Sports

The Mountain Home High School cross country team competed at Wood River on Sept. 8, finishing third in the girls run and eighth in the boys run. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Mountain Home ATV/UTV Club recently hosted the Idaho State ATV Association annual meeting in the Pine and Featherville area. Approximately 120 people attended from all over the state, the furthest club in attendance being North Idaho ATV Association from Coeur d’Alene...

On Sept. 2, 17 Mountain Home High School runners went all out at the Cardinal Classic tournament hosted in Soda Springs, ID. In the J.V. category, three freshmen represented Mountain Home, all setting personal bests. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

The Mountain Home High School cross-county team opened their season last weekend at the McCall Dash and Splash. At this event, sportsmanship is promoted, so members of the local cross-country team were divided and paired up with runners from other schools. Times were also not recorded, but Coach Doug Root has provided unofficial times and where runners placed as individuals...

The Mountain Home High School Lady Tigers won their first match of the season in impressive fashion Aug. 19 in a non-conference match against the Spartans of Mincio 14-0. The Lady Tigers took a 10-0 halftime lead with nine players scoring at least one goal in the game...

As the school year creeps closer, the American Legion Post 26 baseball season ends, marking their first season as the Mountain Home Phantoms. The 2017 season was a rejuvenation, according to Tim Hobgood, president of the non-profit organization. Ditching the Mountain Home Royals name, players donned the purple and orange jerseys to become the Phantoms - a "dedication" to the F-4, according to Tim Hobgood...

Local physicians will offer free school sports physicals from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday at St. Luke's Clinic Trinity Mountain, located at 465 McKenna Drive in Mountain Home. This year's event is open to students in grades 6 to 12 who are required to have a sports physical prior to participating in school sports programs...

Nearly two dozen athletes from Mountain Home took home dozens of medals as they competed in this year's Special Olympics state summer games, held recently. The track and field event comes as the Mountain Home team continues to grow and remains one of the larger teams in Idaho, said Stacy Bauer, co-local program coordinator with the High Hopes team...

Mountain Home High School's Tigers tennis team wrapped up its annual summer tennis camp at Richard Aguirre Park on Friday. The camp, which is the primary fundraiser for the Tiger tennis team, had 19 students participating, ranging in age from 4 to 14 years old with the children and teens divided into four age groups...