The desire to taste victory is intense for any wrestler — past or present. Otherwise he wouldn’t be in the game. But on Saturday at the Marsing Junior Varsity Duals tournament, Huskies coach Rick Folwell swallowed his pride with the understanding that wins don’t come without experience. “The purpose of this was to get mat time and wrestle as many matches as we can,” Folwell said. “The more mat time you have, the more successful you are.” Even with key weight classes unfilled, Marsing was able to finish with a 2-2 record — and the Huskies’ two losses came by a combined margin of seven points. In fact, the Huskies lost to eventual tournament champion Nampa, 42-41, and beat runnerup Vallivue soundly, 60-39. “Pretty much our biggest problem are holes in the lineup,” Folwell said. “We had holes in the lineup, and everyone did today.” Homedale and Adrian combined their rosters, but their wrestlers lost each of their four duals. Nampa had representation in 13 of the 14 weight classes, and that depth allowed the Bulldogs to pull out the championship. But even that didn’t come without a little drama. Nampa rolled through its first three matches, taking a 3-0 record into its final dual against Vallivue, which entered having won two of its three duals. What amounted to the championship dual came down to the final match, and Vallivue won it, seemingly giving the Falcons the tournament title with a 44-40 victory. The tiebreaker would have been the head-to-head victory over Nampa. Or at least that’s what Folwell announced. The Nampa coaches demanded the match results be recalculated, and it was discovered that the Bulldogs had actually won the match with Vallivue 42-40, thus walking away with the crown with an unblemished 4-0 mark. “We had a little controversy at the end,” Folwell said with a grin. He joked with the Nampa coaches after the match about his ties to Vallivue (he graduated from the school). Vallivue, like Marsing, wound up with a 2-2 record. Marsing’s final victory of the day was a 60-39 triumph over Homedale/ Adrian. Junior Michael Tuckness pinned Homedale’s Wes Taggart in the 215-pound match, and Mike Moore collected a pin against Adrian’s Kyle Rogers at 145 pounds to highlight the Huskies’ victory. There were forfeits peppered throughout the final dual, but Homedale did pick up four wins on the mat: Kevin Mercado beat Marsing’s Daniel Ineck, 8-3, at 152 pounds; Rowdy Lair pinned Steven Tuckness at 189; Martin Calderon pinned Nampa’s Jace Miller at 119; and Ulysses Vargas pinned fellow Trojan Kevin Abels at 145. Miller was loaned to the match B SECTION, 8 PAGES. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2006 SCOREBOARD, 5B-7B. Avalanche Sports NP girls pound Marsing Trojans rule in Magic Valley Page 3B Page 4B Antelopes take run at wrestling again Determination Adrian High School 160-pounder Derick Rios muscles Vallivue’s Anthony Miller to the mat during a see-saw battle at Saturday’s Marsing Junior Varsity Duals. Rios pinned Miller after nearly being pinned himself. Experience before victory for Huskies Squaring off Homedale High School 152-pound wrestler Kevin Mercado, left, tangles with Marsing counterpart Daniel Ineck during the teams’ match in the final round of the Marsing Junior Varsity Duals on Saturday. Mercado beat Ineck, but the Huskies defeated the Trojans, 60-39, to finish 2-2 in their own tournament. It has been about 20 years since Adrian High School has fielded a wrestling team. The pack that coach Rick Olsen has brought together doesn’t seem daunted by that fact, though. “They all have great potential,” Olsen said. “They just have to find it, though. “As soon as that light comes on, we’ll be good.” A group of six athletes have joined the team this season, including junior 160-pounder Derick Rios. He and his older brother, Eric, tried to get a wrestling team off the ground last season. Olsen says the intent was there, but the timing was off — the team didn’t form in time to receive sanctioning from the Oregon School Activities Association. Olsen gets help with the program from assistant coach Eddie Kincaid and manager Carlos Mendoza. “I think they’re just doing a great job as coaches,” Antelopes athletic director Aimee Goss said of Kincaid and Olsen. “They’re really gung-ho and enthusiastic about getting the kids going.” Goss said that the dream of rebuilding the program is feasible because there are some middle school athletes who have expressed an interest in wrestling. “We’re pretty excited about it,” Goss said. “It’s something that we’ve been wanting to put back in, and we got it started.” And the scheduling has pushed the inexperienced Antelopes right into the fire. They’ve competed in the Calhoun Classic in Nyssa, Ore., the Baker Duals and the Joseph High Invitational. This weekend they will travel to Pine Eagle. Every one of those tournaments have been against varsity fields and established programs. In fact, the only “breaks” the Antelopes have taken were the Marsing Junior Varsity Duals on Rick Olsen –– to Page 4B –– to Page 3B Maybe it wasn’t quite like kissing your sister, but the basketball teams from Jordan Valley and Adrian high schools split their rivalry doubleheader Friday night on the Antelopes’ floor. The Mustangs’ girls team stayed one game behind Old Oregon League leader Joseph with an easy 57-34 league victory over the Antelopes. The Adrian boys squad kept their Jordan Valley counterparts winless in league play with a 53- 36 blowout. JV girls 57, Adrian 34 Angela Larsen erupted for 15 of her game-high 20 points in the second quarter as the Mustangs took control with a 21-point outburst. Larsen was perfect from the free-throw line in the third quarter for the rest of her points. Jordan Valley (12-1 overall, 5-1 OOL after Saturday’s 63-62 overtime victory against Cove) owned a commanding 31-12 lead at halftime. Adrian (6-8, 1-5) got scoring from every player that checked into the game, but only Amanda Simpson scored more than five points. She put in six of her eight points in the first half. Sophomore Paige Branstiter was in foul trouble and didn’t score until the fourth quarter for the Antelopes. Antelopes, Mustangs split Friday twinbill –– to Page 8B
Transcript
The desire to taste victory is intense for any wrestler — past or present. Otherwise he wouldn’t be in the game.
