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BYU Basketball Hosts Kolby Lee, Idaho State In Season-Opener
PROVO, Utah – One other yr of BYU basketball is upon us. The 2022-23 common season suggestions off Monday evening on the Marriott Middle because the Cougars host Idaho State.
Idaho State was picked to complete final (tenth) within the preseason Massive Sky Convention ballot. The Bengals final yr ended with a 7-23 document. However regardless of the low prognostications on the Bengals, there’s a little bit of intrigue to this season opener for BYU.
#BYU basketball opens up the 2022-23 season in opposition to Idaho State.
The Bengals from Pocatello characteristic former BYU huge man Kolby Lee.#BYUHoops @kslsports pic.twitter.com/eLwCHm6Oh0
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 7, 2022
For starters, BYU’s new-look roster shined within the exhibition in opposition to Ottawa from the NAIA ranks. The elevated tempo and energy to shoot from three have been an entertaining model of play within the preseason. Now it begins to depend.
Kolby Lee returns to the Marriott Middle
On the Bengals squad, there might be a well-known face to the BYU devoted, former BYU middle Kolby Lee.
The 6-foot-9 huge man was a part of Pope’s group that was a 6-seed within the 2021 NCAA Event. Nonetheless, he performed sparingly that yr. So after the season, he entered the Switch Portal and initially discovered his new dwelling at Dixie State. However the Path Blazers couldn’t admit him into considered one of their graduate packages.
Lee has robust ties to BYU. His spouse, Kayla Belles Lee, is a former participant within the girls’s basketball program. The 2 expect their first youngster collectively this April. Throughout Kolby’s absence from the sport, Kayla wrote in an Instagram put up, “Solely need him in a uniform that stands behind him and believes in what he can do.”
After a yr of not enjoying, Lee landed at Idaho State this previous low season. It’s becoming as a result of his former BYU teammates used to name him “Massive Idaho,” as he’s a local of Meridian, Idaho. Together with the Idaho nickname, he additionally garnered the “Quickie Monster” nickname for his means to knock down quick-release pictures across the hoop.
Lee is a projected starter for a Bengals group seeking to transfer up the Massive Sky ladder this season.
“We all know what a particular participant Kolby is, and he’s considered one of my favourite gamers to ever coach. So it’s going to be actually enjoyable to have him again on this gymnasium,” mentioned BYU coach Mark Pope. “He did a lot for BYU whereas he was right here. He’s taken on a significant, main function on that group. In order that’s enjoyable to see.”
In three years at BYU, Lee averaged 11.4 minutes of motion in 72 sport appearances. He scored 4.5 factors and pulled down 2.3 rebounds per sport.
BYU vs. Idaho State
Date: November 7, 2022
Tip: 7 p.m. (MT)
Location: Marriott Middle
TV: BYUtv
Radio: KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM, 1160 AM – Pregame begins at 6 p.m.)
Collection: BYU leads 33-6
BYU basketball was spectacular in its exhibition win
One of many objectives for this yr’s BYU basketball group is to get again to “BLRA,” which round Mark Pope’s program means “Finest Locker Room in America.” As injured guard/ahead Trevin Knell mentioned to KSL Sports activities over the low season, “everybody that desires to be right here is right here.”
The chemistry for Mark Pope’s fourth squad is off to a superb begin after placing up 109 factors in an exhibition win over NAIA Ottawa. Pope putting in an up-tempo model is a pure match for BYU basketball and, on the floor, appears to be a wonderful match for this roster that options 12 new faces.
Rebounding might be a problem for BYU this season, however they’ve obtained a strolling double-double in Fousseyni Traore dealing with the 5 spot.
Spencer Johnson obtained his first profession begin within the exhibition win and made successful performs on each ends of the ground. He had six steals within the blowout victory and completed with the very best plus/minus on Pope’s squad.
Projected Starters
BYU (0-0)
G – Rudi Williams, 6-3, Grad. (Coastal Carolina switch)
G – Spencer Johnson, 6-5, Jr.
G – Jaxson Robinson, 6-7, Soph. (Arkansas switch)
F – Gideon George, 6-6, Sr.
C – Foussyeni Traore, 6-6, Soph.
Idaho State (0-0)
G – Brock Mackenzie, 6-2, Sr. (Level Loma Nazarene switch)
G – Miguel Tomley, 6-3, Soph. (Santa Clara switch)
F – Ed Chang, 6-8, Jr. (Vanderbilt switch)
F – Jared Rodriguez, 6-8, Sr.
C – Kolby Lee, 6-9, Sr. (BYU switch)
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports activities Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Comply with him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
Idaho
UPDATE Traffic resumes on I-15 following serious crash Saturday afternoon – East Idaho News
UPDATE
The car crash on I-15 has been cleared, and southbound traffic is back to normal, the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office reports.
ORIGINAL STORY
SHELLEY — A “serious crash” involving multiple vehicles has closed I-15 southbound after the Shelley exit.
The original crash occurred at mile marker 98 around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Bingham County Sheriff Jeff Gardner said.
He reports at least one individual was taken by an air ambulance from the scene.
A second crash occurred later when an individual failed to slow down, but that car wreck has been cleared up, Gardner said.
Idaho State Police are currently taking measurements of the crash. Bingham County Sheriff deputies are assisting with traffic congestion.
