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RIRIE, Idaho (KIFI) – Ririe beat West Jefferson 47-35 Tuesday to win the 2A District 6 championship. The Bulldogs are heading to the 2A state tournament for the 9th straight season. It is Ririe’s fifth straight district championship. Ririe will open the 2A state tournament Thursday February 18 at noon at Bishop Kelley High School.

RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI) – Rigby completed a complete sweep of district foes by topping Thunder Ridge 53-50 Tuesday night. The Trojans win their third straight district championship. Rigby heads to the 5A state tournament in the 5/6A slot on the bracket. The Trojans next game will be at 7 pm February 18 at the Ford

SUGAR CITY, Idaho (KIFI) – Top seed Sugar-Salem dominated Teton 62-20 to win the 3A District 6 championship. The Diggers will return to the state tournament. Last season they finished with the 3A consolation title. Sugar-Salem had a balanced attack on offense. Every single Diggers scored in the game. Meg Fillmore, Hailey Harris, Natalyah Nead,

Preston controlled this game throughout and defeated Century 51-44 to clinch their sixth straight district title.

SUGAR CITY, Idaho (KIFI) – Sugar-Salem beat rival South Fremont 80-70 Friday to even up their season series. The Cougars won the first meeting in January. Sugar-Salem (5-13, 1-2) hosts Kimberly on Saturday. South Fremont (12-7, 1-2) will finish up the regular season at home against Teton Friday February 12.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Hillcrest beat crosstown rival Idaho Falls 59-46 in boys basketball Friday night. The Knights offense was led by Cooper Kesler’s 27 points. Garrett Phippen pitched in 14 for Hillcrest. Dylan Seeley led the Tigers’ attack with 18 points. Jaxon Sorenson added 11. Hillcrest (13-6, 5-1) gets back into conference play

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge took over first place in the 5A High Country Conference with a 53-50 overtime win over Madison Friday. Lloyer Driggs had a game high 25 points for the Titans. Tyler Godfrey added 8 points. The Bobcats’ top scorer was Tyson Lerwill with 13 points. Eli Randall provided Madison

AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Defending 1ADII state champion Rockland defeated Leadore 56-48 at Hillcrest High School Thursday. The win secured the Bulldogs a spot in the District 5/6 title game. Top seed Rockland will face second seed Mackay for the district championship Thursday February 11. Leadore takes on Sho-Ban in an elimination game on Saturday.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Bonneville stayed alive Thursday by beating Shelley 35-30 in the girls 4A District 6 tournament. Shelley’s season comes to an end with the loss. The Bees will play in another loser-out game Saturday at Hillcrest.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge drops Madison 47-36 Thursday in girls basketball to advance to the 5A District 5/6 championship game. The Titans will travel to Rigby to face the Trojans Tuesday for the district title. Lauren Davenport led the Titans with 22 points. Kennedy Stenquist added 12 and Paige Clark pitched in

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Century defeated rival Pocatello 51-38 in boys basketball Wednesday night. The win puts the Diamondbacks in position to gain home court advantage for the district tournament. Emmett Holt led Century with 21 points. Century (12-4, 2-1) hosts Preston Friday. The winner of that game will secure the top seed for the

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – Madison opened the 5A District 5/6 girls basketball tournament with a 39-23 win over Highland. The Bobcats advance to visit Thunder Ridge Thursday night. The winner advances to the district championship game on February 9th. Highland hosts Idaho Falls Thursday in a loser-out game.

RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI) – Number one seed Rigby beat fifth seed Idaho Falls 56-33 to open the 5A District 5/6 tournament Tuesday. The Trojans advance to the district championship game on Tuesday February 9th. Rigby (18-3) will host the winner of Thursday’s Madison at Thunder Ridge game. Idaho Falls (3-17) travels to Highland on Thursday

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Lloyer Driggs scored 31 points to lead Thunder Ridge to a 75-47 win over Bonneville Monday. The senior also surpassed 1,000 career points during this game. Thunder Ridge (15-3, 4-1) gets back into conference play Friday at home against Madison. Bonneville (7-11, 4-2) travels to Idaho Falls on Wednesday.

After storming out a big lead in the first half, Madison had to pull away late and get the victory over Highland 53-49.

AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge went into the Dungeon Friday and walked out with a win over rival Hillcrest 61-58. The Titans earned a season sweep over the Knights. Lloyer Driggs scored 22 points to the lead the Thunder Ridge offense. Tyler Godfrey added 15. Thunder Ridge (14-3, 4-1) faces their other District 93

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Bonneville picked up a nice win over Blackfoot 69-62 in boys basketball Friday. The win puts the Bees in second place in the High Country Conference. Bonneville (7-10, 4-2) will step out of conference to host rival Thunder Ridge on Monday. Blackfoot (9-7, 3-2) is on the road at Shelley

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge knocked off Bonneville 57-43 in girl’s basketball Thursday to wrap up the regular season. The Titans offense was led by Kennedy Stenquist with 15 points. Paige Clark added 13 and Lauren Davenport provided 11 points. Both Sydnee Hunt and Alyssa Harris led the Bees with nine points. Thunder

RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI) – Skyline girl’s basketball ended the regular season by beating Rigby 53-41 Thursday. Two of the Trojans’ three loses came against the Grizzlies. Maddie Olson led Skyline with a game high 22 points. Tylie Jones had 16 for Rigby. Skyline (14-6, 7-1) will enter the 4A District 6 tournament as the number

SHELLEY, Idaho (KIFI) – Skyline knocked off Shelley 59-39 in girls basketball Thursday. With the win, the Grizzlies secured the top seed in the 4A District 6 district tournament. Skyline finished the conference portion of their schedule tied with Blackfoot at 7-1 in the High Country Conference standings. The Grizzlies and the Broncos split their

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – Blackfoot girls basketball finished off the regular season with a 63-44 win over Bonneville on Tuesday. Esperanza Vergara led the Broncos with 15 points. Hadley Humphries picked up a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Izzy Arave and Prairie Caldwell each provided 10 points. The Bees were led by Mia

Looking to host the 4A District 5 tournament, Century put on a strong second half effort to edge past Preston 55-51 and clinch the #1 seed.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge defeated Idaho falls 67-30 in girl’s basketball Friday. The Titans have now won back to back games after losing two straight. The Tigers have lost ten straight. Aspen Caldwell led Thunder Ridge with 17 points. Kennedy Stenquist, Marley Spencer and Paige Clark each had nine points. The Tigers

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Maddie Olson scored 20 points to lead Skyline to a 61-49 win over Blackfoot Friday. The win draws the Grizzlies even with the Broncos on top of the 4A High Country Conference standings. Skyline (12-6, 6-1) will wrap up conference play Tuesday at Shelley. Blackfoot (14-5, 6-1) will host Bonneville

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – Madison grabbed the inside lane to the conference top seed by beating Thunder Ridge at home 57-54 Thursday. Both teams came into the game 3-0 in conference play. The Bobcats were led by Taden King with 23 points. Eli Randall had 13 points. Logan Crane added 12 points. Lloyer Driggs top

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Watersprings beat North Gem 69-65 Tuesday to complete the season sweep over their conference rivals. The Warrior offense was led by Daniel Canfield with 22 points. Robert Canfield added 16 points. Kaden Aldinger provided 10 points. James Bodily scored a game high 29 points for the Cowboys. Logan Corta pitched

AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Skyline shocked Hillcrest 45-39 Tuesday to pick up its first conference win of the season. In the process, the Grizzlies handed the Knights their first conference loss of the season. Cade Marlow led Skyline with 18 points. Raleigh Shippen provided the Grizzlies with nine points. Sam Kunz had a team high

Idaho Falls held steady throughout this back-and-forth matchup and defeated Highland 51-47.

Dylan Seeley finished with a game-high 27 points, including making an impressive six threes in the first half.

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – Madison took care of business against Blackfoot 57-49 on Friday. The Bobcats extend their winning steak to six games. Madison (11-2, 2-0) will travel to Idaho Falls Tuesday. Blackfoot (7-5, 2-1) has a road game in Rigby.

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (KIFI) – Marsh Valley beats South Fremont 71-52 in a battle of top five 3A teams Thursday. Bracken Howell led the Eagles with 18 points. Cody Hansen provided 15 and Stanton Howell added 12 points. Tag Bair led all scorers with 19 to pace the Cougars. Kaimen Peebles pitched in 14 points.

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – Madison beat Rigby 64-43 Wednesday in the first meeting of the season between the rivals. Round two will be January 27th in Rigby. Both teams entered the contest ranked in the 5A coaches poll. Madison is #2. Rigby is ranked 5th. Madison (10-2, 2-0) hits the road to play at Blackfoot

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Skyline beat Idaho Falls in girl’s basketball 64-56 on Tuesday. The Grizzlies have won seven straight games against their rival. The last Tigers win over Skyline came in February of 2018. Mattie Olson had 17 points to led the Grizzlies. Sienna Taylor provided 15 points for Skyline. Sophie Anderson had

RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI) – Rigby earned a season sweep over conference foe Thunder Ridge Tuesday with the 65-60 win. The Lady Trojans maintain control of the top spot in the conference with a 6-0 record. Both of the Titans losses this year have come against Rigby. Tylie Jones led Rigby with 17 points. Paige Clark