But on Saturday at the Marsing Junior Varsity Duals tournament, Huskies coach Rick Folwell swallowed his pride with the understanding that wins don’t come without experience.
“The purpose of this was to get mat time and wrestle as many matches as we can,” Folwell said.
“The more mat time you have, the more successful you are.”
Even with key weight classes unfilled, Marsing was able to fi nish with a 2-2 record — and the Huskies’ two losses came by a combined margin of seven points. In fact, the Huskies lost to eventual tournament champion Nampa, 42-41, and beat runnerup Vallivue soundly, 60-39.
“Pretty much our biggest problem are holes in the lineup,” Folwell said. “We had holes in the lineup, and everyone did today.”
Homedale and Adrian combined their rosters, but their wrestlers lost each of their four duals.
Nampa had representation in 13 of the 14 weight classes, and that depth allowed the Bulldogs to pull out the championship. But even that didn’t come without a little drama.
Nampa rolled through its fi rst three matches, taking a 3-0 record into its fi nal dual against Vallivue, which entered having won two of its three duals.
W h a t a m o u n t e d t o t h e championship dual came down to the fi nal match, and Vallivue won it, seemingly giving the Falcons the tournament title with a 44-40 victory. The tiebreaker would have been the head-to-head
victory over Nampa.Or at least that’s what Folwell
announced.The Nampa coaches demanded
the match results be recalculated, and it was discovered that the Bulldogs had actually won the match with Vallivue 42-40, thus walking away with the crown with an unblemished 4-0 mark.
“We had a little controversy at the end,” Folwell said with a grin. He joked with the Nampa coaches after the match about his ties to
Vallivue (he graduated from the school).
Vallivue, like Marsing, wound up with a 2-2 record. Marsing’s final victory of the day was a 60-39 triumph over Homedale/Adrian.
Junior Michael Tuckness pinned Homedale’s Wes Taggart in the 215-pound match, and Mike Moore collected a pin against Adrian’s Kyle Rogers at 145 pounds to highlight the Huskies’ victory.
There were forfeits peppered throughout the final dual, but Homedale did pick up four wins on the mat: Kevin Mercado beat Marsing’s Daniel Ineck, 8-3, at 152 pounds; Rowdy Lair pinned Steven Tuckness at 189; Martin Calderon pinned Nampa’s Jace Miller at 119; and Ulysses Vargas pinned fellow Trojan Kevin Abels at 145.
Miller was loaned to the match
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Trojans rule in Magic Valley
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Antelopes take run at wrestling again
DeterminationAdrian High School 160-pounder Derick Rios muscles Vallivue’s
Anthony Miller to the mat during a see-saw battle at Saturday’s Marsing Junior Varsity Duals. Rios pinned Miller after nearly being pinned himself.
Experience before victory for Huskies
Squaring offHomedale High School 152-pound wrestler Kevin Mercado, left, tangles with Marsing counterpart Daniel
Ineck during the teams’ match in the fi nal round of the Marsing Junior Varsity Duals on Saturday. Mercado beat Ineck, but the Huskies defeated the Trojans, 60-39, to fi nish 2-2 in their own tournament.
It has been about 20 years since Adrian High School has fi elded a wrestling team. The pack that coach Rick Olsen has brought together doesn’t seem daunted by that fact, though.
“They all have great potential,” Olsen said. “They just have to fi nd it, though.
“As soon as that light comes on, we’ll be good.”
A group of six athletes have joined the team this season, including junior 160-pounder Derick Rios. He and his older brother, Eric, tried to get a wrestling team off the ground last season. Olsen says the intent was there, but the timing was off — the team didn’t form in time to receive sanctioning from the Oregon School Activities
Association.Olsen gets
h e l p w i t h the program from assistant coach Eddie Kincaid and m a n a g e r C a r l o s Mendoza.
“ I t h i n k they’re just doing a great job as coaches,” Antelopes athletic director Aimee Goss said of Kincaid and Olsen. “They’re really gung-ho and enthusiastic about getting the kids going.”
