The Idaho high school state boys basketball tournament is this weekend and the Declo Hornets are set to be the top overall seed in the 3A classification and we caught up with the team to hear more about how they are using a district tournament loss as motivation.
The Minico Spartans fell just short of a four-time repeat as team champions in 5A, falling just three points short of Bishop Kelly. Meanwhile, Buhl sent multiple wrestlers to the finals and picked up a pair of wins and Declo had a great showing with just 14 wrestlers.
The Idaho High School Activities Association released the 2025 state tournament brackets for boys basketball, also known as “The Real Dairy Shootout,” and nine of our area teams are represented across five classifications.
An undefeated season, multiple back-to-back champions, one winner stopping his opponent from being a four-time state champion and a senior returning from a broken neck to win?!? The Idaho high school state wrestling tournament had it all when it came to our Magic Valley athletes.
The Declo Hornets and Kimberly Bulldogs boys basketball teams cannot call themselves district champions this season, but both are heading to state nonetheless after some impressive wins on Saturday.
The Jerome Tigers upset Minico 63-61 on the road Friday night to claim second place in the Great Basin Conference and stamp its ticket to the 5A State Tournament.
The Valley Vikings (22-0) will enter the 2A state tournament with a perfect record after beating Hagerman 69-51 in the Snake River Championship on Tuesday night.
Knobbe will play for Rocky Mountain (Montana), while Jensen will play for Montana Western. Both schools are NAIA and compete in the Frontier Conference.
With state girls basketball, district boys basketball and district wrestling going on last week the high school bowling tournament flew a bit under the radar, but one individual bowler and three Magic Valley schools captured state titles.
The Oakley Hornets boys basketball team watched their girl counterparts come home with a state championship this past weekend, but they had some work to do against Raft River, while Kimberly enjoyed an offensive explosion against Gooding.
The College of Southern Idaho men’s and women’s basketball teams each played their final home games of the regular season on Saturday and the women picked up their biggest win of the season while the men suffered a disappointing loss.
While the Oakley Hornets took home the ultimate prize, winning the 2A Championship, many other area teams brought home trophies back to the Magic Valley.
Wendell High School played host to the 3A and 4A District IV boys wrestling tournament on Saturday and the top three finishers in each weight class will be making the trip to Pocatello for the state tournament next weekend.
