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MALAD BOYS WRESTLING

1st Round

Defeated Grace Lutheran Volleyball (69% to 31%)

Quarterfinals

Defeated Nampa Christian Softball (87% to 13%)

Semifinals

Defeated Sugar-Salem Boys Track and Field (59% to 41%)

Head Coach

Devin Morrison, 15th Season

Key Athletes

Gabe Hooste, 12, 175 LBS.

Oakley Maddox, 10, 157 LBS.

Orrin Miller, 12, 285 LBS.

Drake Morrison, 10, 150 LBS.

Jack Willie, 11, 106 LBS.

Malad won their second consecutive state championship (and fourth overall) in a narrow battle with Ririe.  The Dragons compiled 211.5 points, while the Bulldogs finished with 194.  At the 3A State Tournament, Malad boasted three state champions and eleven placers overall.  Both numbers were the best among 3A teams.

Junior Jack Willie (106 lbs.), sophomore Drake Morrison (150 lbs.) and North Fremont transfer and senior Orrin Miller (285 lbs.) all claimed their first individual championships.  Willie and Miller each finally finished on top after placing three times in four years overall.  Each finished second at last year’s state tournament.

Porter Mills also became a three-time placer at 132 pounds, finishing sixth overall in that weight class.   Gabe Hooste was Malad’s highest-placing non-champion, as he finished third overall at 175 pounds.  As a bonus, Malad also won the academic championship for 3A wrestling in 2025.

RIRIE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

1st Round

Defeated Sandpoint Girls Swimming (85% to 15%)

Quarterfinals

Defeated Bonneville Baseball (59% to 41%)

Semifinals

Defeated Preston Boys Basketball (71% to 29%)

Head Coach

Pat Bragassa

Key Athletes

Jayci Baxter, 11

Liza Boone, 12

Lucy Boone, 11

Hailey Robson, 11

Lauren Robson, 11

Selecting one Ririe cross country team to highlight was difficult, as head coach Pat Bragassa engineered the Bulldogs to the rare boys-girls championship sweep at this year’s Class 3A meet.  But since the girls had the longer title drought, we’ll give them the nod here.  Ririe’s last boys cross country title came in 1996, while the girls hadn’t finished first since 1994.

Ririe’s girls went undefeated against Idaho teams in the 2024 season.  After finishing second to Soda Springs by a combined five points in 2022 and 2023, Ririe finally overcame the Cardinals, winning by seven points to claim the 2024 crown.

This year’s team featured a pair of sisters in Liza and Lucy Boone, as well as Hailey and Lauren Robson.  Lucy Boone finished second overall, while Liza Boone took fourth.  The rest of the Bulldogs’ lineup finished in the top twenty overall: Lauren Robson at 12th, Jayci Baxter at 18th and Hailey Robson at 20th.