Goss said that the dream of rebuilding the program is feasible because there are some middle school athletes who
have expressed an interest in wrestling.
“We’re pretty excited about it,” Goss said. “It’s something that we’ve been wanting to put back in, and we got it started.”
And the scheduling has pushed the inexperienced Antelopes right into the fi re.
They’ve competed in the Calhoun Classic in Nyssa, Ore., the Baker Duals and the Joseph High Invitational. This weekend they will travel to Pine Eagle. Every one of those tournaments have been against varsity fi elds and established programs.
In fact, the only “breaks” the Antelopes have taken were the Marsing Junior Varsity Duals on
Rick Olsen
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Maybe it wasn’t quite like kissing your sister, but the basketball teams from Jordan Valley and Adrian high schools split their rivalry doubleheader Friday night on the Antelopes’ fl oor.
The Mustangs’ girls team stayed one game behind Old Oregon League leader Joseph with an easy 57-34 league victory over the Antelopes.
The Adrian boys squad kept their Jordan Valley counterparts winless in league play with a 53-36 blowout.
JV girls 57, Adrian 34Angela Larsen erupted for 15
of her game-high 20 points in the second quarter as the Mustangs took control with a 21-point outburst.
Larsen was perfect from the free-throw line in the third quarter for the rest of her points.
Jordan Valley (12-1 overall, 5-1 OOL after Saturday’s 63-62 overtime victory against Cove) owned a commanding 31-12 lead at halftime.
Adrian (6-8, 1-5) got scoring from every player that checked into the game, but only Amanda Simpson scored more than fi ve points. She put in six of her eight points in the fi rst half.
Sophomore Paige Branstiter was in foul trouble and didn’t score until the fourth quarter for the Antelopes.
Antelopes, Mustangs split Friday twinbill
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Saturday, Jan. 21, home vs. Middleton, 4:45 p.m.Note — Start time is for freshman game. Junior varsity game starts 15 minutes after the conclu-
sion of the freshman game, and the varsity plays 15 minutes after the end of the JV game.
Boys BasketballBoys BasketballFriday, Jan. 20 at Weiser, 4:45 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21 at Melba, 4:45 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 24, home vs. McCall-Donnelly, 4:45 p.m.
Note — Start time is for freshman game. Junior varsity game starts 15 minutes after the con-clusion of the freshman game, and the varsity plays 15 minutes after the end of the JV game..
WrestlingWrestlingThursday, Jan. 19 at Fruitland, 6:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 20-21 at Parma TournamentTuesday, Jan. 24 at New Plymouth, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19 at Melba, 4:45 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 21, home vs. Nyssa, Ore., 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 24, home vs. Nampa Christian, 4:45 p.m.Note — Start time is for junior varsity B game. The junior varsity A game
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begins 15 minutes after the conclusion of the JV A game.
WRESTLINGWRESTLINGSaturday, Jan. 21 at Ontario (Ore.) Invitational, 8 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Fruitland for Fruitland/Melba tri-meet, 5:30 p.m.
Go Huskies!
It’s a cliché you hear all the time from coaches — peaking at the right time.
Homedale High School girls basketball coach Mike Greeley thinks his team is right where it needs to be as the season wanes.
And Homedale (6-10) proved that on Jan. 6 with a decisive and defensive-minded 41-23 non-league win over Nampa Christian.
“Our defense was tremendous,” Greeley said. “My girls played four quarters for the fi rst time all year and won every quarter.
“We are gaining momentum and right were I want us to be at this point in the season.”
Homedale shut out Nampa Christian in the fi rst quarter. It was the second time in two games that Homedale had held an opponent scoreless for an entire quarter.
Hailey Hall scored a game-high 14 points and paced the defensive effort with three steals in the fi rst half. Cheyanne Andrade chipped in nine points.
Defense carries Homedale
To the laneCheyanne Andrade makes a move around McCall’s Melissa Dammer-
man. The Homedale girls basketball team (3-3 in 3A SRV) traveled to McCall and came away with a 50-29 win. Photo by Gregg Garrett
Marsing High School’s boys basketball team fell victim to a hot-shooting host Thursday in a 2A Western Idaho Conference loss at New Plymouth.
The Pilgrims missed only fi ve of their 12 fi eld-goal attempts in the second quarter to take control in a 76-52 victory. New Plymouth shot 45 percent (27-for-60) from the fl oor for the game.
The Huskies fell to 5-8 overall with a 73-32 non-conference loss to Council on Saturday. It was Marsing’s fourth straight loss.
Against the Pilgrims, Marsing, which fell to 0-2 in the 2A WIC, managed to hit just three of their 10 shots in the second period for just eight points.
New Plymouth’s Joel Shipley popped two of his four 3-point goals in the second quarter as the Pilgrims blew open the game. The senior scored 14 points as did teammate Micah McMurry, who posted 10 points before halftime.
Shea McClellin led the Huskies with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Aaron Salvas chipped in 14.
New Plymouth’s Jaimie Brown, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, led all scorers with 18 points.
