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UND blasts Idaho State with 38 first-half points in 52-28 win

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September 14, 2024

UND blasts Idaho State with 38 first-half points in 52-28 win

GRAND FORKS — UND killed the negative narratives Saturday at the Potato Bowl.

Could UND stop a trend of slow starts? Could it put together a passing game? Could it avoid struggling against Idaho State? Could it stop fumbling program momentum after big wins?

How’s 38-zip for an answer?

The No. 10 Fighting Hawks scored the game’s first 38 points and blasted Idaho State 52-28 in the Potato Bowl on Saturday in the Alerus Center in front of 10,685.

Last Saturday, UND upset then-No. 4 Montana thanks to 20 unanswered second-half points. But last season, when UND beat North Dakota State, the Hawks turned around and were shutout the following week in a blowout loss at Northern Iowa.

“I thought we handled it really well,” UND wide receiver Bo Belquist said of avoiding a Montana game hangover. “We flushed the game early in the week and didn’t even talk about it. I felt like our preparation was a lot better.”

UND finished with more points than the program has ever scored against a Big Sky Conference opponent.

UND’s Devin Hembry races down the sideline for a pick-six in the first half against Idaho State.

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On UND’s second offensive drive, the Hawks went on what’s becoming a 2024 staple. UND went 80 yards on 16 plays across more than six minutes, punching in a Gaven Ziebarth 1-yard touchdown run to make it 7-0.

As Idaho State marched down the field to answer, UND’s defense struck at the perfect time.

Playing with backup quarterback Jackson Sharman after starter Kobe Tracy was shaken up following a roughing the passer call two plays earlier on UND linebacker Wyatt Pedigo, Sharman threw a wobbly out route toward the sideline. Hawks corner Devin Hembry jumped the route and returned the interception 92 yards for a 14-0 lead.

“The quarterback pulled the pin and my eyes snapped to the receiver,” Hembry said. “We prepared well throughout the week. We took what we did in practice and applied it to the game.”

Hembry’s return for a touchdown was UND’s first of the season and first since Ted Mullin had a pick-six last season.

“I’m really proud of (Hembry),” UND coach Bubba Schweigert said. “He’s really worked hard in practice to become a better player each and every day. I’m really pleased with his effort.”

UND continued to turn defensive efforts into offense in the first half. Outside linebackers Lance Rucker and Riley Gerhardt both had strip sacks of Tracy deep in ISU territory to give the Hawks short fields on offense.

The Hawks led 38-7 at halftime as Tracy was just 6-for-18 passing for 72 yards.

UND’s offense was forced to move through the air, a stark change from the first two weeks of the season. The Hawks had just 45 rushing yards at halftime and 175 passing yards.

With the Bengals’ defense crowding the line of scrimmage, UND was dared to throw. Simon Romfo, in his third career start, finished 25-for-38 for 287 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

Romfo, a junior from Calvin, N.D., rode the short passing game, powered by Bo Belquist’s career-high 165 yards on eight catches.

“I kind of anticipated the receivers having a bigger role today,” Belquist said. “Especially after the last two weeks after we ran the ball really well, we figured they would load the box up.”

UND’s run game found more room in the second half, finishing with 38 carries for 155 yards. Four running backs (Ziebarth, Isaiah Smith, Sawyer Seidl and Donovan Hunt) scored on touchdown runs.

The Hawks improved to 27-3 in the Alerus Center in the last 30 games.

“I think you have to take what the defense is going to give you,” Schweigert said. “They made it tough to run. After our first two weeks, you have to be able to counter that. We got a couple deep (passes) to Bo and that got us rolling and gave us a lot of confidence.”

The Hawks continue their four-game homestand next weekend against San Diego at the Alerus Center.

Miller has covered sports at the Grand Forks Herald since 2004 and was the state sportswriter of the year in 2019 and 2022.

His primary beat is UND football but also reports on a variety of UND sports and local preps.

He can be reached at (701) 780-1121, tmiller@gfherald.com or on Twitter at @tommillergf.

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Southern Idaho sees Very High number of cases of Influenza

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January 5, 2026

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Southern Idaho sees Very High number of cases of Influenza

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s public health division is tracking higher-than-normal flu cases across southern Idaho.

