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The Payette Lakes Middle School girls snared first place among teams attending a cross country meet held Friday at Jug Mountain Ranch.The Vikings were led on the podium by Talia Herman, who finished second among the girls, as well as Teagan Mascheroni, who placed third.

Payette Spangenberg started the varsity mountain bike race by crashing and losing her bike chain, but finished in first place after overtaking the entire field.Cyclists in the McCall Area Composite Mountain Bike Team landed 21 podium places, including five first place finishes at the third race of the Interscholastic Cycling League season.The race was held at Grand Targhee Resort near Alta, Wyoming on Saturday with 717 middle school and high school athletes participating.Spangenberg crashed hard while battling for a slot at the front of the pack coming into the first singletrack section, which was too tight to allow any passing, said Team Director Dean Cromwell.“She immediately got back up, took a minute to put her chain back on, and found herself in last place,” Cromwell said.

McCall-Donnelly football players traveled to Hailey on Friday to play Wood River, unsure of where they might play due to poor air quality from nearby wildfires. But the smoke cleared at the high school, players got off the bus and the Vandals promptly took down the 5A Wolverines with a 49-7 effort to open the season 1-0.

The Cascade football team enters the 2024 season ready and restocked, nearly doubling its number of players from last year.The Ramblers took the field last year with just 12 players – enough to field an 8-man lineup the Long Pin Conference requires with a handful of subs.But Cascade coach Keala Hoe said 21 athletes came out for the program this fall, meaning the sideline just got more crowded.

Bogdan Monahan proved twice is nice by delivering another game-winner as the McCall-Donnelly boys soccer team knocked off Weiser, 1-0, during a Snake River Valley Conference game played last week at the Richard Sabala Athletic Complex.Senior goalkeeper Michael Foster also picked up a second clean sheet as the Vandals remained undefeated after three games, settling into the young season with two wins and a draw.It was a familiar script when M-D opened the season against Lewiston on Aug.

Lexi Arnold delivered 11 kills in her new outside hitter position and the McCall-Donnelly volleyball team opened the season last week by sweeping Grangeville, 28-26, 25-17, 25-16, at the M-D gym. Geneveive Kertz also collected six kills and four blocks as the Vandals knocked off their longtime rivals in front of a home crowd that was clearly feeling it.