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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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PAYETTE — A Payette mom’s bond was revoked Tuesday after she was charged with suffocating her twin children earlier this month and is believed to pose a danger to the life of her newborn child.
The case, which has drawn national headlines, concerns Andrea Renee Shaw, a 23-year-old Payette mother who in May 2025 said her 18-month-old fraternal twins died the same day, after receiving routine childhood vaccinations. In January, Shaw joined as a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with several other plaintiffs claiming vaccine injury or death.
Kennedy, who now serves as secretary of Health and Human Services, is no longer part of the group after taking on the cabinet position, as was reported by the Associated Press.
In Idaho, the twins’ deaths prompted a 14-month investigation by the Payette County Sheriff’s Department. On June 29, the investigation yielded a grand jury indictment of Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder by suffocation. If convicted, Shaw can be punished by up to life in prison or the death penalty, and the court would have the ability to order the penalties be served consecutively, or back to back.
Tuesday’s arraignment at the Payette County Courthouse was primarily attended by Shaw’s relatives and members of the media. Payette County Judge Kiley Stuchlik, who serves Idaho’s Third Judicial District, presided.
A key consideration for Stuchlik on Tuesday was a request from Joseph Filicetti, the legal counsel for Shaw, to have her bond reduced from $2 million to $100,000. Filicetti said this would allow for Shaw to care for a newborn girl, who, according to court documents, was born by caesarean section on June 25, four days prior to Shaw’s grand jury indictment.
State prosecutors objected to the motion for bond reduction, noting at hand was a potential death penalty case and asserting, unlike her husband, Shaw’s story repeatedly changed during questioning. Prosecuting Attorney Mike Duke said releasing Shaw would ultimately put the newborn’s safety at risk.
“That child is the most at risk. We do not think she should be allowed to be anywhere near any children, let alone her own children,” Duke said.
Stuchlik decided to revoke bond entirely, stating Shaw posed a “risk of safety” to the newborn child that was not known to Stuchlik or prosecutors when the $2 million bond was initially set.
Also for consideration Tuesday was a request to have grand jury transcripts of witness testimony provided to prosecutors and defense counsel to prepare their respective cases.
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