By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer The Preston girls softball team lost to Century 7-1 on Senior Day on Thursday. “We had our few defensive errors, (but) we held them pretty well,” coach Ashlee Larsen said. “We just couldn’t get hot with the sticks. So, you know, I said (to the girls), ‘Some games...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer It wasn’t how Preston baseball team wanted to end the regular season, but the Indians lost to Century 14-3 on April 25 in Pocatello. “We had strong pitching for the most part, but a few errors early made it tough for our pitchers,” said coach Brandon Ormond. “We...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor At the Mini-Cassia track meet at Minico High School on Friday, Kenidee Hyde broke her own Preston High School record for the third time this year in the pole vault, jumping 9 feet 6 inches. The girls’ team placed sixth out of 14 teams with 61.5 points. The...
By SYDNEY BLAIR WS sports writer This past week didn’t help the Pirates much. Their track meet in Grace got canceled due to bad weather. They were supposed to travel there on Friday. Since the meet was canceled and it’s only two weeks to go until district, they rescheduled to travel back to Grace...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Preston Golf and Country Club will be hosting a One-man (person) Scramble on Saturday, May 5, according to John Van Vleet, general manager and head professional of the golf course. He said the entry fee is $65 for non-members including cart and $45 for members. Flights will be...
From the Idaho State Journal Diamondbacks’ offense explodes for 14 runs in win over Indians Five games in six days. That is what the Century High School baseball team had in front of them when the week began. After beating Blackfoot on Monday, the Diamondbacks had a 4A Fifth District matchup with...
By SYDNEY BLAIR WS sports writer The weeks are starting to dwindle down as everyone is anticipating this year’s district meet to come up in a mere three weeks. West Side traveled to Bear Lake last Thursday. It was another cold, windy meet that everyone had to endure through. There were a total of...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer Preston traveled to the Tiger Grizz meet at Idaho Falls High School April 20-21 where both the boys and girls finished fourth out of 25 teams. First place finishers: Cody McKay – 100m, Derek Bailey – 400m (50.25, .05 sec off the school record) and Brennyn Dunn –...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer The Indians softball team split a double header against Bear Lake at home on Saturday. The 11-5 victory in the early game was a good one for Preston, who held Bear Lake scoreless until the fourth inning despite runners on third. This story is sponsored by Elect...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer “The Tony Hansen Tournament was a great success again this year,” said coach Brandon Ormond. “The weather was perfect and the competition was very good as well. Preston lost a heartbreaker to Bear Lake 8-7 in the bottom of the 7th inning to open the tournament. This...
