Football

The red-hot Pocatello Thunder are in the final four in 4A thanks to an 11-point victory over Bishop Kelly Friday night at Holt Arena.

The Blackfoot Broncos are putting together a playoff run, as Blackfoot dominated Nampa in a 28-14 win, a game that was closer on the scoreboard than it looked on the field.

The Rockland Bulldogs were, unfortunately, no match for the Castleford Wolves Friday night in a 58-8 defeat.

The Shelley Russets left it all out on the field Friday night at Sandpoint, but couldn’t quite pull off the upset as Sandpoint eliminated Shelley 21-14.

The Sugar-Salem Diggers’ bid for a four-peat is still alive, but not without a fight after Sugar-Salem survived against the Marsh Valley Eagles for a 22-16 victory Thursday night at Holt Arena.

With the first round and the qualifiers of the Idaho High School Football Playoffs complete, it’s time to get ready for this week’s quarterfinals!

In Friday’s early game inside Holt Arena, the Highland Rams and Skyview Hawks went toe-to-toe, with Highland coming out on top 45-28.

The Blackfoot Broncos are moving on to the 4A quarterfinals thanks to a 28-point victory over Middleton Friday night.

The South Fremont Cougars are heading to the quarterfinals in the 3A state playoffs following a 35-30 win over Kellogg Friday afternoon.

High school football state playoffs are here! Lots of teams from East Idaho made the playoffs, with most of them in action this weekend in the first round.

The Skyline Grizzlies locked up their 4A playoff berth and a share of the district title with Blackfoot thanks to a 14-12 victory over Shelley.

The Madison Bobcats are heading to the playoffs, and they clinched their spot by upsetting the previously unbeaten Rigby Trojans with a 31-28 comeback victory.

The Blackfoot Broncos are heading to the 4A state playoffs, and the Broncos clinched their spot with a big 31-6 victory over Bonneville.

A two-point conversion was the difference in an incredibly hard fought matchup Friday in Blackfoot, with Shelley coming out victorious 29-28 in double overtime.

The Skyline Grizzlies won a game they absolutely needed, and they won it big with a 42-6 victory over Hillcrest at Thunder Stadium.

The Thunder Ridge Titans have won their first game since week 1 thanks to a 20-7 victory on home field against the Bonneville Bees.

The Rigby Trojans stumbled to victory last week and they are battling through injuries, but the Trojans remain the number-one ranked team in 5A in this week’s Idaho high school football media polls.

3A Conference rivals met in Arimo and it was all Marsh Valley, defeating Snake River 26-7.

In a matchup between Rocky Mountain Conference foes, North Gem took control throughout and defeated Watersprings 62-24.

After winning its first game in two years last week, the Bonneville Bees have won two games in a row and are victorious in the Civil War for the first time since 2013.

Pocatello brought the Thunder Friday night in Shelley, roaring to a 42-28 win against the Russets to stay undefeated in 4A play.

For the first time in eight years, the Ravsten Stadium goal posts are painted orange tonight as the Idaho Falls Tigers erased a 38-34 deficit to defeat the Skyline Grizzlies 38-34 in the 57th Emotion Bowl.

There weren’t many changes in this week’s Idaho high school football media polls, but there were a couple of significant changes affecting teams in East Idaho.

The Blackfoot Broncos showed up on defense Friday night at Thunder Stadium, shutting out the Hillcrest Knights in a 24-0 victory.

The Sugar-Salem Diggers appear to be back in form after picking up a 24-14 victory on homecoming night against the Preston Indians.

At long last, the Bonneville Bees football team is partying like it’s 2019 after a 13-7 upset victory over Shelley for the Bees’ first win in two years.

There is no other way to put it, the Highland Rams are red hot after winning their sixth straight game Friday night 24-14 over the Thunder Ridge Titans.

The latest Idaho High School Football media polls are out, and the 5-0 Idaho Falls Tigers, a team that went winless last season, have entered the Class 5A poll at number five.

In a cross-state matchup in Class 4A, Twin Falls stormed out to an early lead and kept that pace all the way to a 45-10 win over Century.

After a 1-3 start to the season in which the Skyline Grizzlies fell from the top-ranked team in Class 4A to unranked, Skyline bounced back with a 33-0 shutout victory against Bonneville.

Homecoming brought more success for the Highland Rams, as Highland scored a blowout victory over Madison 42-16 Friday night inside Holt Arena.

Once the Rigby Trojans got going Friday night, they couldn’t be stopped as the Trojans won big over Thunder Ridge 51-12.

Following another eventful week of Friday night lights, especially in Class 4A, there is a major shakeup in the media polls this week.

After a winless season in 2020, Idaho Falls continues their amazing turnaround with dominating win over Century 51-14 to stay undefeated on the year.

In a battle for the top team in the Gate City, Highland reigned supreme and routed Pocatello 41-14.

The number one team in Class 5A was in a dogfight in the first half at Thunder Stadium Friday night, but the Rigby Trojans ran away from the Hillcrest Knights in the second half for a 35-0 victory.

In a game that both teams absolutely needed, the Blackfoot Broncos scored just enough to take down the Skyline Grizzlies 17-13 Friday night at Ravsten Stadium.

The rise of the Pocatello Thunder continues in this week’s Idaho high school football media polls, as the Thunder are now the number one ranked team in Class 4A.

In a matchup between the two top-ranked teams in 4A and 5A respectively, Rigby used a strong second half effort to defeat Skyline 28-14 in Holt Arena.

Preston football picked up another win on Friday night, when they held onto an early lead against Bonneville to win 28-21.

Perhaps the biggest surprise in District V/VI football so far this season is the Idaho Falls Tigers, as the Tigers took down Thunder Ridge Friday night to secure a 3-0 start to the season.

The week three Idaho high school football media poll saw notable changes involving teams in eastern Idaho, including Pocatello’s stock rising and Sugar-Salem dropping out of its poll.

In the final minute of the first half, Century recorded a safety after tackling Dylan Caldwell in Bonneville’s end zone, and that score held up as the game-deciding play in a 15-13 Diamondbacks victory.

Coming off of an opening week loss to Green Canyon, Skyline bounced back in a big way Friday night with a 39-18 victory at Thunder Ridge.

After the first full week of football in Idaho, there were multiple changes in this week’s Idaho high school football media polls.