Skyline continues its dominance in the Emotion Bowl with 47-0 win over Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS – The goalposts astatine Ravsten Stadium will stay blue.

The Emotion Bowl rivalry shot crippled betwixt Idaho Falls and Skyline dates backmost to 1966 and provides a thrilling ambiance that’s difficult to hit erstwhile nan 2 teams meet up.

But connected nan field, nan Emotion Bowl has go a one-sided matter arsenic nan Grizzlies won for nan 10th clip successful nan past 11 games connected Saturday, and they did it convincingly. The 47-0 triumph was nan largest separator of triumph since 2015, erstwhile Skyline came distant pinch a 50-0 win.

As per tradition, nan winning squad gets to overgarment a goalpost astatine nan stadium successful their schoolhouse colors and players and fans didn’t hesitate to subordinate successful nan postgame ceremony pinch nan bluish theme.

Despite nan extremity result, Skyline coach Scott Berger wasn’t fresh to downplay nan long-running rivalry.

“We ever opportunity it’s not who we play, it’s really we play,” Berger said. “But, this game, it adds a small spot much to it but you can’t get each wrapped up successful nan emotion of it.”

The rout was connected early arsenic Idaho Falls punted connected nan opening possession and Skyline’s Taylor Taylor ran it backmost 50 yards for nan score.

The Grizzlies added 2 much scores by nan extremity of nan first 4th arsenic CarMyne Garcia connected pinch Trey Kirkham for touchdowns of 18 and 38 yards for a 19-0 advantage.

Idaho Falls’ discourtesy ne'er sewage successful sync, punting connected its first 4 possessions and past getting stopped connected a fourth-and-1 play. The Tigers punted connected their last 2 possessions of nan half while nan Skyline discourtesy continued to march downfield pinch moving touchdowns by Garcia and Kirkham, and yet a passing people erstwhile Garcia deed Zyan Crockett for an 18-yarder conscionable earlier nan half for a 40-0 lead.

“What we talk astir is you person to spell for 48 minutes,” Berger said. “You person to enactment focused. We talked astir astatine halftime let’s do everything right. Let’s get lined up, let’s prosecute to nan ball. It was a beingness crippled … you sewage to make judge we’re shedding blocks and we sewage to beryllium bully tacklers.”

The triumph was nan 2nd large convention triumph for nan Grizzlies, who downed defending convention champion Hillcrest 28-16 past week and improved to 3-0 and 3-2 wide aft Saturday’s victory.

As players and fans celebrated astatine nan goalpost painting, Berger reflected connected nan history of nan rivalry game.

“You ne'er cognize what’s going to hap successful this game,” he said, noting that nan lone nonaccomplishment during nan team’s existent streak came successful 2021 erstwhile Idaho Falls rallied for a 38-34 win.

“Trust me, nary 1 has been a portion of arsenic galore wins arsenic I have, and nobody’s been a portion of arsenic galore losses arsenic I have,” Berger added.

Garcia was an businesslike 12-for-16 for 174 yards, and passed for 4 touchdowns while moving for another. Kirkham accounted for 2 receiving touchdowns and a rushing score.

Idaho Falls (1-4, 0-2) hosts Minico successful a non-conference crippled connected Friday. Skyline continues convention play astatine Shelley.