Hillcrest opens new stadium with Civil War win over Bonneville

IDAHO FALLS — Hillcrest High School continued its power successful nan Civil War rivalry crippled pinch Bonneville High School, defeating nan Bees 46-28 Friday.

The triumph secured nan Knights’ first triumph of nan play and earned Hillcrest its 10th triumph successful nan past 11 Civil War matchups.

Perhaps much importantly, nan Hillcrest programme took a long-awaited measurement up pinch nan debut of its caller on-campus Westmark Stadium.

Hillcrest, which antecedently played its location games astatine Bonneville High, celebrated pinch an overflow crowd that had spectators opinionated on nan obstruction statement of nan section and some sides of nan stadium were packed pinch students and spectators.

“It was awesome,” Hillcrest backmost Tyson Sweetwood said of nan atmosphere. “All nan fans showed up early. First location game. It was great.”

On nan field, it was Sweetwood penning his sanction successful nan Hillcrest grounds books pinch nan Knights’ first touchdown astatine home. His 16-yard scoring tally connected nan game’s first bid group nan tone.

That nine-play thrust was followed by a 10-play thrust and capped by an 18-yard onslaught from Sweetwood to Jace Judy for a 15-0 Hillcrest lead.

Judy would decorativeness pinch 7 catches for 163 yards and 3 scores.

Bonneville’s discourtesy yet sewage its chance successful nan 2nd 4th arsenic Brock Faulkner spearheaded a thrust that took up astir of nan quarter. His 1-yard touchdown tally trim nan shortage to 15-7, but nan Knights again took complete and methodically rolled downfield to adhd to nan lead arsenic Titan Larsen punched it successful from nine-yards.

Hillcrest (1-1, 1-0) controlled nan 3rd 4th and led 39-15 earlier Bonneville’s Keaton Trane took a kickoff and returned it 97-yards for a people pinch zero clip near connected nan clock. But nan Bees would get nary closer.

“We wanted to put our ft connected nan state from nan start,” Hillcrest coach Brennon Mossholder said of nan team’s accelerated start.

Mossholder, who is successful his 4th play astatine Bonneville, said he’s been waiting from time 1 to yet get to play a existent location crippled connected campus. “The ambiance was awesome … and I’m conscionable proud of our guys.”

Hillcrest is astatine Thunder Ridge High School adjacent Friday. Bonneville (0-3, 0-1) hosts Idaho Falls High School.