Sports

The Lady Tiger’s Soccer team is still feeling the accolades that come from a successful first season in a new conference. Last week four players were named to the Great Basin Conference’s All Conference team.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...

According to Coach Jeffrey Tibbitts, the Mountain Home Swim team capped off a successful season by an amazing performance at the two-day Championship meet in Boise on Nov. 2nd and 3rd. 24 teams made up the 4A competition in Idaho’s second year with swimming as a sanctioned sport...

The Mountain Home Tigers Cross Country team finished out a successful season by sending Jacob Criddle as an individual runner and the entire girls varsity team to the state competition in Lewiston on Oct. 27. 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...

After a successful first season as members of the Great Basin Conference the Mountain Home High School Football team was eligible for the State 4A Playoffs. On Oct. 26 they took on long time foes the Nampa Bulldogs in Nampa. The season ended in Nampa with a heartbreaking 50-7 loss to the Bulldogs...

In its second year as a sanctioned high school sport in Idaho the Mountain Home Swim Team is seeing great success. At the district competition that was held in Twin Falls last weekend the Tigers qualified five swimmers for the state competition and left with two district champions...

On Oct. 26 MHHS and the community of Mountain Home sent two fall sports teams off in style. The Cross Country team headed to Lewiston for the 4A state Championship meet while the Football team went to play the Nampa Bulldogs in the 4A state playoffs. For more on how the teams did and an update on the swim team pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

The MH Lady Tigers ended their season with a tough loss at a very rainy and wet Jerome. The Lady Tigers scoring first early in the first half to take a 1-0 lead, but that was short lived when Jerome evened the score to 1-1. MH Ladies scored again when Sophomore Forward Kasey Derrick found the back of the net to make it 2-1, but that would be the last time MH would have the lead. ...

The Mountain Home High School Swim Team is off to a successful start after the first two meets of the season. On Sept. 19 the team traveled to Twin Falls with eight athletes. The boys placed third and the girls placed fourth. Overall the team placed fourth at of six teams...

The MHHS Lady Tigers Soccer team traveled to Twin Falls to face the Canyon Ridge River Hawks in a conference match up on Sept. 27. The Tigers struck first with a break away goal by Sophomore Kasey Derrick with an assist from Senior Mackenzie Niskich giving them a 1-0 lead going into halftime...

It's been a long season for the boys soccer team. On Sept. 18 the team traveled to Jerome where they faced the JHS Tigers for a second time. After losing the first match 11-0 the MHHS Tigers fared better, but still lost 5-0. According to Coach Durham the team held strong and shut down the middle attack with multiple shot opportunities, but nothing was making the net for them.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.. ...

On Sept. 21 the Mountain Home Tigers Football team took on the Kimberly Bulldogs in a non-conference game at home. The Bulldogs scored first and converted a two point conversion to go up 8-0. The Tigers answered back with a touchdown of their own, but failed to convert. Kimberly made a 34 yard field goal extending their lead to five points in the first quarter.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 Tigers Cross Country team continues to see success. On Sept. 22 the team traveled to Eagle, ID, to compete in the Bob Firman Invitational. The competition at Eagle Island State Park is one of the largest in our region with around over 4,300 athletes competing from nine different states. Numerous MHHS runners set life time PRs at the meet...

The MHHS Tigers Cross Country team traveled to Twin Falls for the Canyon Ridge Run on Sept. 12 at the College of Southern Idaho. It was another successful meet with many athletes setting new personal records (PR) and three varsity runners finishing in the top 20...

The Lady Tigers Soccer team played two matches last week. They are currently sitting at 4-3-1 in conference play. On Sept. 11 they had a home match against the Bobcats of Burley High School. In a match that the Tigers dominated from the beginning the team wasted no time in scoring with Kaitlyn Francisco getting a goal within the opening 17 seconds of the match. ...