The Lakeside girls basketball team had a chance to clinch a perfect league record Jan. 31 at Wallace.

Barring something unforeseen, the St. Maries girls basketball team will play for its season Saturday.

Grouped in with a hopeful return to the 2A state boys basketball tournament, this week will give the St. Maries boys basketball team its biggest test.

Lakeside senior guard Vander Brown shows up for games against Wallace.

The St. Maries wrestling team won four duals at the Clearwater Valley Duals last weekend, getting big performances from Trey Gibson and Landon Warren.

The Kootenai girls basketball team will face Mullan or Clark Fork in the first round of the North Star League girls basketball district tournament Feb. 7 at North Idaho College.

The St. Maries JV boys basketball team won its third consecutive game Jan. 30.

The Kootenai boys basketball team wrapped up its league schedule Jan. 31, and has three games remaining before the North Star Tournament.

Maddie Johnson and Landon Warren were the St. Maries wrestling team’s top performers at the Clearwater Classic last weekend.

The St. Maries girls basketball team will look for its second Central Idaho League win Thursday.

The St. Maries JV girls basketball team won its 12th consecutive game as it defeated Genesis Prep 40-23 Jan. 21 in Post Falls.

The first meeting between the Lakeside and Wallace boys basketball teams is slated for Wednesday (tonight) in Plummer.

For years, Carol Martin has driven back and forth between her grandchildrens’ basketball games.

In the absence of starting guard Greyson Sands, who was out due to a knee injury, St Maries’ boys basketball team got a boost from its starters Jan. 21.

The Kootenai boys basketball team will take on Mullan for the second time Thursday as it plays its third NSL game of the season.

Dustin Brandvold took top honors at the St. Maries Gun Club following the third week of the Camas Prairie League with his score of 24.

Four games remain for the Lakeside girls basketball team before district play.

The Greater St. Maries Youth Soccer Association (GSMYSA) will hold its yearly public meeting Feb. 2 at the public library at 5:30 p.m.

Molly Phillips scored all four of Kootenai’s points Jan. 20 as the Warrior girls basketball team played at Nezperce.

The St. Maries JV boys basketball team won back-to-back games last week behind a pair of big games from J.J. Yearout.

It wasn’t a surprise.

Lakeside cruised through each of its three games last week, and will take a four-game winning streak into Friday’s matchup at Bonners Ferry.

The Lakeside girls basketball team got a big performance from Kyleigh Wolfe and put together a strong third quarter as they got past Garfield-Palouse Jan. 14.

The St. Maries JV boys basketball team dropped below the .500 mark for the second time after losing at Kellogg Jan. 12.

In a long-awaited Central Idaho League matchup between old 3A rivals, the St. Maries boys basketball team had Kellogg right where it wanted it Jan. 12.

The UpRiver Saddle Club’s winter meeting and elections will be at noon Jan. 28 at the CAF Building in Fernwood.

The first meeting of the St. Maries Saddle Club for 2023 will be at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Main Street Bistro.

The Kootenai boys basketball team, following a cancellation last week due to a lack of players, looks to resume action Wednesday (today) as it plays at Priest River JV.

The St. Maries Gun Club will hold its election of officers Sunday between rounds.

The St. Maries wrestling team showed little rust from having two weeks off prior to attending the Crusader Classic last weekend at Northwest Christian High School.

The St. Maries girls basketball team has lost four of its last five games, culminating with losses to Kellogg and Grangeville last week.

Danika Sloper scored 33 points in two games for the St. Maries JV girls basketball team last week as it remained perfect with a 9-0 record.

They were excited.

The addition of Kellogg and Priest River to the Central Idaho League has doubled St. Maries’ number of league contests from last season.

The St. Maries JV boys basketball team split games last week, getting a win over Priest River leading up to a loss at Bonners Ferry.

With fewer than six seconds to play in its game at Timberlake Jan. 6, the Lakeside boys basketball team had scored six points in the entirety of the fourth quarter.

The Kootenai girls basketball team searched for its first win Jan. 10 as it opened North Star play against Mullan (4-5, 0-1 NSL).

The St. Maries girls basketball team was eight minutes from suffering a third consecutive loss when it hosted Logos Jan. 7.

The St. Maries JV girls basketball team remained perfect as it got past Logos by a score of 42-23 last week.

The St. Maries Gun Club will hold its election of officers January 22.

The Lakeside girls basketball team suffered its second loss last week against Timberlake.

The St. Maries wrestling team’s whirlwind is over, and the Lumberjacks sat in a solid position after seeing nearly 500 matches take place in their gym over the course of two days last week.

If you dial 911 by accident, best to stay on the line and just let them know what happened.

The St. Maries Church of the Nazarene's Win1 basketball and cheerleading program will start games next week.

The Camas Prairie League begins Sunday at 11 a.m. at the St. Maries Gun Club.

The St. Maries Little League’s annual meeting is Wednesday, January 11 at 6 p.m. in the Heyburn Elementary Gymnasium.

The annual Elks Hoop Shoot is January 8 at St. Maries Middle School.

It is never an easy task, picking our favorite sports stories of the calendar year.

We waited two years for St. Maries and Lakeside to face one another in a boys basketball game again.

The St. Maries JV girls basketball team remained undefeated following a pair of wins last week.