For Something, Anyway By Les Tanner I’m a regular pickleball player at the YMCA in Caldwell, where another regular player is a guy I know fairly well. This story is about him and I suppose he could write
The Power of Girls’ Sports Story and Photos by Annette Lewis When I was eleven, my family moved to Idaho. At the time, Salmon had a whopping population of 3,535. This was a huge adjustment for a pre-teen
Art Spaugy, Student Athlete By Brant Short Photos courtesy of Brant Short In our family, the story of Arthur E. Spaugy was told and retold, as all good legends are, so I knew of his sporting achievements at
By Bianca Dumas Photos courtesy of University of Utah J. Willard Library Ski and Snow Sports Archives, Alan Engen Ski History Collection I got a one-word text from my son Gordon in McCall: “Whoa.” Attached was his snapshot
Fitness through Wrestling By Kerry Schultz The two wrestlers stood in a circle marked on the mat and stared intently at each other. This was the first time I’d seen a live wrestling match and I imagined the
Alpine Touring Isn’t Crazy Story and Photos by Michael Stubbs Just back from an adventure, I pull into the driveway in my red ‘99 SUV, which I bought in Alaska and have driven as far as a hundred-plus
When Skiing Was Shoeing Story and Photos by Ray Brooks In the fall of 1962, my nineteen-year-old brother returned from a deer hunt with a pair of eight-foot-long, weathered and warped, handmade wooden skis he had discovered in
A Lot of Cars Totaled By Michael Vogt Photos Courtesy of Michael Vogt The author, who compiled an oral history of a horse racing track near Caldwell in the 1940s (“Sage Acres,” IDAHO magazine, January 2021) now does
Power-Walking through the Pandemic By Judy Felton Many years ago, a very wise Buhl School Board made the decision to invest in building an athletics track. It soon became known as one of the best in southern Idaho
More Than Just a Game By Mike Blackbird It was the bottom of the last inning in a seven-inning American Legion baseball game and our visiting Kellogg team led by one run—but St. Maries had the bases loaded
