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Skyline continues its dominance in the Emotion Bowl with 47-0 win over Idaho Falls – East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS – The goalposts at Ravsten Stadium will remain blue.
The Emotion Bowl rivalry football game between Idaho Falls and Skyline dates back to 1966 and provides a thrilling atmosphere that’s hard to beat when the two teams meet up.
But on the field, the Emotion Bowl has become a one-sided affair as the Grizzlies won for the 10th time in the past 11 games on Saturday, and they did it convincingly. The 47-0 win was the largest margin of victory since 2015, when Skyline came away with a 50-0 win.
As per tradition, the winning team gets to paint a goalpost at the stadium in their school colors and players and fans didn’t hesitate to join in the postgame celebration with the blue theme.
Despite the end result, Skyline coach Scott Berger wasn’t ready to downplay the long-running rivalry.
“We always say it’s not who we play, it’s how we play,” Berger said. “But, this game, it adds a little bit more to it but you can’t get all wrapped up in the emotion of it.”
The rout was on early as Idaho Falls punted on the opening possession and Skyline’s Taylor Taylor ran it back 50 yards for the score.
The Grizzlies added two more scores by the end of the first quarter as CarMyne Garcia connected with Trey Kirkham for touchdowns of 18 and 38 yards for a 19-0 advantage.
Idaho Falls’ offense never got in sync, punting on its first four possessions and then getting stopped on a fourth-and-1 play. The Tigers punted on their final two possessions of the half while the Skyline offense continued to march downfield with running touchdowns by Garcia and Kirkham, and finally a passing score when Garcia hit Zyan Crockett for an 18-yarder just before the half for a 40-0 lead.
“What we talk about is you have to go for 48 minutes,” Berger said. “You have to stay focused. We talked about at halftime let’s do everything right. Let’s get lined up, let’s pursue to the ball. It was a physical game … you got to make sure we’re shedding blocks and we got to be good tacklers.”
The win was the second big conference win for the Grizzlies, who downed defending conference champion Hillcrest 28-16 last week and improved to 3-0 and 3-2 overall after Saturday’s victory.
As players and fans celebrated at the goalpost painting, Berger reflected on the history of the rivalry game.
“You never know what’s going to happen in this game,” he said, noting that the lone loss during the team’s current streak came in 2021 when Idaho Falls rallied for a 38-34 win.
“Trust me, no one has been a part of as many wins as I have, and nobody’s been a part of as many losses as I have,” Berger added.
Garcia was an efficient 12-for-16 for 174 yards, and passed for four touchdowns while running for another. Kirkham accounted for two receiving touchdowns and a rushing score.
Idaho Falls (1-4, 0-2) hosts Minico in a non-conference game on Friday. Skyline continues conference play at Shelley.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
Pride Month looks different this June along Boise’s Harrison Boulevard, where a long-standing tradition of hanging Pride flags on lamp posts has been put on hold after a new state law restricted which flags can be flown on government property.
For several years, Pride flags lined lamp posts along Harrison Boulevard in Boise’s North End neighborhood. But Idaho House Bill 561, signed by Gov. Brad Little in March, restricts which flags can be flown on government property, including the City of Boise’s Harrison lamp posts.
In response, a group of neighbors formed Pride North End and launched a distribution effort to help residents show support from their own front yards. The group has been making Pride flags and yard signs available to people who want to display them at home.
“I thought that I would…be a personal example of ‘yes, this is what I do.’ This is what I believe in,” said Edna Schochat, a North End resident.
Pride North End has already distributed more than 900-yard signs and 250 flags. The group’s original donation goal was around $2,000 to order 100 flags and 200 yard signs, but it has exceeded that GoFundMe goal, reaching $10,000 worth of donations.
The group plans to continue holding public flag and sign distributions through the end of the month.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” Schochat said.
Pride North End said any leftover funds after materials are distributed will go to local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. A link to the group’s GoFundMe can be found here.
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