Northwest Notes April 16, 2022
IHSAA announces Hall of Fame Class of 2022
BOISE — The Idaho High School Activities Association will induct Cary Cada (Borah High), Dave Mills (Boise High) and John Gregory (Nampa High) into the IHSAA Hall of Fame at the 42nd annual Hall of Fame banquet Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 6:30 p.m. MDT at the Boise Centre in downtown Boise.
Ticket information will be posted on the IHSAA website on or before June 1.
Other awards to be presented at the banquet include the 2022 Dick Fleischmann Memorial Award, the Wes Lowe Memorial Award and the Duane D. Wolfe Memorial Award. Distinguished Service Awards for each of the six activity districts, the Spirit of Sport Award and Official of the Year will also be presented. Those recipients will be announced at a later date.
Cada’s 36-year career began in 1979 at Capital High. Cada spent his first year in coaching and education as a varsity boys’ basketball assistant under legendary coach Charlie Henry. After that first year, Cada moved to Cascade High, serving four years as a teacher, librarian and track and basketball coach.
Cada came back to the Treasure Valley in 1984 taking a job at Borah High, a place he would remain until his retirement in 2016. Cada’s basketball teams qualified for state 16 times, played in seven championship games and won four state titles. He was named district Coach of the Year eight times and state Coach of the Year four times. He also coached golf for more than 10 years with his teams qualifying for state nine times.
Gregory spent the final 27 years of his career at Nampa High. He was the head coach for three varsity sports for 16 of those years, coaching girls basketball, softball and volleyball from 1988-2004. Prior to coming to Nampa, Gregory taught at Melba High for five years and coached boys and girls basketball and field hockey, where his team went undefeated and beat Meridian for the mythical state championship.
The final 11 years of his career, Gregory served as Nampa’s athletic director, giving him a total of 41 years in education.
Mills is one of the most prolific and influential cross country and track coaches in Idaho history. He served the students of Idaho for 41 years and worked in all levels of education from elementary school through post-secondary education. He spent the majority of his career working as an elementary physical education specialist with the Boise School District while also coaching cross country and track at Boise High. He coached 10 state champion cross country teams, two state champion track teams, 11 individual cross country champions and 44 individual track champions.
Mills was instrumental in numerous IHSAA cross country and track policy changes including the addition of the hardship rules for state qualifiers and adding wheelchair/para-athletes to the state track meet. Mills continues to volunteer as a collegiate cross country coach.