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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.