Roughly a week into 2021, competition is beginning to ramp up across the state with a lot of conferences having their first couple of games. In southern Idaho, the Boise school district has finally begun to play games which means that some members of the 5A SIC are beginning to see their first action. This has been a rather different year for basketball, but a lot of players have shown their resiliency and the ability to play anytime and any place. Continue reading for a look at a handful of games from southern Idaho in the past couple of days.
Centennial vs. Timberline: In one of Timberline’s first games in the 2020-21 season, they were able to surprise a solid Centennial team with a very impressive defensive performance. Holding the Patriots to only 31 points, the Timberwolves were able to use physical play and doubling the post to their advantage to catch Centennial off-guard. Timberline will look to continue building this season in their next couple of games. Cooper LumsdenCooperLumsden6'3" | SGTimberline | 2021StateID had a great game for Timberline as he posted 17 points and 5 rebounds. Additionally, Wade ZennerWadeZenner5'10" | PGTimberline | 2022StateID chipped in 14 points to balance out the scoring.
Roughly a week into 2021, competition is beginning to ramp up across the state with a lot of conferences having their first couple of games. In southern Idaho, the Boise school district has finally begun to play games which means that some members of the 5A SIC are beginning to see their first action. This has been a rather different year for basketball, but a lot of players have shown their resiliency and the ability to play anytime and any place. Continue reading for a look at a handful of games from southern Idaho in the past couple of days.
Centennial vs. Timberline: In one of Timberline’s first games in the 2020-21 season, they were able to surprise a solid Centennial team with a very impressive defensive performance. Holding the Patriots to only 31 points, the Timberwolves were able to use physical play and doubling the post to their advantage to catch Centennial off-guard. Timberline will look to continue building this season in their next couple of games.
Cooper LumsdenCooperLumsden6'3" | SGTimberline | 2021StateID had a great game for Timberline as he posted 17 points and 5 rebounds. Additionally,
Wade ZennerWadeZenner5'10" | PGTimberline | 2022StateID chipped in 14 points to balance out the scoring.
Eagle vs. Capital: The Eagle Mustangs put on an impressive offensive display against the Capital Eagles as they scored 85 points. They were leading the entire night and rarely looked back during their rout of Capital as they won by a margin of nearly 30 points. The Mustangs were led by evenly distributed scoring starting with 18 points from Jason Janish, 15 points from Donovan Jones, and 11 points from both
Gage JonesGageJones6'1" | SGEagle | 2022StateID and Jaxon Chann. The Mustangs have looked really solid so far this season and they will attempt to continue grinding in the next few weeks.
Ambrose vs. Melba: Ambrose continued their winning ways with a commanding 20-point victory over Melba recently. The Archers are off to a hot 8-0 start to their season and will look to continue their winning ways as they enter into the regular season and conference play. Ambrose never looked back on their way to victory and were led by
Hudson HughesHudsonHughes5'11" | PGAmbrose | 2022StateID scoring 23 points,
Ben BlytheBenBlythe6'0" | PGAmbrose | 2021StateID adding 21 points, and
Johnny SugarmanJohnnySugarman6'0" | PGAmbrose | 2022StateID adding 13 points. In a losing effort,
Joe ReiberJoeReiber6'1" | SGMelba | 2022StateID was bright spot with 19 points and 7 rebounds, as well as Braden Volkers scoring 14 points.