Jan. 6Parma 55, Marsing 39
Marsing couldn’t overcome a slow start Jan. 6 in a 2A WIC road loss to Parma.
Tony Olivo scored six of his 13 points in the opening quarter, and Trent Weber and Jesse Chaney hit 3-point goals in the fi rst eight minutes as the Panthers rolled out to a comfortable 19-7 lead.
Marsing could get very little offense started and trailed 32-14 at the break after shooting just 6-for-23 (26 percent) from the fl oor in the fi rst 16 minutes.
The Huskies committed 22 turnovers four days after giving the ball away a season-high 35 times against Glenns Ferry.
Shea McClellin scored 14 points to lead the Huskies, but he got little offensive backup. Chris Covey scored six points, and Ernie Villa came off the bench for fi ve points.
Marsing skid runs to 4 games
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Last week’s showdown between the girls basketball teams from Marsing and New Plymouth high schools wasn’t a dogfi ght for long.
But that didn’t stop Huskies coach Don Heller from doling out praise at the end of a 66-29 2A Western Idaho Conference loss for the host club on Jan. 10.
“The kids played hard the whole game and didn’t back down,” Heller said. “They didn’t back down to the (stuff) that was going on on the court.”
The veteran coach knows better than to get into too much detail about the goings-on that may have raised his ire, but the scorebook never lies. The game was rough-and-tumble and deteriorated into a contest played with the constant shrill of whistles as the soundtrack. Thirty-seven fouls were called, and the Pilgrims sank 13 of their 21 free throws.
The physical nature of the game — and New Plymouth’s pronounced height advantage — allowed the Pilgrims to take control of the contest after a see-saw fi rst quarter.
The veteran squad, which is one of the top-ranked 2A teams in Idaho, used a rash of early Marsing turnovers to roar out to a 14-3 lead only to see Marsing scratch back to within six points,
18-12, on an Elisa Moreno free throw.
By halftime, though, New Plymouth had a 31-17 strangehold on the game.
Still, as he has been saying for a few weeks now, Heller believes his Huskies still can capture one of the two state tournament berths out of the 2A District III.
“(The Huskies) know they’re not a (37-point) loss team to (the Pilgrims),” Heller said. “We played with them at the start.”
Moreno and MJ Usabel helped the Huskies — who were playing without defensive firebrand Angela Martinez for reasons not disclosed by Heller — run briefl y with the Pilgrims. New Plymouth brought nine seniors to the table, while Marsing suited only two (Usabel and point guard Mollee Nielsen) with Martinez’s absence.
Moreno, a sophomore guard, and Usabel scored eight of their team’s 12 points in the opening quarter. Kallie Roeser, a junior, chipped in her only points of the game in the fi rst eight minutes, too.
“We played with them for a quarter-and-a-half,” Heller said. “Then we let down with two minutes to go in the half.”
Nielsen hit a jump-shot 1 minute, 33 seconds before halftime to pull
the Huskies within seven points at 24-17, but New Plymouth turned out the lights in the final 51.5 seconds.
BreAnn Jones, a 5-foot-9 senior, was fouled while hitting a running jumper, and Katie McKie, another 5-9 upperclassman, made a steal and a layup to wobble the Huskies.
Niki Forsberg, a 5-8 senior, dropped the knockout punch with a tough jumper inside the paint for a 31-17 New Plymouth advantage at the break.
“Look at the size of them, and look at the size of (the Huskies),” Heller said. “There’s a big difference in size.
“But my kids were doing the right things.”
McKie muscled her way to 21 points. She was the only Pilgrims player to reach double fi gures, but every New Plymouth athlete who stepped on the court got in the scoring column — save for third-quarter substitute Brittany Cole.
Marsing was able to grab 19 defensive rebounds, but managed just fi ve boards on their own end. Usabel had 11 rebounds to cap a double-double performance.
“When my kids are working that hard to get position, they should be rewarded,” Heller said.
— JB
WIC leaders rough up Huskies in girls hoops
Up and overMarsing High School senior MJ Usabel puts up a shot between New
Plymouth defenders Elizabeth Valdez, left, and Niki Forsberg during last week’s conference game on the Huskies’ home fl oor.
The New Plymouth High School junior varsity girls basketball A team rolled out to a 17-point halftime lead Jan. 10 en route to a 40-16 defeat of host Marsing in a 2A Western Idaho Conference game.
Anna Harmon scored six points in the second quarter and six more in the fourth quarter. The New Plymouth freshman led all scorers with 14 points.
Miranda Clausen led the Huskies with fi ve points and eight rebounds, while Laura Marcial added four points. Marcial was the only Marsing player to score in the fourth quarter.
Coach Jodette Lemos’ team plays three games in the next week, including home games against Nyssa, Ore., on Saturday and Nampa Christian on Tuesday.
Marsing’s JV A falls to Pilgrims
Driving downcourtMarsing High School junior varsity A girls basketball player Laura
Marcial, right, fends off pressure from a New Plymouth defender during a Jan. 10 2A Western Idaho Conference game.
