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Sports >  Idaho football

Idaho athletics works through steps to return after coronavirus pandemic

UPDATED: Mon., June 8, 2020

The novel coronavirus upended college athletics as basketball was about to embark on March Madness. spring football and spring sports saw seasons end while they were waiting in the wings.

Sports >  Idaho football

Idaho negotiates new world of athletics, school after coronavirus subsides

UPDATED: Sat., April 25, 2020

The variables of planning to operate a college athletics program in a pandemic are maddening.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho holds off Idaho State 80-76 for Senior Day victory

UPDATED: Sat., March 7, 2020

In a final 30 seconds marked by effort as much as art, Idaho’s seniors Trevon Allen and Quinton Forrest stood tall at the end as the Vandals wrested an 80-76 win from Idaho State on senior day.

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Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho can’t sustain late charge in 72-64 loss to Weber State

UPDATED: Thu., March 5, 2020

Idaho’s penultimate game against Weber State was a tale of two halves. Until it wasn’t.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho men’s basketball coach Zac Claus has interim tag removed

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Zac Claus’ appointment was announced to the team at the start of Tuesday’s workout.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Trevon Allen taking time to enjoy final games with Idaho Vandals

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

Time flies. Only a couple of years ago, Trevon Allen was a precocious sophomore riding the coattails of talented, disciplined, mature upperclassmen like Victor Sanders, B.J. Blake, Nate Sherwood, Perrion Callendret, Jordan Scott and Arkadiy Mkrtychyan on an Idaho Vandals team than finished 22-9 overall and 14-4 in the Big Sky Conference.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Sacramento State holds off late Idaho rally for 67-56 victory

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 22, 2020

Nearly midway through the second half, this was looking like the next installment in a dismal line of Idaho’s recent defeats – a pair of double-digit losses in which the Vandals struggled to compete.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Northern Arizona overcomes slow start to top Idaho

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 20, 2020

After Luke Avdaloc drilled a 3-pointer on Northern Arizona’s opening possession, the Lumberjacks and Idaho collectively missed 10 shots over the next four minutes.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Vandals’ Klinker sisters proud to be ‘workhorses,’ not ‘show ponies’

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 16, 2020

The concept of paired accomplishment is not unfamiliar to the University of Idaho’s women’s basketball team. This season, Lizzy Klinker, a senior wing, and her sister, Natalie, a junior post, bring to the Vandals a heavy-hitting ethic of fundamentally sound, power basketball honed in the crucible of Montana – Fairfield High School, to be specific – where that robust game is not only appreciated but expected.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho’s Quinton Forrest discovered perfect place to salvage final season

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

The interplay of fate and old school ties brought Quinton Forrest and the University of Idaho together when both were badly in need of luck.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Trevon Allen’s career-high 36 points not enough to lift Idaho over Big Sky-leading Montana

Sat., Feb. 8, 2020

Led by Sayeed Pridgett’s 19 points, Montana (14-10, 10-3 Big Sky) had four scorers in double figures.

Sports >  Idaho football

Ferris standout Tarynce Antolin headlines strong recruiting class for Paul Petrino, Idaho

Wed., Feb. 5, 2020

Before the start of Ferris’ football season last fall, coach Tom Yearout got the kind of pleasant surprise coaches dream about. Tarynce Antolin, who won a state championship the previous year at Hawaii’s Waipahu High School, had moved with his family to Spokane and would play his senior season at Ferris.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho Vandals prove no match for Southern Utah

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 27, 2020

In the best of circumstances, Southern Utah (12-7, 5-3 in the Big Sky Conference) is a tough matchup for Idaho. “They are a big, strong, mature team. We knew that coming in,” Vandals center Jack Wilson said. Circumstances could not have been much worse, as Idaho (5-14, 1-7) shot abysmally, 26.2 percent (16 of 61), in getting rolled by the Thunderbirds, 73-45.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Northern Colorado wears down Idaho in second half

Sat., Jan. 25, 2020

The determination that gave Idaho a chance to win in the closing seconds of each of its first five league losses was tested again by Northern Colorado.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Zac Claus: Idaho athletics ‘left in a better place’ because of Pete Isakson

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 19, 2020

A postgame press conference following Idaho’s 78-75 loss to Eastern Washington University on Thursday became a platform for another message.

Sports >  EWU basketball

Defense steps up late to help Eastern Washington pull out win over Idaho

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 16, 2020

Fouled with 4.3 seconds remaining and Eastern Washington clinging to a one-point lead, Kim Aiken Jr. prolonged the suspense in a game with Idaho that saw 10 lead changes.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Rivalry showdown between Eastern Washington, Idaho is ‘never just another game’ for Zac Claus

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 15, 2020

The hand at the tiller that steered Idaho through those rough waters belongs to interim coach Zac Claus, who had been an assistant with the Vandals from 2015 until being named to head the team this year.

Sports >  Area sports

Former Idaho interim athletic director Pete Isakson dies at 48

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 14, 2020

In perhaps one of the most satisfying days in his tenure as athletics director, Pete Isakson got to take part in the groundbreaking for the UI’s new basketball arena, set to open next year.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho can’t hold off Montana State, Harald Frey in 71-68 loss

Thu., Jan. 9, 2020

Idaho’s Marquell Fraser matched Frey with 22 points to lead the Vandals.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Trevon Allen, Scott Blakney lead Idaho past Portland State

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 2, 2020

For an Idaho team with four wins heading into its Big Sky Conference home opener, success has been tenuous and temporary.

Sports >  WSU basketball

Isaac Bonton’s breakthrough performance guides Washington State past Incarnate Word

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 21, 2019

Isaac Bonton had a breakthrough performance for Washington State with a game-best 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.

Sports >  Idaho football

Idaho signs 11 players with intriguing potential

Wed., Dec. 18, 2019

In its 11-player early signing class, Idaho added intriguing athletic talent. It built on its legacy. It brought in several players who are expected to play immediately and it poached a former Cougar.

Sports >  Idaho basketball

Idaho overcomes limited roster to overtake Roadrunners in overtime

Sat., Dec. 14, 2019

For 44 minutes, Idaho and Cal State Bakersfield couldn’t have played a tighter game.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

No. 18 Gonzaga women use balance on offense, stifling defense to down Washington State

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2019

LeeAnne Wirth led all scorers with 16 points and 10 rebounds for Gonzaga. Jill Townsend backed her up with 14 points for the Bulldogs, hitting 3 of 4 3-point attempts. Jenn Wirth added 13 points and Jessie Loera 10.

Sports >  WSU football

Washington State puts Apple Cup, coaching rumors behind it in preparation for bowl game

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 6, 2019

The Cougars started preparing for a bowl destination they won’t learn until Sunday. The work probably helped them put the Apple Cup defeat a little farther in the rear-view mirror.