The McCall Mountaineers hockey team held its own despite dropping two games to the Sun Valley Suns over the weekend at the Manchester Ice and Events Centre.Five different players found the net as the Mountaineers opened the two-game homestand versus the visiting Suns on Friday with a 9-5 loss.
Izzy Tinney and Rylee Arnold got things going early but the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team could not hang on during a Snake River Valley Conference game against first place Parma, losing 52-43.Tinney was fire from beyond the arc during beginning action of the road tilt, hitting on 4 of 4 attempts during the first half to finish the game with a team-high 14 points.Arnold also cashed in 13 points while Gabi Green collected nine points and team-high seven rebounds as the Vandals fell to 2-5 on the season, including 1-1 in conference.Meanwhile, the league-leading Panthers used the victory to push their record to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in SRV play.The M-D squad arrived with a game plan, and beat the Panthers’ pressure defense over and over as the teams battled to a 23-23 draw by halftime.“The team did a great job of breaking their press, which is Parma’s bread and butter, causing them to pull out of it early,” M-D coach Lexi Onthank said.The Vandals also rode the hot shooting of Tinney, whose four makes on four tries from 3-point range during the first half marked a career-best effort.“The response by Parma was to box-and-one her late in the second quarter and throughout the rest of the game,” Onthank said.The Panthers came out of the halftime break and put together a 14-9 run, much to the delight of home fans who filled their gym.Leading 37-32 entering the final frame, the Parma squad finally shook the pesky Vandals loose with a 15-11 run down the stretch.Onthank said Shilah Arnold did a great job running the point guard position once Panther defenders began to face guard Tinney.The Vandals return to the friendlier confines of the M-D gym today to host Ambrose School of Meridian for a 7:30 p.m.
Lacey Mack came out of the gate firing, but the Cascade girls basketball team lost 42-20 to the McCall-Donnelly junior varsity “A” team on Monday at the M-D gym.Mack ended the game with a team-high nine points and sank back-to-back shots from 3-point range as the Ramblers kept pace with the 3A Vandals during the early going, trailing just 10-8 after the first quarter.
Matthew Daniels’ return to the mat had already proved a highlight for the McCall-Donnelly wrestling team while competing at the Wiley Hobbs Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Twin Falls.Then the Vandal senior won the whole thing, submitting a dominant run through the boys 160-pound division to seize a tournament crown in his first matches of the season.“He wrestled well for his first tournament back but definitely is improving with every match,” M-D coach Joel Sherer said.Daniels was joined on the podium by sister Zion Rushton, who, not to be outshone, made the final of the 126 pound girls class.
Vandal shooter Sam Scott blew up for 29 points but the Cascade boys basketball team found its groove late to knock off a talented McCall-Donnelly junior varsity “A” team, 66-60, on Monday at the M-D gym.Tyler Thurston scored a game team-high 22 points for the Ramblers while Cole Olson chipped in 16 points.
McCall-Donnelly cheerleaders brought home a trio of trophies during their first-ever competition, which took place Saturday at Nampa High School.The Vandal squad placed second in both Pom and Show categories, and third in Sideline.
Scoring six points during the opening quarter is not the best way to go about enacting revenge against a team that handed you a loss last season.
McCall-Donnelly cheerleaders will tackle their first-ever competition on Saturday in Nampa, but the work started long before.Vandal coach Julie Carroll said her squad has been excited for a first-ever full season of cheer competitions, but was in need of a nine-panel floor mat system to practice and perform safely.
Foul trouble sidelined Sam Penny for stretches during Saturday’s game versus Caldwell, so the McCall-Donnelly junior made the most of his minutes.Penny wound up scoring 23 points in just 23 minutes to lead three Vandals in double figures as the M-D boys basketball team bounced the 4A Cougars, 67-61, in a non-conference game played in Caldwell.Luke Scott added 19 points as the Vandals knocked off 4A Caldwell for a second straight season.
Adam Rushton bumped up weight and still picked up an impressive win over a 5A opponent as the McCall-Donnelly wrestling team competed at the Calhoun Classic in Nyssa, Oregon on Friday and Saturday.The Vandal senior was joined by his sister, Zion Rushton, in winning a tournament title at the multi-class meet, which classified wrestlers by weight divisions used in Oregon.That meant the elder Rushton, who normally competes at 182 pounds, was forced to wrestle up to 190 at Calhoun.