Eagle, Bishop Kelly football No. 1 heading into season finale
The Bishop Kelly High football team continued its wire-to-wire run as Idaho’s No. 1-ranked 4A team for the ninth straight week, and Eagle remained atop the 5A rankings for the eighth straight week in the latest state media poll, released Tuesday.
Eagle maintained its perfect record with a 30-20 victory over rival and defending state champ Rocky Mountain last week. It heads into its season finale at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Dona Larsen Park vs. Borah looking to lock up the 5A SIC Pod B title and a first-round playoff bye.
Bishop Kelly cruised to its 16th straight win, forcing six turnovers to rout Skyview 50-21 and clinch the 4A SIC title. The win locks up a spot in the state quarterfinals for the three-time defending state champs.
In the small-school classifications, Fruitland climbed to No. 3 in 3A, and Salmon River returned to the No. 1 spot in 1A Division II.
WEEK 8 POLL
CLASS 5A
Team (1st-place votes) | W-L | Pts | Pvs | |
1 | Eagle (9) | 8-0 | 49 | 1 |
2 | Lewiston (1) | 8-0 | 41 | 2 |
3 | Mountain View | 7-1 | 28 | 3 |
4 | Coeur d’Alene | 4-3 | 15 | 4 |
5 | Capital | 7-1 | 7 | — |
Others receiving votes: Rocky Mountain 5, Madison 3, Highland 2.
CLASS 4A
Team (1st-place votes) | W-L | Pts | Pvs | |
1 | Bishop Kelly (10) | 8-0 | 50 | 1 |
2 | Skyline | 8-0 | 40 | 2 |
3 | Emmett | 6-2 | 26 | 3 |
4 | Vallivue | 6-2 | 19 | 5 |
5 | Skyview | 5-3 | 9 | 4 |
Others receiving votes: Wood River 6.
CLASS 3A
Team (1st-place votes) | W-L | Pts | Pvs | |
1 | Shelley (10) | 7-0 | 50 | 1 |
2 | Kimberly | 7-0 | 36 | 3 |
3 | Fruitland | 5-2 | 24 | 4 |
4 | Sugar-Salem | 6-1 | 23 | 2 |
5 | South Fremont | 7-1 | 17 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: None.
CLASS 2A
Team (1st-place votes) | W-L | Pts | Pvs | |
1 | St. Maries (9) | 7-0 | 49 | 1 |
2 | Firth (1) | 6-1 | 39 | 2 |
3 | Declo | 6-2 | 29 | 3 |
4 | Aberdeen | 6-1 | 23 | 4 |
5 | North Fremont | 5-2 | 7 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: New Plymouth 2, McCall-Donnelly 1.
CLASS 1A DIVISION I
Team (1st-place votes) | W-L | Pts | Pvs | |
1 | Raft River (10) | 7-0 | 50 | 1 |
2 | Prairie | 6-1 | 33 | 3 |
3 | Lapwai | 6-1 | 30 | 2 |
4 | Valley | 6-1 | 15 | 4 |
5 | Troy | 6-1 | 14 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Glenns Ferry 6, Kamiah 2.
CLASS 1A DIVISION II
Team (1st-place votes) | W-L | Pts | Pvs | |
1 | Salmon River (5) | 7-1 | 44 | 2 |
2 | Dietrich (5) | 7-0 | 42 | 1 |
3 | Kendrick | 6-1 | 31 | 3 |
4 | Deary | 5-1 | 22 | 4 |
5 | North Gem | 5-2 | 9 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Carey 2.
Voters:
Paul Kingsbury, IdahoSports.com
Mark Nelke, Coeur d’Alene Press
Fred Davis, Blackfoot Morning News
Matt Harris, IdahoSports.com
Michael Lycklama, Idaho Statesman
Michael Guise, Idaho State Journal
Brandon Walton, Idaho Press-Tribune
Jeff Pinkham, Post Register
Michael-Shawn Dugar, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Greg Lee, Spokesman-Review
Michael Lycklama: 208-377-6424, @MichaelLycklama
This story was originally published October 18, 2016 at 5:54 PM with the headline "Eagle, Bishop Kelly football No. 1 heading into season finale."