“They’re (performing) accident reconstructions — taking measurements of the crash — so they can show the details of crash, speed, direction, travel, all that kind of stuff,” Gardner said.
In the interim, all southbound traffic on I-15 is advised to take Highway 91, travel south to Blackfoot and get back on the freeway on exit 89 (just past Blackfoot) to ease congestion on the interstate which is significantly backed up, Gardner said.
EastIdahoNews.com will update this story as additional information is made available.
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Washington on-guard for troublesome mussel found in Idaho • Washington State Standard
Washington is upping efforts to keep an invasive freshwater mussel from gaining a shell-hold in the state’s rivers and lakes, using tactics ranging from DNA testing to shellfish-sniffing dogs.
Quagga mussels can cause major problems as layers of them crust over components of hydroelectric dams and locks, or clog drinking water or irrigation systems. Fisheries and fish ladders that allow salmon to bypass dams could be disrupted, too. The mussels can also outcompete native species, throw off water quality, and otherwise degrade ecosystems.
They were found last year in Idaho, stoking new worries about their threat to the region.
Washington’s Invasive Species Council cites estimates that it will cost $100 million annually to keep the state’s power and water infrastructure running if quagga mussels or non-native zebra mussels were to invade. That amount doesn’t factor in the cost of harm to habitat or fishing.
Even taking the potential problems for dams out of the equation, Justin Bush, aquatic invasive species policy coordinator at the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the mussels would have “a devastating, catastrophic impact to our environment and our economy.”
The Columbia River Basin for years has been the last major U.S. watershed free of the invasive mussels. But last September Idaho officials said they’d detected quagga mussels near Twin Falls in the Snake River, which runs into the Columbia.
So what’s to be done in Washington? The Department of Fish and Wildlife has some new money to deal with the shellfish. The Legislature approved $1.81 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1 to combat invasive mussels and the Army Corps of Engineers is providing an equal sum, for a total of $3.6 million.
“We’re significantly increasing efforts,” Bush said this week during a meeting of the Invasive Species Council.
Monitoring for quagga mussels
The main way the mussels tend to spread is on recreational boats moved between bodies of water. When grown, they’re 1 to 2 inches and easy to spot but larvae, known as veligers, are microscopic.
Fish and Wildlife wants to fully staff watercraft inspection stations, Bush told the council.
The agency is turning to a variety of techniques to detect mussels in the water. These include measuring calcium levels (the bivalves rely on calcium to build their shells), using a grabber device to pull up and check material from lakebeds, and looking for traces of mussel DNA.
Bush said the department will also add a monitoring crew to three two-person crews it has had.
And he said the department is looking to bring on another mussel-sniffing dog. The dog would join Fin, a canine already doing this work. Puddles, a dog that had been, is retired, Bush said.
More public outreach is also planned to remind people to clean, drain, and dry boats and other gear that’s been in the water and could spread the mussels.
It’s unclear if Idaho’s attempt last year to kill quagga mussels in the Snake River worked. The $3 million project involved treating a 16-mile stretch of the river with a copper-based chemical to kill the mussels. There was collateral damage as thousands of fish died, too.
Idaho Department of Agriculture Director Chanel Tewalt told state lawmakers that it was the largest operation of its kind ever attempted in the U.S.
Along with zebra mussels, quagga mussels were first documented in the U.S. in the 1980s in the Great Lakes, having made it there in the ballast water of ships. They’ve spread since.
In addition to detection and monitoring, Washington Fish and Wildlife officials are also preparing to respond if the mussels aren’t stopped and become a fixture in state waters.
“We’re planning for the very worst, but we’re hoping that Idaho was successful in eradicating this problem,” said Bush.
Idaho
Oregon football history: Ducks to face Idaho Vandals for first time in 20 years
While the Oregon Ducks haven’t always been a prominent program, the Oregon football team has a very rich and storied history. There have been numerous high profile games and memorable matchups throughout the years.
But, interestingly enough, one of the Ducks’ longest-standing series is also one of the most lopsided in Oregon football history. It’s also a series that hasn’t had a game played in it in 20 years. That changes in 2024 as the Oregon Ducks football team welcomes the Idaho Vandals to Autzen Stadium in Eugene for the first time since 2004.
That’s right, one of the Ducks’ longest series is against the Idaho Vandals, a matchup that spans over a century and showcases Oregon’s growth as a program.
The first matchup in the Oregon-Idaho series was back on November 6, 1901 as the two teams struggled to a 0-0 tie. It’d be five years before the two teams met again, but in 1906, Oregon grabbed the first victory in the series, beating Idaho 12-0.
Oregon then grabbed 12 more victories before the next tie in the game occurred. Then, in 1924, Idaho grabbed its first win in the series, beating Oregon 13-0. The next year, the Ducks lost again by a score of 6-0.
It’d be until 1950 that Idaho would actually manage to beat Oregon again. And the Ducks haven’t lost to Idaho since then.
This is a lopsided series and there’s really no foreseeable path to it becoming a competitive one (which is not at all a bad thing for the Oregon football program or Oregon football fans). Oregon should strive to keep winning (by rather large margins) anytime Idaho ends up on the schedule. There’s just too much talent between the two programs for anything else to be okay.
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