5A TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
Consolation: Eagle 74, Borah 52
Third place: Twin Falls 51, Post Falls 45
Championship: Lewiston 56, Madison 48
Lewiston 56, Madison 48
Slam dunk. Lewiston won its first state championship since 1948 and 6-foot-8 senior Peter Gregg capped the victory with an emphatic two-handed dunk as time expired. The Bengals led 42-35 heading into the fourth quarter, but Madison trimmed the lead to three points with 1:26 remaining. Lewiston, however, sealed the victory by making 5-of-6 free throws in the final minute.
Madison 13 9 13 13—48
Lewiston 14 12 16 14—56
Madison (17-10) — Brady Hastings 3 points, Bo Dayton 10, Trent Ricks 7, Austin Blair 2, Rhett Sutton 5, Josh Fuller 21. Rebound leader: Fuller 8. Assist leader: Trevor Blanchard, Dayton, Blair 2.
Lewiston (22-4) — Peter Gregg 11 points, Justin Podrabsky 12, Jared Heitzman 18, Ryan Young 5, Ryan Strong 10. Rebound leader: Gregg 11. Assist leader: Gregg, Strong 3.
4A TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
Consolation: Blackfoot 75, Hillcrest 60
Third place: Jerome 83, Sandpoint 67
Championship: Skyview 59, Pocatello 58 (OT)
Skyview 59, Pocatello 58 (OT)
Skyview's Terrell Rowe hit a 3-pointer with 5.8 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Hawks a 51-49 lead, but Pocatello's Colter Morton scored at the buzzer to tie the game 51-51 and send it to overtime. Kyle Dranginis hit the winning shot for Skyview in overtime with about 20 seconds remaining and Pocatello missed two shots in the final 5 seconds. It is Skyview third state championship in five years and it was the Hawks' third overtime win at the state tournament. Skyview finished the season unbeaten (26-0) for the first time in school history. Read the full story in Saturday's Idaho Statesman.
Skyview 14 8 12 17 8—59
Pocatello 10 12 17 12 7—58
Skyview (26-0) — Travis Gropp 1 point, Luke Austin 3, Kyle Dranginis 18, Josh Donohue 2, Terrell Rowe 9, Marc Taylor 9, Matthew Clark 6. Rebound leader: Taylor 9. Assist leader: Dranginis 6.
Pocatello (14-15) — Brendon Johnson 6 points, Colter Morton 26, Ryan Pearson 3, Michael Decker 14, Shae Andrews 9. Rebound leader: Decker 11. Assist leader: Decker 5.
3A TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
Consolation: St. Maries 60, Filer 52
Third place: Sugar-Salem 61, Priest River 53
Championship: Shelley 57, Fruitland 48
Shelley 57, Fruitland 48
Fruitland ran into a hot-shooting team from Shelley and couldn't keep pace after leading early. The Russets made 14-of-26 3-pointers. Tommy Higham led the team with 17 points and cousin Tanner Higham added 16. Both players made five 3-pointers. Fruitland's Ty Pena also made five 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 17 points. Read the full story in Saturday's Idaho Statesman.
Shelley 7 20 11 19—57
Fruitland 16 6 14 12—48
Shelley (17-11) — Kabe Hall 9 points, Lakoda Stommel 9, Tanner Higham 16, Mason Higham 6, Tommy Higham 17. Rebound leader: M. Higham 9. Assist leader: Tanner Higham 6.
Fruitland (22-3) — Devin Decroo 7 points, Ty Pena 17, Zack Fabricius 2, Jacob Crim 6, Matt Stanger 12, Hans Dahle 4. Rebound leader: Crim, Stanger 7. Assist leader: Decroo 4.
2A TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
Consolation: Melba 59, Kamiah 47
Third place: Glenns Ferry 62, West Side 45
Championship: Firth 49, Aberdeen 42
Firth 49, Aberdeen 42
The Cougars claimed their third consecutive state championship with a balanced effort. Kriff Jensen led Firth with 15 points, and Colter Reeves (11) and Kory Anderson (10) joined him in double figures. Aberdeen, which shot 32 percent let the Cougars grab a 17-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and lost by the same margin. Firth shot 38 percent. Cody Snyder paced the Tigers with 13 points, and Aaron Schritter added nine points and nine rebounds.
Firth 17 11 10 11—49
Aberdeen 10 12 9 11—42
Firth (22-4) — Colter Reeves 11 points, Wyatt Jolley 3, Robert Goodwin 8, Chris Fielding 2, Kriff Jensen 15, Kory Andersen 10. Rebound leader: Andersen 8. Assist leader: Goodwin 3.
Aberdeen (21-6) — Cody Snyder 13 points, Steven Elliott 6, Aaron Schritter 9, Nick Wynn 2, Trevor Spence 8, Jordan Todd 4. Rebound leader: Schritter 9. Assist leader: Snyder, Wade Wahlen 1.
1A D-I TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
Consolation: Wilder 47, Wallace 40
Third place: Hagerman 61, Sho-Ban 52
Championship: Genesee 54, Prairie 41
Genesee 54, Prairie 41
Genesee won its second title in three years and fourth overall by jumping out to a 17-6 first-quarter lead and never looking back. Beau Dahmen and Daniel Carlson led Genesee with 19 and 16 points, respectively. Dahmen, who scored 37 points in the semifinals, also had six rebounds and five steals in the championship game.