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to fi ll the weight class.Steven Tuckness gives Marsing
more depth than it had at the beginning of the season. The senior saw his first action of the year last week, going 1-1 in stand-alone dual meets, including the Huskies’ narrow loss to Melba.
“We only wrestled Melba four times with all the forfeits,” Folwell said. “If we would have had more matches, we would have
won the dual.”Saturday marked the fi rst time
that several Marsing wrestlers actually were competing in the weight divisions originally envisioned for them, including Moore, Kris Young at 135 and Chaz Covey at 130.
“This is our fourth match, and three are this week,” Folwell said. “We are really just starting.”
The Marsing schedule heats up with the Ontario Invitational on Saturday then a tri-meet against Fruitland and Melba on Tuesday.
— JB
√ Huskies
T h e M a r s i n g J V Duals served as a fund-raiser for the Huskies wrestling program, and coach Rick Folwell said what money is left over will be put toward buying a clock and scoreboard.
Folwell admitted that some funds will have to go back to pay for the hospitality room spread the Huskies whipped up with help
from volunteers such as Mary Lou Deosio.
But the coach isn’t worr ied about that because he says the community support was tremendous for the meet.
“I’m really pleased with the way it went,” Folwell said. “We had some parents help out
and community members pitched in.”
Tournament turnout has Marsing coach beaming
Rick Folwell
It took a while for the Homedale High School wrestling team to get on its home mat, but for fans and athletes alike, it was worth the wait.
The Trojans swept two dual meets Jan. 10 with a dominant p e r f o r m a n c e a l l a r o u n d . Homedale’s original home opener against Emmett was delayed because of a December snow storm. That meet has been rescheduled for Jan. 30. The McCall-Donnelly dual, originally scheduled for last week, also will be held Jan. 30.
Homedale opened the evening with a 59-15 drubbing of Oregon 3A school Baker, and disposed of Parma 60-13.
Marsing brought a small contingent of wrestlers to compete in single matches throughout the night.
The Trojans rolled out to a 48-0 advantage in the easy victory over Baker.
The only loss on the mat for Homedale came at 125 pounds. Jesse Christensen, a state qualifi er at 119 pounds last year for the Bulldogs, beat freshman Danny Zenor in an 8-6 overtime match.
“Zenor did a great job with him, and almost got him,” Homedale coach Toby Johnson said.
The rest of the matches weren’t nearly as close. Tyler Christoffersen (152) pinned Mike Voss in 1 minute, 32 seconds. It was the first of two pinfalls Chrsitoffersen picked up on the night. Bryan Martinat (145) returned from injury to pin Jake Voss in 1:52 for the fi rst of his two pins, and Frankie Obregon needed just 55 seconds to pin Nick Magill at 130 pounds.
Perhaps the biggest victory of the Baker match came at 189 pounds as ninth-grader Rowdy Lair pinned the Bulldogs’ Paul Hartman in 1:34.
“Rowdy Lair did a great job picking up a huge pin at 189 pounds,” Johnson said. “We got
solid performances from our regulars, too.”
Homedale’s 119-pounder Jeremy Ensley sat out the night’s action to get some rest after his championship performance at the Rollie Lane Invitational earlier this month.
Homedale collected seven pins against a young Parma team in the Trojans’ second match.
In his only action of the night, sophomore Amador Cortinas of Homedale beat his 275-pound opponent, freshman Kieran Riley, with a pin at 1:33.
“Cortinas earned a six team points with that pin in the fi rst round,” Johnson said. “Riley is a pretty good heavyweight and will be one to watch for the next three years. But Amador handled him well.”
Parma coach Shawn Riley — Kieran’s father — is carrying nine freshmen and sophomores on his team this year. The Panthers’ dual-meet record fell to 5-4 after last week’s action and will meet Marsing in a 2A Western Idaho Conference dual meet on Jan. 27.
While Parma’s young wrestlers seemed to be overpowered by the Trojans, Homedale’s underclassmen fared well . Freshman Trevor Meligan needed just 31 seconds to pin the Panthers’ Keel Solko at 103 pounds.
Parma picked up two wins on the mat with freshman Aaron Danes beating Zenor, 9-4, at 125 pounds. Mark Finley, a sophomore, dropped a major decision on Lair with a 10-1 victory at 189 pounds.
Homedale took control with a
string of pins in the middle weights. Obregon fl attened Dalton Koplin at 130 (1:26); Stuart Miyasako pinned Craig Nelson in 2:35 at 135 pounds; Jason Christoffersen dropped Cody Profit in 4:30 at 140; Martinat finished Larry Dawson at 145 in 4:37; and Tyler Christoffersen pinned Parma 152-pound Jason Maxfi eld in 1:37.
Marsing wrestlers
Each of the six wrestlers that Huskies coach Rick Folwell brought to Homedale were given two matches each. And Marsing — competing in only its second match of the season — won eight times, including six pins.
