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For the second consecutive year, an Idaho Falls Tiger is the Idaho Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year, as Merit Jones was announced as this year’s winner on Friday.

Two local squads are bringing home state championships, as the Marsh Valley Eagles baseball team and Malad Dragons softball team each won a state title on Saturday.

The Snake River Panthers are state-bound thanks to a four-run sixth inning that put the Panthers ahead and gave them a lead they would not surrender.

Though Saturday’s 2A state play-in game started well for the Bear Lake Bears, the Wendell Trojans took over from the third inning on to blow out the Bears 16-2.

The Firth Cougars are the champions of the nuclear conference in 2022 after the Cougars took down the Challis-Mackay Rivercats 10-8 Friday in Ashton.

The Idaho Falls Tigers are district champions after sweeping the Highland Rams at Melaleuca Field 5-2 and 8-3 Wednesday afternoon.

With a trip to the state tournament on the line, the Pocatello Thunder came up clutch in their victory over Preston 13-3 on Tuesday

The Bonneville Bees are going back to the 4A state tournament after sweeping the Blackfoot Broncos 4-1 and 6-2 to win the 4A High Country conference tournament.

A pitch count violation during game three of the 4A High Country semifinal series between the Blackfoot Broncos and the Skyline Grizzlies has knocked Skyline out of this week’s championship series.

From the first pitch of the game, the Idaho Falls Tigers were in control against the Rigby Trojans Saturday in a dominating 17-4 win to clinch a berth to states and the 5A High Country Championship.

The Highland Rams have punched their ticket to states after taking care of the Madison Bobcats 10-0 in game three of their 5A High Country semifinal series on Saturday.

The Pocatello Thunder are heading to the 4A Great Basin championship game thanks to a close 4-3 win over Preston Saturday afternoon.

The Skyline Grizzlies are heading to the 4A High Country championship series thanks to a 5-2 win in game three against the Blackfoot Broncos Friday.

A series-deciding game three will be necessary in the 5A High Country semifinal series between the Rigby Trojans and Idaho Falls Tigers after they split games one and two on Friday.

The Blackfoot Broncos and Skyline Grizzlies will face off to keep their seasons alive Friday following a split in games one and two of their semifinal series on Thursday.

The Bonneville Bees are heading to the district championship thanks to an emphatic sweep of the Hillcrest Knights Thursday with 10-3 and 13-0 wins.

The Hillcrest Knights have earned their spot in the 4A High Country tournament, as the Knights took down the Shelley Russets in Wednesday’s conference play-in game.

The road to a 4A High Country championship goes through the Hive, as the Bonneville Bees clinched the top seed in next week’s district tournament by winning a suspended game over the Hillcrest Knights 7-5 on Saturday.

The Hillcrest Knights have some huge momentum going into their district tournament after taking down the Idaho Falls Tigers at Melaleuca Field Friday afternoon.

The Madison Bobcats finished their regular season about as perfectly as they could have, as Madison swept Century in a senior day doubleheader 14-4 and 15-1.

The Skyline Grizzlies lead the 4A High Country conference thanks to a Wednesday afternoon victory at home against the Shelley Russets highlighted by an excellent pitching performance from Ethan Belnap.

After being shut out at home Tuesday, the Bonneville Bees controlled a Wednesday doubleheader at Blackfoot to pass the Broncos and keep their bid for the top seed in the 4A High Country conference alive and well.

The Idaho Falls Tigers have taken sole possession of first place in the 5A High Country conference thanks to an excellent 7-2 win over the Highland Rams Tuesday afternoon.

Great pitching was on full display Tuesday at the Hive, with the exception of a four-run seventh inning by Blackfoot, and the Broncos came out victorious 5-0 to take first place in the 4A High Country conference.

The Skyline Grizzlies are back to .500 overall thanks to a 7-4 win Monday over the Thunder Ridge Titans in a non-conference win to start a big week for the Grizz.

The Highland Rams were victorious again on Thursday twice, as the Rams took down the Thunder Ridge Titans in a doubleheader 5-1 and 8-6.

The Bonneville Bees had the bats going Thursday afternoon in the Hive, as the Bees stung the Idaho Falls Tigers for 10 runs in a 10-6 non-conference victory.

It was a much closer rivalry game between the Idaho Falls Tigers and Skyline Grizzlies Wednesday than their prior matchup, but in the end, Idaho Falls came out victorious 6-4.

An early slugfest turned into a route Tuesday afternoon at Melaleuca Field when the Idaho Falls Tigers scored nine unanswered runs to take down Skyline 14-4 in five innings.

The Idaho Falls Tigers extended its 5A District 5-6 lead to a full game Saturday with a clutch 6-5 win over the Madison Bobcats, highlighted by Eliot Jones’ go-ahead two-run home run in the 7th inning.

After a hard fought Friday of baseball, the Idaho Falls Tigers maintain a one-game lead in 5A District 5-6 over the Madison Bobcats following a doubleheader split between the two squads.