Silver Valley Sports: Oct. 30 - Nov. 5

Mullan football drops quarterfinal matchup; Swimmers wrap season up; Kellogg, Wallace, and Mullan volleyball all grab league MVPs

Little kid, big voice

Christopher Sverdsten, 6, will perform the national anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in December

There is nothing like a live rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. It’s even more memorable when it’s performed by a 6-year-old.

State high school football playoff scores, schedules

First-round and quarterfinal scores, and semifinal matchups.

Legals for November, 7 2023

STATE SWIMMING: Upon further review ... Lake City girls win third straight state title

“It was probably the biggest rollercoaster you’ve ever been on,” said Lake City freshman "Tillie" Sobek, who claimed state 5A titles in the 200-yard freestyle, 500 freestyle and on a winning leg of the 200 freestyle relay. “You feel the world crashing down and start thinking you’d lost.”

NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinals bow out in NWAC quarterfinals

Recaps of NIC athletics contests on Saturday.

PREP FOOTBALL: Timberlake has its moments in loss to Sugar-Salem

No. 8 Timberlake, in the state playoffs for the 20th time in 21 seasons, finishes 6-5.

A dive into campaign finance

More than 11,300 people have donated over $8.7 million to 350 Idaho candidates and 143 political action committees since Jan. 1 as of Friday afternoon. Nearly 250 candidates and 92 PACs spent close to $3.9 million on 2,595 vendors, according to Idaho Secretary of State's campaign finance website

Role reversal: Coeur d'Alene handles Rocky Mountain, moves on to state 5A semifinals

Coeur d’Alene (8-2) will play at Eagle (10-0) next week in a semifinal game. Eagle rallied in the fourth quarter to beat defending state champion Rigby 17-14 on Friday night at home.

THE FRONT ROW with JASON ELLIOTT: A start for NIC and quite a fumble by me

“It was a really aggressive game,” said Symons, whose team made 22 of 34 free throws. “If we were still in the Northwest Conference, we would have shot maybe 20 more free throws. We just had to play through some rough basketball.”

A ‘BYOJ’ game for Vandals

“We’ve got to do a good job of ‘BYOJ’ — bring your own juice, and be ready to go, and be ready to get excited on your own,” Idaho coach Jason Eck said earlier this week, in his weekly meeting with area media. “It’s tough not to be fired up when you walk out the tunnel and you see a sellout crowd. … we have to make sure we’re not flat.”

NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal volleyball wrap unbeaten run through East Region

NIC (28-1, 16-0 NWAC) will host the East Bracket of the Northwest Athletic Conference Championships next Saturday and Sunday. NIC will face Everett (21-11), the No. 4 team from the North Region, next Saturday at 1 p.m.; Cardinal men's and women's basketball play again today.

COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL: Ike has big night for Zags

Gonzaga opens the regular season at home Nov. 10 against Yale.

Marvin Petersen, 89

Marvin D Petersen, Post Falls, died Friday, Oct. 20th, 2023, at home.

Ray Liberg, 92

LIBERG, Ray W. (Col. US Army Reserve, Ret.)

Gayle T. Walker, 96

Donna Gayle Thomas Walker, 1927 - 2023, passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 31st. She was born in Pleasantview, Idaho to Viola Criesta Peterson Thomas and Charles Edward Thomas at their family farm.

Colleen (Kearney) Flowers, 70

Colleen Marie (Kearney) Flowers, 70, of Rathdrum, Idaho, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2023, at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., of multiple myeloma, a rare blood cell cancer. She was born July 13, 1953, in Sunnyside, Wash., to Kenneth “Ken” and Shirley (Post) Kearney, the first of five children.

Legals for November, 4 2023

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: When push comes to shove for Zags this season ...

New-look Gonzaga opens the 2023-24 season tonight with an exhibition game at The Kennel against Lewis-Clark State.

GRIDIRON GUESSES Nov. 3, 2023: State playoffs: Hey, haven't we met somewhere before?

As for the picks, Jason Elliott, Mark Nelke and Josh McDonald each went 2-1 last week. Jason still leads at 56-21 overall, Mark is at 55-22, Josh 52-25.