The public health reporting site is showing at least 71 weekly positive laboratory tests for Influenza, with one influenza-related death reported. Tracking data shows that influenza reports started to spike from low to moderate to high starting six weeks ago. The numbers have continued to ramp up steadily since then, now registering as very high across all of southern Idaho.

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Idaho Lottery results: See winning numbers for Pick 3, Pick 4 on Jan. 4, 2026

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January 5, 2026

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Looking to win big? The Idaho Lottery offers several games if you think it’s your lucky day.

Lottery players in Idaho can chose from popular national games like the Powerball and Mega Millions, which are available in the vast majority of states. Other games include Lotto America, Lucky For Life, 5 Star Draw, Idaho Cash, Pick 3 and Pick 4.

Big lottery wins around the U.S. include a lucky lottery ticketholder in California who won a $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot in December 2024. See more big winners here. And if you do end up cashing a jackpot, here’s what experts say to do first.

Here’s a look at Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 results for each game:

Winning Pick 3 numbers from Jan. 4 drawing

Day: 5-5-2

Night: 1-2-4

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Winning Pick 4 numbers from Jan. 4 drawing

Day: 5-8-2-6

Night: 4-8-5-4

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Winning Lucky For Life numbers from Jan. 4 drawing

03-08-13-38-47, Lucky Ball: 02

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Winning Idaho Cash numbers from Jan. 4 drawing

02-23-24-27-36

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When are the Idaho Lottery drawings held ?

Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
Pick 3: 1:59 p.m. (Day) and 7:59 p.m. (Night) MT daily.
Pick 4: 1:59 p.m. (Day) and 7:59 p.m. (Night) MT daily.
Lucky For Life: 8:35 p.m. MT Monday and Thursday.
Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
5 Star Draw: 8 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
Idaho Cash: 8 p.m. MT daily.

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Looking forward to another year of East Idaho Sports – East Idaho News

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January 4, 2026

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Looking forward to another year of East Idaho Sports – East Idaho News

Note: As a bonus to our readers who have followed us into Year 2, the East Idaho Sports staff will post a special story on Sundays – Could be a column, opinion, feature, or just something fun and goofy. Hope you enjoy, and thanks again for coming along on this journey.

EASTERN IDAHO — Dec. 31 marked the end of the first full calendar year of East Idaho Sports. It has been a pleasure to bring our readers coverage of local youth, high school, college and semi-pro sports.

Over the last 12 months, we have covered state champions, national champions, junior hockey league champions, record-breaking performances and so much more. Those of you who have followed along since we launched in August 2024 have seen how we have expanded our coverage to include some interactive features like this Sunday Special series, Game Balls and the Photo of the Week voting.

We look forward to the completion of the winter sports seasons — including some Winter Olympics stories — spring sports, the summer sports schedule and returning next fall to start it all over again.

But we also hope to continue adding to our coverage, and shine spotlights on even more of the great athletes and sports programs in eastern Idaho.

In order to do that, we would like some help.

With just two full-time reporters and one freelance photographer we will regrettably miss things. And while we try to fill those gaps ourselves, we are always open to tips.

If there was a sporting event or sports story that deserved coverage it didn’t receive, please email us at sports@eastidahonews.com. If there is an upcoming event that should be spotlighted, please email us.

Also, our Photo of the Week stories will continue to be posted midday every Monday. If you have photos from a local sporting event that you want to enter in the running, email those to us by Sunday morning. For those who follow the voting — on our public Facebook group East Idaho News – Sports — a reader-contributed photo was recently selected our Photo of the YEAR, and we would love to continue adding those on the weekly ballot.

This photo of West Jefferson’s Justus Burtenshaw during the first round of the state tournament, taken by reader Julie Hall, was selected out East Idaho Sports Photo of the Year.

Finally, we recently added a regular feature we are calling the “Whip-around”: A quick rundown of local high school sports action. In order to expand these stories to include more teams, we would love for coaches, players or parents to send us photos of game scorebooks. If you are linked to a local team and would like your team to be added to these stories, please email us, and we can let you know how to do so.

It has been a pleasure to highlight the many local athletes for their successes and hard work, and we look forward to another year of precisely that.

We will see you at a field, court, course, pool, etc., near you in 2026.