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Tamarack opens SuperPipe
Tamarack Resort’s monstrous Hells Canyon SuperPipe is now open for all free riders. At 450-feet long with towering 22-foot walls, the pipe is one of just six in North America to feature the new Olympic standard – walls four feet higher than typical pipes.
The Hells Canyon SuperPipe will be making its national debut at the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, which stops at Tamarack on Feb. 8-10. Riders from all over the world will travel to Tamarack to put their free-ride skills to the test on Hells Canyon’s walls, getting boosted more than 20 feet into the air. The Grand Prix events are free to all spectators.
Bronco football sets dates with BYU
Boise State University, along with Brigham Young University, announced Jan. 14 a four-game football series beginning in the 2012 season. Director of Athletics Gene Bleymaier made the announcement for BSU. The first game is scheduled to be played at Bronco Stadium on Sept. 22, 2012. The next game will be in Provo, Utah on Sept. 7, 2013. The 2014 game is scheduled back in Boise for Sept. 6, with the final game to be played at LaVell Edwards Stadium on the BYU campus Sept. 12, 2015.
Bleymaier also announced that a tentative date of Saturday, Oct. 11, has been set for the Broncos’ non-conference game at the University of Southern Mississippi this upcoming season.
Other non-conference games BSU has scheduled for 2008 includes at home against Idaho State University on Aug. 30, at the University of Oregon on Sept. 20 and at home on Oct. 4 against Bowling Green State University.
The rest of the 2008 schedule will not be released until sometime in early March.
Glass earns WAC honor
Boise State gymnast Amy Glass was named the Western Athletic Conference Specialist of the Week for the week of Jan. 7-13. Glass joins San Jose State’s Alise Blackwell, who earned the title of WAC Gymnast of the Week.
Glass, a Vacaville, Calif. native, earned the first Specialist of the Week honor of the season. It is also the first honor for the freshman as well as the first conference award for the Broncos this season. Glass earned the award after finishing first on vault at BSU’s dual meet against Utah State on Jan. 11. She recorded a 9.825 mark in the win and earned the highest-scoring mark of the meet in any event. With her performance, Glass also landed a No. 33 (tied) spot in the NCAA national rankings in the event.
Four BSU wrestlers reach top 20
Boise State University’s Kirk Smith, Tyler Sherfey, Adam Hall and Kurt Swartz are listed among the top 20 wrestlers in their respective weight class this week in the USA Today/InterMat/NWCA rankings, as of Jan. 16.
Smith, a true freshman from Boise, leads the group with an eighth place ranking in the 184-pound weight division. Sherfy moved up to 10th in the 157-pound division with an 18-5 record this season. Hall is ranked 12th at 149-pounds and Swartz is No. 18 in the 165-pound division.