Some of Friday night’s standouts
RB, Spencer Hall, Columbia
Hall rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries in the Wildcats 29-27 overtime loss to the Mountain Home Tigers.

QB/DB, Tyler Christensen, Notus
Offensively, Christensen ran for 57 yards and two touchdowns in the Pirates 44-12 victory over Greenleaf. On defense, he was just as impressive, as he recorded 10 tackles...read more

Here are the football statistics as of Sept. 19's games.

5A SIC
TEAM OFFENSE
Team    Rush    Pass    Total    Avg.    Pts.
Vallivue    726    611    1337    446    36
Timberline    306    1002    1308  ...read more

Here is the latest.

As I thought, Nampa Christian moved down this week because of a bye. They still have the most first-place votes, however. District III has the top 3 5A teams, with Eagle and Capital halving the first-place votes.

You can scroll down to see how I voted this week. Also, the standing are in a little different format. They are arranged by classification instead of district, so it...read more

Here are some of Friday night's standouts and the state scores. 

QB, Bryce Hughes, Caldwell
Hughes went 17-for-26 for 222 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions in Caldwell’s 31-17 loss to Boise.

DB, Cam Stewart/DB, Tyler Ford, Parma
Stewart and Ford led Parma’s stiffling defense, as they each recorded two interceptions in the Panther’s 21-7 defeat of the Homedale Trojans...read more

Idaho prep football media poll
Records as of Sept. 17
Team (First)    Record    Points
5A
1. Highland (4)    1-1    35
2. Capital (2)    2-0    34
3. Eagle (3)    2-0    33
4. Mountain View (1)    2-0    21
5. Lake City    2-1  ...read more

Some of Friday night's standouts
RB Dean Coombs, Middleton
Coombs rushed for 111 yards on 15 carries and caught three passes for 56 yards in Middleton’s 22-6 loss to Sandpoint.
RB Mark Mourton, Caldwell
Mourton carried the ball just 11 times, but had a game-high 118 yards rushing, including a 71-yard touchdown run in the Cougar’s 28-24 loss to Nampa.
RB Cole Rivera/QB Quaid Morris, Nampa
For...read more

Good Friday to you.

To keep you busy before tonight's game, take a trip around the state.

There is a big 3A matchup tonight when Shelley travels to Snake River, which you can read here.  Shelley is the defending state champion, and the Russets are ranked No. 1 this season. They also have a cheerleader whose outfit is made out of a potato bag.

Snake River, meanwhile, is ranked third in...read more

Here are this week's polls and standing from throughout the state. I also have the poll I submitted this week at the end of this entry. 

Week 2 Polls 

Team (First)      Record   Points
5A
1. Highland (9)    1-0    48
2. Capital    1-0    26
3. Meridian (1)    1-0  ...read more

I forgot to link to this earlier, but it is some photos from last week's football games.

You can also find it and other slideshows at the bottom of TreasureValleySports.com page under heading Multimedia.

Let's see if we can get a discussion started. What are your thoughts on this week's games? (All you have to do to post a comment, is register.)

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I imagine a lot of you watched the BYU-Washington college football game Saturday. Former Caldwell lineman Terence Thomas watched the game from the Huskies' sideline.

Terence's father Thomas summed up the game well for Husky fans when he told me, "tough loss." Anyway, for all those who were wondering what Terence looked like in the purple and gold, check this out. (He is  No. 75)

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Some of Friday night's standouts
RB Blake Love, Melba
Love rushed for 225 yards on 27 carries, while scoring two touchdowns in Melba’s 33-14 defeat of the Payette Pirates.
MLBs Israel Urabazzo and James Stell, Parma
The inside linebackers for the Panthers held Nyssa, Ore., to just 10 yards rushing and 82 total yards on the Bulldogs’ home field Friday.
RB Dalton Koplin, Parma
Koplin...read more

Plenty of football tonight. Here are what some of the papers around the state are reporting:

Greg Lee picks his conference champions in District I-II, read more here.

Post Falls likes that it plays two Treasure Valley schools in the next three weeks, read more here.

Highland has to go out of state for games, because Treasure Valley schools will no longer travel, read more here.

The...read more

As promised, this week's state media polls with a little extra. The writers across the state are teaming up to put together the conference standings. So now you can keep up with your Nuclear Conference football here!

Interesting stuff in the polls. Nampa Christian is now No. 1 in the 2A, which was just one of the many changes. You have to love the first couple weeks when things are shaking out across...read more

The state football polls have started again. I posted last week's polls here, but I forgot to post my votes.

I just finished putting mine together for this week, so I figured I would give an early peek at my votes. What are your thoughts? I can tell you, the 5A SIC is a tough one to figure out.

Anyway, I will put up the final poll as soon as I get it.

5A
Lake City
Highland
Eagle
Vallivue
Mountain...read more