Ricky Branin, a 171-pounder, and 189-pound Michael Tuckness swept their matches. Branin edged Parma’s Jacob Delagarza 9-8 and pinned
Hartman of Baker in 1:36. Tuckness racked up two first-round pins, getting Homedale’s Wes Taggart in 1:29 and fi nishing Parma’s Eric Knoblet in 23 seconds.
Chaz Covey beat Baker’s Nick Magill, 12-2, at 135 pounds, and Kris Young pinned Parma 140-pounder CJ Krebs. Young and Covey both lost to Homedale’s Rye Hyer. Hyer posted a 22-6 technical fall against Young and pinned Covey in 2:44.
Mike Moore at 145 pounds and Daniel Ineck at 160 split their matches for Marsing. Moore pinned Jake Voss of Baker in 4:55 and lost at 6-4 overtime match to Homedale’s Kevin Mercado. Ineck p inned Homedale ’s Ulysses Vargas in 4:47 and was decisioned 5-0 by Cesar Navarette of Parma.
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Trojans wrestlers fl atten Baker, Parma
Tough drawHomedale High School freshman Danny Zenor, top, had his hands full in his 125-pound non-conference
match against Baker wrestler Jesse Christensen. Christensen was a state meet qualifi er in Oregon last year for the Bulldogs. He beat Zenor 8-6 in overtime.
AdvantageHomedale wrestler Rye Hyer
carries Marsing’s Chaz Covey toward the center of the mat dur-ing at Jan. 10 match at Homedale High School. Hyer pinned his op-ponent in 2 minutes, 44 seconds to end the 135-pound match. Covey won his other match on the night.
Saturday and a JV meet against Nyssa on Tuesday.
Three wrestlers made the trip to Marsing, but only two wrestled — Kyle Rogers and Derick Rios.
Rios picked up three pins in four matches, including an impressive victory over Anthony Miller of Vallivue in the dual between the Homedale/Adrian squad and Marsing. Miller was wrestling to fi ll a hole in the Huskies’ lineup.
R i o s s h o w e d o f f t h e determination it takes to build a program from scratch while beating Miller. Miller nearly had the junior on his back, but Rios let out a loud grunt and reversed the move. Moments later, the match was over.
Rogers fended off a pinfall
attempt in the fi nal seconds by Nampa’s Jake Neider and grabbed a 1 4 - 1 1 decision in an earlier 140-pound match. Rogers was 2-0 on a day that started with a pin of Vallivue’s Brandon Smart.
Other wrestlers on the roster include senior 171-pounder Daniel Eicher, sophomore David Meyer (135) and freshman Kyle Osborn (125). Eicher is sidelined with a neck injury suffered during practice two weeks ago.
Despite their inexperience, the Antelopes have thrived against seasoned competition. Olsen
said Meyer — who was in street clothes Saturday — was one win away f rom making the quarterfinals at the Joseph tournament.
O l s e n , a former Adrian wrestler from 1977 to 1980, understands the tough schedule his charges have endured. But he also knows they are pioneers.
“This is a heck of a sport,” he said. “It builds character.
“It’s not for everybody, but I want these kids to go through it and have the same experiences I did. And we’ll be able to grow it from there.”
— JB
√ Wrestling
Kyle Rogers Derick Rios
Miyasako, Ensley power Homedale
Stuart Miyasako earned the Out-standing Wrestler Award, and Jer-emy Ensley was dominant as usual Saturday as Homedale High School won the Magic Valley Classic team championship in Wendell.
Wrestling at 130 pounds Miya-sako captured one of the Trojans’ four individual titles by routing defending state champion Kaden Piva of Challis, 9-1. The Home-dale senior edged Chase Telford of Firth, 1-0, in the semifi nals.
Ensley bumped his winning streak to 113 matches and won the 23rd consecutive tournament championship of his career with
four wins at 119 pounds.Josh Jolley made his No. 1
seed at 215 pounds pay off with a crown, and Amador Cortinas (275) secured his fi rst title.
“Cortinas has become a very smart wrestler,” Homedale coach Toby Johnson said. “He’s patient. If you make a mistake, he makes you pay.”
Homedale won the team title decisively, outscoring second-place Challis, the defending 2A state champ, by 58 points.
Tyler Christoffersen (145) and Bryan Martinat (152) each fi n-ished second in their divisions.
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Homedale Middle School opens another championship in yet another sport Thursday when the basketball teams begin their seasons.
Former Homeda le High School girls basketball coach Mark Weekes has taken over the
seventh-grade boys program. Weekes has coached middle school basketball in the past.
The new eighth-grade boys coach, Kevin Cornwall, has spent the past three seasons coaching the HMS eighth-grade girls team.
Cornwall opens the season at 4:15 p.m. Thursday with home games against Fruitland. The seventh-graders travel to take on Fruitland at 4:15 p.m. Thursday. The A teams for both grade levels will kick off the action, with
the B games starting after the conclusion of the openers.
