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Weiser, Homedale take early exits in state contest

Published by admin on Tue, 05/23/2023 - 9:50pm

Both of District 3’s 3A representative softball teams in the Idaho State tournament at Blackfoot were out of the hunt by the end of Friday, May 19.

Homedale defeated Weiser 8-0 in the first game, then took a 12-1 loss to the eventual 3A champion Marsh Valley, followed by a 9-3 loss to Gooding.

Weiser’s Lady Wolverine softball team’s hopes for advancing were dashed in their second game when they took an 8-7 loss to Gooding in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Weiser 0, Homedale 8

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Bringing home the goods

Published by admin on Tue, 05/23/2023 - 9:48pm

Qualifying an even dozen players for 3A State tournament competition, Weiser’s mens’ tennis team secured the third-place trophy Saturday afternoon with a team total of 21 points.

The Lady Wolverines team brought home the 3A State Academic Champions trophy, with the team’s grade point average of 3.828 beating out 12 other 3A schools from around the state, and were just out of a tournament trophy finish with 20 team points.

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Weiser boys’, girls’ tennis teams place second at districts

Published by admin on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 11:23am

The Weiser High School boys’ and girls’ tennis teams placed second at district competition, which took place May 11-12.

Several individuals qualified for the 2023 3A State Championships scheduled for May 19-20 at Ridgeview High School, located at 18800 Madison Road in Nampa, and Owyhee High School, located at 3650 N. Owyhee Storm Ave. in Meridian.

Girls’ and boys’ singles will be at Ridgeview HS, with girls’ and boys’ doubles taking place at Owyhee HS.

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Wolverine baseball season ends with loss to Payette

Published by admin on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 11:15am

The Weiser Wolverines put up a tough fight against Payette in a do or die situation to continue on through districts in a chance to go to the State Championship. This is not a position that Weiser has been in for a few years and it was a hard thing to process.

Three seniors played their last game in Payette this past Tuesday and came up short 5-1.

Payette got their offense going sooner than the Wolverines could and despite throwing everything they had at the game, they couldn’t get caught up.

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Lady Wolverines defeat McCall Vandals to secure state berth

Published by admin on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 10:56am

Homedale claims district title with narrow 6-3 win over Weiser

Weiser’s Lady Wolverine softball team sealed a trip to the 3A State tournament in Blackfoot with a 10-1 win over McCall-Donnelly on Monday, May 8, sending them to the 3A District 3 championship game in Homedale on Wednesday, May 10.

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Lady Wolverines set two new school relay records

Published by admin on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 10:48am

The Weiser High School track team competed in the 3A District III championship meet on May 15. Several athletes qualified for the state championship and the girls’ team came out on top as overall SRV District Champions.

The Weiser womens’ team placed first for the day, with a score of 97.33 with McCall Donnelly taking second with a score of 87. Fruitland was third with a score of 65. Several athletes qualified for state by either taking one of the top four placements in their events or by finishing with a qualifying time regardless of placement.

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Lady Wolverines take SRV title

Published by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 9:19pm

The Weiser High School track and field team competed in the SRV track meet in Frutiland on Friday, April 28.

The SRV meet serves as a preview to districts as it is the first meet with only the six SRV teams competing. Weiser athletes performed well, with several earning personal records for their events. The goal is to keep improving to top those times once again at the district meet May 11 and 12.

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Weiser tennis team advances season record to 14-1-1

Published by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 9:16pm

Weiser’s Wolverine tennis team took its first loss of the season last week, dropping a match 9-3 to conference foe Parma on Tuesday, April 25. Shaking it off, the Wolverines picked up a 12-0 win over Payette’s Pirates two days later, Thursday, April 27.

Weiser - 10, Emmett - 2

(Monday, April 24)

Singles:

No. 1 - Dawson Richards, Nyssa def. Dauge McClellan, Weiser , 7-5, 7-6 (2).

No. 2 - Charlie Woods, Weiser def. Brady Cooper, Nyssa, 6-3, 6-1.

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Weiser defeats Fruitland in four and a-half innings

Published by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 9:13pm

Nine runs in the second inning put the Lady Wolverines varsity softball team in the lead for good over the Fruitland Grizzlies on Monday, April 24, ending in a Weiser 16-5 win after four and a-half innings.

With Weiser leading 2-1 after the first, Wolverine pitcher Danica Lockett denied the Grizzly battery a single hit in the top of the second, allowing one walk and striking out three.