Athletics News

• Eight North Gem Athletes Medal at the State Track Meet- May 23, 2011- Congratulations to the medal winners at last week's State Track Meet: Kirsti Christensen, sixth place in the discus; Aspen Holbrook, third place in the shot put; Quentin VanPelt, third place in the discus; Kendall Lloyd, fifth place in the 110 meter high hurdles; Dalen Barfuss, fourth place in the 1600 meter run; Tyler McLain, second place in the 200 meter dash (new school record time) and sixth place in the 100 meter dash; the Sprint Medley Relay team (Riley Askew, Tyler McLain, Garrett Thompson, Dalen Barfuss), fourth place (new school record time).

• North Gem Wrestling Ends Season with a State Champion-March 1, 2011- The North Gem Wresters had a very successful season.  The following eight students wrestled this year: Morgan Christensen (103 lbs.), Trey Reed (103 lbs.), Caleb Williams (125 lbs.), Justin Williams (130 lbs.), Westyn Thompson (140 lbs.), Anson Christensen (152 lbs.), and Nate Gonzalez (189 lbs.).  Throughout the season, the wrestlers placed at several tournaments.  At the district tournament, Trey Reed placed 3^rd, Caleb Williams placed 1^st, Justin Williams placed 1^st, Westyn Thompson placed 2^nd, Anson Christenson placed 2^nd, and Nate Gonzales placed 3^rd. 

  At the State Tournament held in Nampa, the wrestlers all won their first match.  Trey, Westyn, and Anson went out of the tournament in the next two rounds, losing very close matches.  Caleb Williams went on to place 6^th in the tournament.  Justin Williams started the tournament with a 36-1 record.  His only loss had been to Rugar Jarvis of Challis at the Sugar Salem Tournament.  Justin and Rugar had wrestled twice throughout the year, each winning once.  Justin won his first three matches at the state tournament and went on to wrestle Rugar Jarvis in the finals.  In an exciting match, Justin pinned Rugar in the 3^rd round and went on to become the State Champion in the 130 lb. weight class for the 2A division schools.  Congratulations to all of the wrestlers for a wonderful season.

   

• 3rd Place at the State Tournament & Academic State Champions-February 22, 2011- The North Gem Lady Cowboys continued their undefeated basketball season through the first round of the State Girls Basketball Tournament in Nampa this past weekend. The girls' only loss of the season came in the semi-final round, when they fell to Dietrich 34-42. They came back the next day, though, and defeated Mackay 45-41, in overtime, to take the third place spot in the tournament. The Lady Cowboys finished the season with a 24-1 record.  Click here to see the tournament bracket.   The members of the girls basketball team also earned the Academic State Champions Award, with a combined g.p.a. of 3.75.

• 2nd Place at State -November 1, 2010- The North Gem volleyball team went to the IHSAA State Volleyball Tournament in Burley on Friday, October 29th and Saturday, October 30th. The Lady Cowboys defeated Dietrich in five games in the quarterfinal match. Then in their semifinal match, they beat Tri-Valley, also in 5 games. In the final match of the tournament, they fell to Camas County in four games. The girls did a great job over the season and at the state tournament. They represented North Gem proudly. Click here to see the tournament bracket. 

• Academic State Champions -October 26, 2010- This week the Idaho High School Activities Association announced that North Gem's volleyball players are Academic State Champions.  This award is presented to the varsity team in each classification that achieves the highest cumulative grade point average. North Gem's volleyball team has a cumulative g.p.a. of 3.68!

North Gem competes in the North Side Conference for Football, and the Rocky Mountain Conference for all other sports.  We compete in Division II of the 1A Classification.