Genesee 17 9 10 18—54
Prairie 6 8 13 14—41
Genesee (25-0) — Jaymon Udy 6 points, Sam Hermann 2, Beau Dahmen 19, Daniel Carlson 16, Brandan Nelson 2, Alan Berry 9. Rebound leader: Berry 9. Assist leader: Udy 3.
Prairie (19-7) — Kyle Daly 8 points, Devin Schmidt 3, Conner Rieman 2, David Sigler 12, Tyler Forsmann 12, Branden Waller 2, Andrew Garcia 2. Rebound leader: Daly 9. Assist leader: Sigler 4.
1A D-II TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
Consolation: Carey 56, Summit Academy 52
Third place: Nezperce 65, Richfield 51
Championship: Mackay 54, Garden Valley 50
Mackay 54, Garden Valley 50
Mackay led 47-31 after three quarters and Garden Valley's fourth-quarter rally fell short. Kole Krosch (21) and Scott Smyer (19) combined for 40 of Mackay's points, while JC Tucker (19) and Justin Pedersen (14) paced the Wolverines. Mackay finished the season 18-6, while Garden Valley slipped to 21-4 and came up short in its quest to win the Long Pin Conference's first state title. Mackay has now won six state championships and four since 1999. Read the full story in Saturday's Idaho Statesman.
Garden Valley 3 10 18 19 — 50
Mackay 11 14 22 7 — 54
Garden Valley (21-4) — Casey Hileman 4 points, Dylan Bass 3, JC Tucker 19, Justin Pedersen 14, Marshall Breish 2, Matt Sipple 8. Rebound leaders: Tucker, Sipple 10. Assist leaders: Bass, Pedersen 3.
Mackay (18-6) — Dylen Hoagland 10 points, Scott Smyer 19, Zach Donnot 4, Kole Krosch 21. Rebound leader: Donnot 11. Assist leader: Krosch 3.
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Upset!
Congratulations to Mackay but what happened to Garden Valley. Must've been a goooood game!
Recap
I just added a recap to give you a little more detail about the game. I'll do that for all the championship games. Thanks for reading.
All State teams
Hopefully the considerations for the all state boys basketball teams will look beyond 5A and 4A when compiling the overall state team. Dahmen from Genesee is an outstanding athlete, regardless of the sport.
All-Idaho
The All-Idaho team is separated by classifications, and I am sure coaches will give Dahmen a good look for the 1A Division I team. There is no overall team that combines all six classifications. The All-Idaho section will be published on March 29. You're right about Dahmen, and he really stepped it up a notch at state.
1A had some great athletes
Watched a couple of the 1A games and there is some great athletes I think they could dominate at the 5A level
College BB
How many of these super high school BB athletes go on to play at any college level basketball. It would be interesting to track some of the all-Idaho team members from years past. Only 1 I am aware of is a kid who played for Borah, Jesse Childs, but I'm not sure if he was on the all-state 5A team. He now plays college ball in Arizona.
Childs and Bogan
Childs is now playing at Wisconsin-Green Bay. Last year's 5A All-Idaho Player of the Year, Will Bogan is playing as a freshman at Ole Miss. There are others, but I'll have to take a closer look after the state tournament.
Update on past past all- stars
That would be really nice if
They did something like that an update to see where all past all stars have gone onto doing
3 point shooters
That Shelley game must have been some game -- 15 3 pt shots successful! Is is possible for a BB player to be good and not be a 3 pt shooter? Not in this day and age. Wish the idhsaa.org would update the status more often today.
Incrdible
It was an amazing game. Just when you thought the Russets would cool off, they seemed to heat up. Fruitland played a great game, but just ran into another good team.
Skyview game
That's what championship games should be -- one h e double toothpicks down to the wire and then again!
Pffft to idhsaa
for not putting the stats up for today when it really counts!
I hope this helps a little
I know its not the complete statistical rundown, but I added the box scores and cleaned up the blog so you have a better idea about what happened in each game.
Idaho Rose Reply GV upset
Thanks for wondering about the upset!! I think there were a number of factors -- first of all CONGRATULATIONS are absolutely in order to Mackay for their terrific wins over both Richfield and Garden Valley.....As far as GV -- I have alot of ideas on what happened -- but I need to address them at a higher level on fairness. Mackay did a great job, GV didn't sleep the night before and didn't play their usual game -- but that is no excuse -- I will take that up with other entities. There was alot of internal goings on -- injuries, key players unfortunately leaving directly after the game (emotionally hard on all), a very small bench -- and a bunch of good old boy stuff going on -- only in MY opinion -- that almost got me thrown out of the game. So don't listen to anything I have to say.....It was a terrific game, but GV was not even close to its normal playing ability.
Jesse -- you are so kind!
Thanks so much for the additions you keep adding -- much appreciated!
Lewiston/Madison 14-13 1st qtr
Next year, I'm not staying home and miss these goooood games!
Treasure Valley absence
CONGRATULATIONS TO LEWISTON --
that's one long dry spell.
Find it shameful that among the top 4 teams in 5A not one TV team.
Thanks, Jesse
for keeping those of us in the outskirts appraised.
Photos of 5A Championship Game
Was this game not important enough to run at least one photo?