Basketball

After Rigby led by six points through one quarter, the Hillcrest Knights took control in the Dungeon Wednesday night, winning 81-69.

The Sugar-Salem Diggers were victorious in a rivalry battle Tuesday night, taking down the Shelley Russets 49-44.

Thunder Ridge, Shelley and Rockland each lead in their respective polls, the first girls basketball media rankings of the season.

The Highland Rams kept their record above .500 on Saturday afternoon, defeating Mountain Home 51-38.

The Hillcrest Knights continue to win, and Hillcrest won convincingly Thursday night over the Skyline Grizzlies 76-51.

The Thunder Ridge Titans are 14-0, and win number 14 came on Wednesday night when the Titans defeated the Madison Bobcats 53-37.

The Rigby Trojans remained red hot Wednesday night on home court, dominating the Highland Rams for a 66-33 win.

In a tough test Tuesday night, the Hillcrest Knights passed with a close win against the Madison Bobcats 62-58.

The Rigby Trojans improved to 9-2 on the season Tuesday night, taking down the Bonneville Bees 65-55 in what was a close matchup for most of the game.

The Shelley girls basketball team improved to 11-1 on the season with a 71-55 victory over Sugar-Salem.

Burton Park was the hero for the Firth Cougars Tuesday night, hitting a game-winning shot off of a rebound with 1.9 seconds left to sink the West Side Pirates 43-41.

In a thrilling matchup Tuesday night, the Shelley Russets improved to 10-1 this season with a 70-68 OT victory over Skyline.

The Grace Lutheran boys basketball team survived a scare on Saturday night, edging past Sho-Ban 43-40.

The Highland girls basketball team put on an impressive performance on Saturday, defeating Marsh Valley 60-23.

It was all Knights, all Knight Wednesday at Rigby, as the Hillcrest Knights won a battle of unbeaten teams in dominating fashion 78-45 against the Rigby Trojans.

The Thunder Ridge Titans remain unbeaten roughly one month into the season, as the Titans took down the Skyline Grizzlies 70-50 Tuesday night.

The red-hot Rigby Trojans continue to win, as Rigby took down the Idaho Falls Tigers Tuesday night on home court 72-61.

The Pocatello Thunder left Idaho Falls still undefeated on Saturday night, taking down the Tigers 68-38.

The American Falls Beavers fell to 0-3 on Saturday, losing to Nampa Christian 60-51.

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – The Pocatello Thunder improved to 5-0 on the season, defeating their cross-town rival Highland 50-44 on Thursday night. Highland took a 29-23 lead in halftime, but the Thunder outscored the Rams 27-15 in the second half. Boise State commit Julian Bowie led the Thunder with 22 points, including 10 in the

Through five games in the 2022-23 season, the Hillcrest Knights cannot be stopped. The Knights turned a single-digit lead into a blowout victory 84-58 over Preston Thursday night.

The Idaho Falls Tigers were victorious on the road against their arch rivals Wednesday night, as IF took down the Skyline Grizzlies 76-66.

It was all Knights, all night at Hillcrest Tuesday, as the Hillcrest Knights made it look easy in their home opener with a 67-44 win.

The Rigby Trojans remain perfect early in the high school basketball season. Rigby ran away from the Bonneville Bees Tuesday for a 76-42 win.

The Century Diamondbacks lost their first game of the season on Saturday, falling to Middleton 50-44.

The Highland Rams split their two games over the weekend, losing to Timberline 52-47 on Saturday afternoon.

The first Ririe Bulldog Shootout began Thursday at Ririe High School, and five local teams hit the court hoping to begin a run to a tournament championship.

The Century Diamondbacks and Thunder Ridge Titans dueled on the hardwood Wednesday, and Century came out on top 62-60 with a late basket in the final minute.

The Rigby Trojans are off and running in the 2022-23 campaign as they try to return to the state tournament. Trojans took control in a 65-50 win over the Idaho Falls Tigers Wednesday night.

After a slow start in the game’s first minutes, the Rigby Trojans caught fire against the Skyline Grizzlies Tuesday night, winning 71-35.

On Tuesday night, High Country conference play treated the Shelley Russets kindly, as Shelley stayed unbeaten with a 58-37 win over the Bonneville Bees.

The Bonneville Bees have their first win of the season, and they got it done by stinging the Highland Rams for a 15-point victory.

Star Pocatello basketball player Julian Bowie will play college basketball in Idaho. Bowie announced his commitment on his Twitter page Tuesday to Boise State.

After a stellar freshman season at Century, star boys basketball player Isiah Harwell is heading south to continue his high school basketball career at Wasatch Academy in Utah.

A 35-second shot clock is officially coming to Idaho High School Basketball after the IDHSAA finalized approval of the addition Wednesday for the 2023-24 basketball state tournaments.

Games wrapped up Saturday in the first-ever shot clock tournament in Idaho at the Skyline Shot Clock Tournament.

A pair of coaches with Idaho State connections are set to lead their own programs at Highland High School, as the school has hired Matt Stucki to coach boys basketball and Savannah Rose to coach girls soccer.

The first shot clock tournament in the state of Idaho began Friday morning at Skyline High School featuring local girls basketball teams in action.

Three star North Fremont Huskies are set for the next chapters in their athletic careers, as Garrett Hawkes, Jordan Lenz and Mariya Hoffner signed their letters of intent Thursday night.

A pair of state champion girls basketball players will continue their athletic careers together, as Blackfoot’s Hadley Humphreys and Kianna Wright will play basketball for the Utah State Eastern Golden Eagles.

The push to bring the shot clock to Idaho high school basketball took another step forward Wednesday thanks to an IDHSAA ruling approving the shot clock as a first reading.