The eighth-graders take on McCain Middle School in Payette at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, while the seventh-graders meet McCain at 4:15 p.m. the same day at HMS.
Homedale Middle School will honor its wrestling team with a banquet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the HMS lunchroom. The Trojans won their third consecutive District III title on Dec. 17 in Payette.
— Basketball schedules, Below
Boys basketball takes center stage at HMS
PREP RESULTS
Prep wrestlingMarsing JV Duals
Saturday’s team standings1. Nampa 4-0; 2. Vallivue 2-2; 3.
Marsing 2-2; 4. Garden Valley 2-2; 5. Homedale/Adrian 0-4
Dual meet scoresRound 1
Vallivue 59, Homedale/Adrian 54Nampa 42, Garden Valley 36
Round 2Marsing 60, Vallivue 39Garden Valley 52, Homedale/Adrian 50
Round 3Nampa 42, Marsing 41Vallivue 63, Garden Valley 42
Round 4Garden Valley 52, Marsing 46Nampa 54, Homedale/Adrian 41
2A WIC Conf. All W L W L New Plymouth 5 0 14 2Nampa Christian 2 3 7 8Parma 2 2 7 8Marsing 1 3 4 10Melba 1 3 6 9
This week’s games(Thursday)
Marsing at MelbaNampa Christian at Parma
(Saturday)Nyssa, Ore., at MarsingMelba at Nampa ChristianParma at New Plymouth
(Tuesday)Nampa Christian at MarsingNew Plymouth at MelbaParma at Nyssa, Ore.
PREP STANDINGS Last week’s scoresNew Plymouth 66, Marsing 29Parma 42, Melba 39New Plymouth 70, Nampa Christian
32Melba 42, Glenns Ferry 38
1A WIC Conf. All W L W LRimrock 9 0 15 0Greenleaf 8 1 12 3Cole Valley 7 3 9 7Liberty Charter 4 6 4 7Wilder 4 7 7 8Gem State 3 8 5 13Idaho City 2 7 4 13Notus 2 7 3 12
This week’s games(Today)
Greenleaf Friends Academy at Cole Valley
(Thursday)Liberty Charter at RimrockNotus at WilderGem State Adventist at Idaho City
(Monday)Rimrock at NotusGem State Adventist at Greenleaf
Friends AcademyLiberty Charter at Cole Valley
Last week’s scoresRimrock 91, Gem State Adventist 28Rimrock 47, Cole Valley 34Cole Valley 41, Wilder 29Greenleaf Friends Academy 77, Idaho
City 48Liberty Charter 48, Notus 39Gem State Adventist 42, Notus 29Idaho City 60, Liberty Charter 42Greenleaf Friends Academy 62, Wilder
54
Old Oregon Conf. All W L W LJoseph 6 0 12 2Jordan Valley 5 1 12 1Powder Valley 5 1 13 1Pine Eagle 2 4 5 7Imbler 3 3 7 4Adrian 1 5 6 8Cove 2 4 4 6
Wallowa 0 6 2 10
This week’s games(Friday)
Powder Valley at Jordan ValleyAdrian at CoveJoseph at Pine EagleWallowa at Imbler
(Saturday)Joseph at Jordan ValleyAdrian at WallowaCove at Powder ValleyPine Eagle at Imbler
Last week’s scoresJordan Valley 57, Adrian 34Imbler 56, Adrian 39Jordan Valley 65, Cove 62 (OT)Joseph 58, Imbler 27Cove 58, Pine Eagle 56 (OT)Powder Valley 49, Wallowa 20Joseph 52, Wallowa 34
Boys basketball3A SRV Conf. All W L W LFruitland 3 0 12 1McCall-Donnelly 2 1 5 5Weiser 2 1 9 4Payette 1 1 5 5Middleton 1 3 3 10Homedale 0 3 3 7
This week’s games(Friday)
Homedale at WeiserFruitland at Payette
(Saturday)Homedale at MelbaGrangeville at McCall-DonnellyWood River at Middleton
(Tuesday)McCall-Donnelly at HomedaleFruitland at WeiserPayette at Middleton
Last week’s scoresNotus 66, Rimrock 46Cole Valley 45, Rimrock 32Cole Valley 55, Greenleaf Friends
Academy 43Idaho City 66, Liberty of Spangle,
Wash., 36Wilder 66, Gem State Adventist 64Cole Valley 45, Gem State Adventist
33Greenleaf Friends Academy 60, Liberty
Charter 31
Old Oregon Conf. All W L W LJoseph 5 1 11 3Imbler 5 1 8 4Powder Valley 4 1 9 5Adrian 3 3 7 6Pine Eagle 3 2 6 6Wallowa 2 4 6 6
Cove 0 5 0 10Jordan Valley 0 5 1 11
This week’s games(Friday)
Powder Valley at Jordan ValleyAdrian at CoveJoseph at Pine EagleWallowa at Imbler
(Saturday)Joseph at Jordan ValleyAdrian at WallowaCove at Powder ValleyPine Eagle at Imbler
Last week’s scoresJordan Valley at Cove (not reported)Adrian 53, Jordan Valley 36Imbler 63, Adrian 60Imbler 60, Joseph 59 (OT)Joseph 68, Wallowa 58Pine Eagle 65, Cove 39Powder Valley 44, Wallowa 41
√ ScoreboardThe Marsing Lions have thrown
their weight behind the youth wrestling program in that town.
