Payette Lakes Middle School cross country girls team snared first place at the Parma Invitational last week in Parma.Teagan Mascheroni nabbed third place overall and Faith Sapp (fifth), Talia Herman (seventh) and Isabel Summerfield (eighth) gave the Vikings four runners inside the top 10.Grayson Shultz led the PLMS boys with a top 20 finish, placing 16th.Most Viking runners put up personal best times while tackling the 3,000-meter course at Parma High School.

Former McCall-Donnelly football players Carter Johnson and Marcus Wyman recently reunited on the field.But this time it was against each other – and across the country.Johnson, a junior at Gaulladet University, and Wyman, a junior at the U.S.

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