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Cedar Ridge wins FHIRA season opening Indian Relay race

Cedar Ridge team with rider Dallon Yokoyama.

POCATELLO — Cedar Ridge with rider Dallon Yokoyama won the Fort Hall Indian Relay Association season opener and $700 May 12 at Pocatello Downs.

Second place and $420 went to the Teton team with rider Miaus Teton while the Appenay team with rider Vincent “Jamo” Chavez was third winning $280.

The Coby team also ran but lost a horse and disqualified.

The next races are May 27 in Fort Hall.

Walker plays for Idaho Prime championship team

Jace Walker with trophy.

CHUBBUCK — The Rocky Mountain School of Baseball RMSB Pocatello 8u tournament was May 10-11 at Cotant Park in Chubbuck where Jace Walker is a player for Idaho Prime.

The teams were: Bear River Bears, Cache Wolverines, Chubbuck Crush, Idaho Falls Hawks, Idaho Prime, Madison Cats, Park City Miners, Uintah Utes, and Utah Rockies.

Idaho Prime played two games on Friday beating Cache Wolverines (20-6) and Uintah Utes (12-11) with Jace hitting a walk off single to score the winning run. On Saturday Prime beat Park City Miners (24-0) and Utah Rockies (17-3) to reach the championship game Saturday night. The championship game was a rematch game vs. Uintah Utes. Idaho Prime won the championship game (20-13) to go 5-0 on the weekend.

Jace Walker is a Sho-Ban tribal member and pitched 1 1/3 innings in the championship game with Carson S. Pitching the remainder of the game. Winning the tournament gives Idaho Prime a berth in the Tournament of Champions to be held in Heber City, Utah July 11-13.

Jace Walker played at third, shortstop and pitched throughout the weekend. Jace is the son of Jason and Corinne Walker.