Stories from Friday, September 17, 2010

A horse trainer from Grand View earned a national ranking and $10,000 prize during an annual wild Mustang competition held last month. Tom Hagwood was among the 83 competitors from 23 states that entered this year's Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover, held at the Will Rogers Memorial Complex in Fort Worth, Texas...

Richard McKenna Charter High School will herald the start of its new alternative energy initiative during a dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday. The dedication of the residential-scale wind turbine marks the completion of a three-year project involving students from five of the school's alternative energy classes...

The Mountain Home American Legion post honored two members of the local community for their contributions to the veterans organization here. Both awards were presented earlier this year during the American Legion Department of Idaho convention in Post Falls, but the recipients had been unable to attend the state convention...

John Shultz with the Snake River Sports Car Club of America speeds through an obstacle course set up at the Mountain Home Municipal Airport on Sunday. More than 60 drivers from the Boise-based car club came to Mountain Home over the weekend to test their driving prowess within the tight confines of the airport's parking ramp...

The Lady Tigers cross country squad improved their season record with a second-place finish at the Bob Shay Invitational in Hailey on Thursday. The Mountain Home boys trailed the leaders during last week's meet to finish sixth overall. Twin Falls won the girls' competition with 35 points while Mountain Home remained a close second with a final score of 43. Jerome came in third with 69 while Wood River, Kimberly and Burley rounded out the rest of the top competitors...

The Lady Tigers split their conference volleyball matches last week as they outpaced Columbia but fell to Skyview at Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. Mountain Home 3, Columbia 1 The Lady Tigers bounced back from an opening game loss to win three straight Sept. 7 to pound Columbia 3-1 in conference volleyball...

The Lady Tigers cross country squad improved their season record with a second-place finish at the Bob Shay Invitational in Hailey on Thursday. The Mountain Home boys trailed the leaders during last week's meet to finish sixth overall. Twin Falls won the girls' competition with 35 points while Mountain Home remained a close second with a final score of 43. Jerome came in third with 69 while Wood River, Kimberly and Burley rounded out the rest of the top competitors...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers continued their SIC 4A soccer season with a tie and a loss in last week's outings. Mountain Home 4, Middleton 4 Mountain Home battled the visiting Lady Vikings from Middleton to a 4-4 tie Sept. 7 at Eastside Park. Claudia Bermensolo led the Tigers with two goals while Rachel Warila and Shelby Henrick picked up the other goals. Jessica Tindall had an assist for Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home High School boys junior varsity soccer team began its season with a 4-0-2 record. The Tigers first game was at home against Bishop Kelly. They defeated the Knights 2-0. Sergio Eulalio and Robby Pack scored the two goals. Tomas Guillan and Jack Richellieu, the goalies, had a total of four saves...

A Glenns Ferry resident was transported by ambulance to Elmore Medical Center after suffering injuries from an alleged attack Wednesday night. According to initial reports taken by deputies with the Elmore County Sheriff's Department, Lyle Jones was at his residence when a masked suspect entered the home at 489 E. Arthur. Jones told deputies that the suspect was carrying a pistol...