By LUKE O’ROARK | Loroark@postregister.com @LukeORoark It’s hard to miss Bonneville High School’s Randon Hostert on the mound. His lanky 6-foot-6 frame jumps out to opposing batters and screams “THIS KID IS A COLLEGE BOUND ATHLETE.” His curveballs made some 5A District 5-6 batters look foolish. His […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | Loroark@postregister.com @LukeORoark It isn’t easy replacing one of the area’s best coaches. But that’s exactly what Bonneville’s Ryan Alexander did in 2018. Replacing Joldy Watts, who is now a pitching coach at Utah Valley University, Alexander took a young, talented team to this […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | Post Register Loroark@postregister.com MORELAND — Depending on who you talk to about this year’s Eastern Idaho All-Star football game at Harrison Field Saturday, you’ll hear multiple stories from multiple vantage points. The North won 12-7 in a defensive slugfest despite multiple offensive drives […]
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By MICHAEL LYCKLAMA | For the Post Register Prsports@postregister.com BOISE — The stars aligned for an epic comeback. Down 7-3 in the state championship game. Bottom of the seventh. Bases loaded. Two outs. Slugger Randon Hostert due up at the plate. But Timberline reliever Tomas Vizgirdas struck […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com The energy at Melaleuca Field quickly evaporated thanks to two hits from Minico’s Drake Miller. That’s all it took: two hits. After Miller’s RBI single in the top of the fifth scored Carson Schow and his second RBI dribbled and chipped […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com Jogging towards the infield after the final putout of the 4A District 5-6 baseball championship game, an Idaho Falls outfielder called out to his teammates. “Too easy, fellas,” they said audibly. “Too easy.” A district title game too easy? The Tigers […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com Bonneville sophomore pitcher Dylan Virgil stood motionless on the foot of the mound as his teammates emptied out of the Bees’ dugout toward him. On a full count, and Highland base runners on third and second, Virgil struck out Rams batter […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com Arguably the two best baseball teams in eastern Idaho, Bonneville and Idaho Falls, played each other Wednesday afternoon. The winner’s prize? Well, a “warm-up” for their impending District tournaments. Bonneville, 5A District 5-6’s No. 1 seed, beat 4A District 5-6 No. […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com District 91 will have two new athletic directors for the 2018-19 academic calendar. Gregg Baczuk and Pat Lloyd were announced as Skyline’s and Idaho Fall’s new athletic directors, respectively, last Friday, per a recent email sent to the Post Register. Baczuk […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK Loroark@postregister | @LukeORoark Some significant changes are on the horizon for 3A and 2A high school football in Idaho. The Idaho High School Activities Association board of directors passed a proposed change to 2A football playoff brackets Wednesday morning, switching the upcoming 2A playoff […]
Read more →At Melaleuca Field, the Skyline High School baseball team swept a conference doubleheader against Blackfoot, 5-1 and 6-5 (10 innings) on Tuesday to extend its win streak to five. Mason Jacobsen got the win during game one and Tim Orgill recorded the save, as Blackfoot’s sole run […]
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By MARLOWE HEREFORD mhereford@postregister.com “And though she be but little, she is fierce.” That line from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is fitting for Butte County senior point guard Shay Lambson, who confirmed she is in fact 5-foot-4 (the 2018 state basketball program lists her as 5-6). […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com The wind gusted through the Bonneville Sports Complex Friday afternoon, but it surely didn’t cool down Bonneville’s bats. Bonneville beat Hillcrest in five innings Friday, 14-4, to complete an early season sweep of its District 93 rival. Tavyn Lords scored the […]
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By LUKE O’ROARK | @LukeORoark Loroark@postregister.com Pick any spot on the basketball court — any. Corner pocket 3-pointer? Elbow jumper? 27-feet out? Hillcrest senior guard Derek Marlowe will probably make it. Behind a calm demeanor and streaky shooting, Marlowe helped Hillcrest boys basketball reach uncharted territory in […]
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FIRST TEAM * – Player of the Year finalist Kalvin Bowen Junior guard, Idaho Falls THE PLAYER: A crafty ball-handler and solid playmaker, Bowen was the key cog to Idaho Falls’ late-season run. He scored 14-plus points in eight consecutive games to help give the Tigers the […]
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