Adam Engel

1 week ago | magicvalley.com | Adam Engel

A simple recollection of the moment, even 12 years later, tears Melinda Sterling apart. She will apologize for crying as her eyes instantaneously water. Her voice trembles and her speech slows as she recalls the day her son’s life changed. A typical day in a gym in the summer of 2013 turned into a life-altering discovery when her son, Bryce Sterling, simply couldn’t keep up with his friends, thanks to a lingering limp.

1 week ago | magicvalley.com | Adam Engel

BURLEY — Alex Rushton couldn’t stop shaking. “I am shaking right now because I didn’t realize how crazy this is,” Burley senior Rushton said. Believe it, kid. Welcome to the Division I level. Rushton, weeks removed from back-to-back 5A state high jump titles and tying the class state meet record (6-8), signed his National Letter of Intent with BYU. “Dude, I am stoked,” Rushton told the Times-News. “This was my dream and I thought I was going to have to go a little smaller DI.

1 week ago | magicvalley.com | Adam Engel

TWIN FALLS — Feelings of a career-ending win replaced feelings of a state championship loss for Hayden Thaxton and his Declo teammates. Ending on a win. Even in an exhibition game. A Declo Hornet did all the scoring for the South in a 13-10 win over North during the 47th annual District IV Shrine Game (11-man) on Monday at Bruins Stadium in Twin Falls. “It is an honor to play with all the guys from around here,” quarterback Thaxton told the Times-News. “They are all dogs. Feels good.

1 week ago | magicvalley.com | Adam Engel

TWIN FALLS — Valley quarterback Josh Hardy isn’t quite sure what to do with his red South jersey. Frame it? Maybe. Throw it straight into a cardboard box full of high school keepsakes? Possibly. “Maybe use it as a blanket,” Hardy joked with the Times-News. What started out as a shiny jersey transformed into a shredded rag that opponents clawed and ripped at every opportunity to stop the do-it-all Viking.

2 weeks ago | magicvalley.com | Adam Engel

Declo senior Ellie Nebeker took a chance. Senior year, why not try something new? Nebeker participated in Business Professionals of America based on a recommendation from a friend. The result? Declo’s first BPA national champion. Nebeker won the national title in Health Administration Procedures at the BPA National Leadership Conference in early May in Orlando, Florida. “I was very surprised,” Nebeker told the Times-News. “I wasn’t feeling confident.