Signing day: Munyer, Shields, Prka make it official at next level

From staff reports, wire and news services

Several North Idaho signed letters of intent to play football in college during the early signing period in December.

Others verbally committed, but their signings were made official Wednesday.

Ammon Munyer, a tight end/linebacker at Lakeland High, signed a letter of intent with Weber State of the Big Sky Conference on Wednesday.

Shields, a 5-foot-11, 210 pound linebacker, had 122 tackles and one interception as a senior for Post Falls, which finished 5-4 after losing 44-41 to Mountain View of Meridian in the opening

Also Wednesday, the NAIA College of Idaho in Caldwell announced the signing of Josiah Shields, a tight end/linebacker from Post Falls High.

The signing of Coeur d'Alene High quarterback Jack Prka with Carroll College of Helena was made official on Wednesday by the Saints.

"I chose Carroll College because I fell in love with the family aspect of the school, team, and community. They are a winning team and I can help them win championships," Prka said in a Carroll news release.

IDAHO

Idaho football added a pair of local student-athletes to next year's roster with the spring signing period, with Tyler Skinner and Brett Tommasini joining the Vandals in the fall.

Skinner, a 6-5, 285 lineman, helped lead Moscow to the playoffs in 2020, ultimately earning an win over Jerome in the first round. The local produce earned second team All-Idaho 4A honors as an offensive lineman in 2020, but also mixed it up as a defensive end. A versatile athlete, Skinner also competes on the basketball team at Moscow High.

Tommasini, the younger brother of current Vandal Derek Tommasini, earned 5A All-Idaho First Team honors last year as a linebacker after helping to lead Eagle High to the number four ranking in the west. He was named the 5A Southern Idaho Conference West Defensive Player of the Year in 2020 as well. At 6-2, 200, Tommasini was primarily a middle linebacker, but also played some tight end. Tommasini also showed off his athleticism on the diamond and was being recruited as a baseball player.

Idaho added 20 players to its signing list in December.

EASTERN WASHINGTON

Another five high school players will join the Eastern football program and play for the Eagles next fall, coach Aaron Best announced on the first day of the NCAA's February Letter of Intent signing period. Previously on Dec. 16, the Eagles announced 17 new additions, including 16 who signed national letters of intent and one as an invited walk-on who has been admitted and confirmed attendance at EWU.

The five new additions in February include a pair of signees, plus three who are invited walk-ons. Three of the five are offensive linemen, and Eastern also signed an in-state linebacker and defensive end. In all, four of the new additions are from Washington, giving Eastern a total of 12 among the 22 new players set to arrive at EWU next fall.

"We did most of our work prior to the first signing day," said Best, whose team will begin the winter/spring season on Feb. 27 at Idaho. "That was our intent knowing the season was going to be moved to the spring, which is really our winter. We wanted to tie up as many loose ends as we could on Dec. 16, knowing we would have a few things to address once we got to the third of February."

WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State coach Nick Rolovich announced four signings, including quarterback Jarrett Guarantano, a 6-foot-4, 213 pound graduate transfer from Tennessee. Guarantano, as well as new signees Chris Jackson, Tsion Nunnally and Ben Wilson are already enrolled at Washington State.

Washington State signed 19 players in December.

BOISE STATE

Ben Ford, a 5-foot-11 wide receiver from Eagle High, signed to play at Boise State, the school announced.

Ford was named the state Player of the Year at quarterback, averaging 11.5 yards per carry and gained over 2,000 yards of total offense and scored 26 touchdowns (14 passing/12 rushing).

Boise State also added Oregon transfer Cyrus Habibi-Likio (6-1, 215). He scored 21 touchdowns in three-years with the Ducks.

Also, running back/receiver Jordan Erickson of Rocky Mountain in Meridian accepted a preferred walkon offer from the Broncos.