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Sweet redemption for the West Side Pirates. After blowing a big lead in a regular season loss to Declo and missing out on the 2A title last season, West Side is back on top after a dominating 41-13 win against the Hornets Friday.

For the first time in school history, the Butte County Pirates are state champions in football. With Dillon Waymire and his family in the building Friday, Butte County knocked off the three-time defending champion Oakley Hornets 58-44 to win the 1AD1 title.

This weekend, a dream could become reality for six local football teams as they sit one win away from a state championship.

The five state championship that feature local teams are our Sports Line Games of the Week, presented by your Southern Idaho Honda Dealers.

The team to take down the Skyline Grizz in the 4A playoffs is the Hillcrest Knights, as Hillcrest held on late for a 35-31 victory against Skyline to reach the state championship.

It’s the rematch of an instant classic in the 4A semifinals. Skyline and Hillcrest face off Friday night for a spot in the state championship game.

The back-to-back-to-back 1AD1 state champion Oakley Hornets are back in the title game following a dominating 50-20 victory against the Grace Grizzlies Thursday night.

We are down to the final four in all classes in the 2023 high school football playoffs, with the semifinals taking place this weekend.

If this battle is anything like their thrilling regular season meeting, we’re in for an absolute treat when Skyline and Hillcrest square off in the 4A semifinals in our Sports Line Game of the Week, presented by your Southern Idaho Honda Dealers.

The Rockland Bulldogs dominated in their quarterfinal matchup on Saturday, taking down Tri-Valley 70-12.

The Sugar-Salem Diggers have won 20 games in a row to move a step forward towards another 3A state championship thanks to a 48-21 victory against the Timberlake Tigers Saturday.

This time, the first game of the 5A state playoffs went the way of the Highland Rams, as Highland defeated the Owyhee Storm Friday 28-10 to reach the 5A semifinals.

Redemption is on the minds of the Highland Rams this week, as they try to erase the memory of last year’s loss in the 5A quarterfinals Friday night against the Owyhee Storm.

Two local teams won convincingly Thursday at Holt Arena to move closer to a potential state championship, as North Fremont defeated Bear Lake in 2A and Teton took care of business against Buhl in 3A.

After first round bye, the Highland Rams begin their pursuit for a 12th state championship, and they face the Owyhee Storm in the 5A quarterfinals in our Sports Line Game of the Week, presented by your Southern Idaho Honda Dealers.

The Skyline Grizz remain perfect against the Idaho Falls Tigers in the playoffs thanks to a dominating 45-6 first round win Friday night at Holt Arena.

Our Sports Line Game of the Week, presented by your Southern Idaho Honda Dealers, pits Idaho Falls and Skyline against each other in the playoffs for just the fifth time in their rivalry.

The Teton Timberwolves began their bid for a 3A state championship with a beatdown on Thursday night thanks to a 47-14 victory against the Fruitland Grizzlies.

The high school football playoffs begin this week in Idaho! A plethora of local teams begin their chase for a state title this weekend.

For just the second time in the history of the Emotion Bowl, Idaho Falls and Skyline will face off in the postseason when they battle in the first round of the 4A state playoffs.

For the second straight season in a win-and-in rivalry matchup, the Rigby Trojans dominated the Madison Bobcats, winning 42-0 to clinch a berth to the 5A state playoffs.

The final Sports Line Game of the Week in the high school football regular season pits two bitter rivals, Rigby and Madison, against each other with high stakes.

Sugar-Salem, Hillcrest, and Highland are among the plethora of local teams that continue to hold strong in the statewide media rankings entering the final week of the regular season.

A bitter rivalry with high stakes takes center stage Friday night when Rigby and Madison face off in our Sports Line Game of the Week, presented by your Southern Idaho Honda Dealers.

The Highland Rams are in the driver’s seat to win the 5A High Country conference for the second straight year thanks to a 38-28 win against the Madison Bobcats on senior night in Pocatello.

First place in the 5A High Country conference is on the line Friday when Madison and Highland square off in our Sports Line Game of the Week.

The Marsh Valley Eagles have their first win of the season, and they got it done Thursday night on the road in Saint Anthony for a 31-14 victory against South Fremont.

Local teams continue to rank highly in the latest Idaho high school football media polls with two weeks left to play in the regular season.

Our Sports Line Game of the Week, presented by your Southern Idaho Honda Dealers, is a big late season conference matchup when the Madison Bobcats and the Highland Rams square off Friday night.

A late trick play touchdown by Highland made the difference for the Rams Friday night, as they won our Sports Line Game of the Week 22-19 against the Rigby Trojans.

On an emotional senior night in Arco, where the Pirates honored their teammate and friend Dillon Waymire, Butte County won big for him 54-6 Friday night.

Two of the best football programs in Idaho collide Friday night in Rigby when the Trojans host the Highland Rams.