The Marsing Lions Youth Wrestling Club is open to boys and girls ages 6-17 and will feature competitions in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Practice begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Marsing High School student lounge. All interested wrestlers can come check out the practice for free.
Anyone who wants to join the program will have to pay $35 for a USA Wrestling membership card.
“Wrestling is a great sport for your child’s development,” Lions spokesman Ken Wilson said in a release. “It teaches your child self-confidence, flexibility and commitment.”
For more information on the wrestling program, call Wilson at (208) 880-1099.
Marsing football board to hold fi rst 2006 meeting
The year’s fi rst Marsing Lions Optimist Football and Cheerleader board meeting will be held at
6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Gateway Grill in Marsing. It’s open to anyone interested.
For more information, call Wilson at (208) 880-1099.
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Lauren Cuvelier scored 13 points for the Mustangs, while Cassia Trautman added 10.
Jordan Valley faces its biggest homestand of the year this weekend when it plays host to Powder Valley (13-1, 5-1) and league leader Joseph (12-2, 6-0).
Adrian boys 53, JV 36Exchange student Mat Lorinczy
drained a pair of 3-point goals in the third quarter Friday to cap a game-high 13-point performance for the Antelopes. The 5-foot-11 junior from Hungary scored seven
points in the fi rst eight minutes as Adrian grabbed a 14-6 lead.
The Mustangs missed all 11 of their foul shots.
Alek Quintero and Koehl Trautman scored 10 points apiece for Jordan Valley.
Imbler boys 63, Adrian 60A furious comeback attempt
fell short Saturday night for the Antelopes against the visiting OOL co-leaders.
Imbler outscored the Antelopes 30-13 over the second and third quarters to take a 46-34 lead into the fourth quarter.
Adrian bookended its hot start (a 21-point fi rst quarter) with a
hotter fi nish, scoring 26 points in the fourth behind two 3-point goals each from Brett Buchholz and Lorinczy.
Buchho lz r a ined 3s a l l night, pouring in five to lead the Antelopes with 20 points. Lorinczy fi nished with 13 points, and Paul Vallejo added 11.
Imbler girls 56, Adrian 39Three players scored in double
figures for the Panthers, who poured it on for three quarters to secure the OOL victory.
Simpson scored 13 points for the Antelopes. Sarah McPeak and Branstiter chipped in seven points each.
√ Rivalry
Leading scorerHomedale senior forward Ryan Rupp goes up for two points of his
team-high 13 points over Vale defenders Saturday in non-conference action. Photo by Gregg Garrett
Ryan Rupp did what needed to be done on both ends of the fl oor Saturday as Homedale High School beat Vale, Ore., 50-48, in non-conference boys basketball.
Rupp paced the Trojans, who moved to 3-7 overall, with 13 points, but his defense against Vikings leading scorer Brady Lovell may have been the difference.
“I thought Ryan Rupp did a good job on him,” Homedale coach Brad Hill said. “He scored 16 points, but he really had to work for his 16.”
Homedale could never pull away from the Vikings. A crucial turnover with 45 seconds left gave Vale a chance to tie the game, but Lovell couldn’t get his shot to fall against Rupp.
Garrett Sweet scored 12 points for the Trojans.
Middleton 71, Homedale 32The Vikings fi red in seven treys
to crush the visiting Trojans in a 3A Snake River Valley conference game Thursday.
Trent Harrison scored a game-high 19 points for Middleton.
Matt Holloway led Homedale with eight points.
Fruitland 60, Homedale 46
The Grizzlies rode seven 3-pointers and 32 points from Ryan Schlager to a 3A SRV road win Jan. 7. Homedale was paced by 10 points from Erik Corbett.
McCall-Donnelly 67, Homedale 55
The Vandals’ fast start buried the Trojans despite a combined 25 points from Sweet and Rupp on the in a 3A SRV game played Jan. 5 in McCall.
It seems teamwork is the name of the game for the Homedale High School boys basketball team.
For the second time this season, 11 players broke into the scoring column as the Trojans trounced Vale, Ore., 51-37, in a non-conference game in Homedale.
David Liddell led Homedale (8-2) overall with nine points. Ryan Johnson and Conner Morris scored seven points each.
“I hope we continue doing the rest
of the season what we have done at the halfway point,” Homedale coach Scott Bryant said.
Vale’s Matt Dentinger scored 11.Both of the Trojans’ losses have
come in 3A Snake River Valley conference play, including a frustrating 44-35 loss to Middleton last week.
“We got open looks at the basket, but they weren’t dropping,” Bryant said. “I feel we should do better next time we play them.”
