All four top seeds advanced Friday: Homedale routed South Fremont 63-27, Fruitland's Titus Vidlak broke Idaho's career yardage record in a 45-22 win over Emmett, Sugar-Salem beat Cole Valley Christian 36-21 despite Ethan Minnegar's 218 rushing yards, and Weiser ran for 467 yards in a 52-27 win over Kimberly.
Photo: Alejando Paz // FLOWW Network
Friday night in the 4A quarterfinals belonged to the favorites, and to one senior in Fruitland who now stands alone in the Idaho record book. All four top seeds advanced to the semifinals, three of them in runaways, and Grizzlies quarterback Titus Vidlak broke the state's career yardage record in a 45-22 win over Emmett. Defending champion Homedale hung 63 on South Fremont, Sugar-Salem buried Cole Valley Christian under a 29-0 halftime lead, and Weiser ran for 467 yards in a 52-27 win over Kimberly.
The last great individual performance of the night came in a losing cause. Cole Valley's Ethan Minnegar carried 16 times for 218 yards and two touchdowns, the best rushing line in any of the four games, as the Chargers' historic season ended in Sugar City.
Homedale 63, South Fremont 27
The Trojans scored 21 points in the first quarter and 21 more in the second, and the defending champions were never threatened in a 63-27 rout that sends Homedale to its 10th straight semifinal. Homedale led 42-7 at halftime and has now won 15 straight games.
Quarterback Kreece Powell was nearly perfect, completing 14 of 17 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. All three scoring throws went to Alec Campos, who caught seven passes for 124 yards. Tyce Fisher added 61 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries as Homedale piled up 439 total yards, 280 through the air and 159 on the ground.
South Fremont quarterback Cy Hill accounted for every Cougar touchdown in the loss. Hill threw for 162 yards and three scores on 14-of-27 passing and ran 22 times for a team-high 104 yards and another touchdown. Nash Brower caught eight passes for 88 yards and a score. South Fremont, which survived Preston 35-34 in the play-in round, finishes 7-4. Homedale is 10-0.
Fruitland 45, Emmett 22
Titus Vidlak accounted for five touchdowns Friday, and in the process became the most productive offensive player in Idaho high school football history. Vidlak threw for 110 yards and a touchdown on 9-of-12 passing, ran 14 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns, and returned a punt 60 yards for another score. His 253 yards from scrimmage pushed his career total to 9,628, breaking the state record of 9,599 held by Eagle's Tanner Mangum. Vidlak, a Montana State commit, now has 118 career touchdowns.
Fruitland scored on its opening drive, Vidlak's punt return made it 16-0 early, and after a wild first quarter the Grizzlies led 22-14. Fruitland then shut Emmett out in the second and third quarters and led 38-14 at halftime on the way to a 45-22 win, the Grizzlies' second victory over the Huskies this season after a 33-21 win at Emmett on September 25. Fruitland finished with 391 total yards, 281 of them rushing. Killian Wilson caught two passes for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Emmett quarterback Eli Brennan threw for 77 yards and a touchdown and ran nine times for 91 yards and another score. Griffin Hargitt caught five passes for 69 yards and a touchdown. The Huskies, back at 4A this season after several years at 5A, finish 7-4.
Sugar-Salem 36, Cole Valley Christian 21
Playing its first game in three weeks after a regular-season bye and a first-round bye, Sugar-Salem showed no rust at all. The Diggers led 14-0 after a quarter and 29-0 at halftime, and Cole Valley's second-half rally never got the Chargers within two scores in a 36-21 Sugar-Salem win, the Diggers' eighth straight. Sugar-Salem is 8-1.
The Diggers ran for 264 yards and finished with 411 total. Kai Benfield needed only four carries to gain 91 yards and score twice, and he added three catches for 57 yards. Adriane Williams also scored two touchdowns. Quarterback Frank Fillmore threw for 147 yards and a touchdown on 10-of-16 passing, though Cole Valley's defense intercepted him twice.
Minnegar's 218 rushing yards were Cole Valley's entire team rushing total, and the Chargers won the second half 21-7 behind his two touchdowns. Cole Valley's passing yardage was not entered in the official box score. The loss ends a landmark season for the Chargers: their first state playoff appearance since 2022 and, with the 34-0 play-in shutout of Bonners Ferry, the first 4A playoff win in school history. Cole Valley finishes 6-5.
Weiser 52, Kimberly 27
Weiser's ground game produced the biggest offensive night of the quarterfinals: 467 rushing yards and 542 total in a 52-27 win. Kimberly struck first, but Weiser answered to lead 8-7 after a quarter, then scored 28 unanswered points across the middle quarters to lead 20-7 at halftime and 36-7 after three. Kimberly's 20-point fourth quarter tied for the biggest single quarter by a losing team on the night, but the game was long decided.
Zayn Crossley carried 12 times for 215 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Wolverines. Quarterback Klete Cook threw just three passes, completing two for 75 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown to Garrett Walker. Weiser has won five straight heading into the semifinals. Kimberly finishes 6-5, its five-game winning streak snapped. Kimberly's offensive statistics were not published in the official box score; the Bulldogs' entry records only defensive stats, including an interception and a caused fumble.
The semifinals
Friday's winners meet Friday, November 13, with berths in the Milk Bowl on the line. Fruitland travels to Homedale at 7 p.m. MT in a rematch of the Trojans' 34-30 regular-season win on October 2, and Weiser faces Sugar-Salem at the ICCU Dome in Pocatello at 5:30 p.m. MT. The winners advance to the 4A state championship game November 20-21.
Sources
- MaxPreps box score: South Fremont at Homedale, Nov. 6, 2026
- MaxPreps box score: Emmett at Fruitland, Nov. 6, 2026
- MaxPreps box score: Cole Valley Christian at Sugar-Salem, Nov. 6, 2026
- MaxPreps box score: Kimberly at Weiser, Nov. 6, 2026
- USA Today: Titus Vidlak breaks Idaho career yardage record
- High School On SI: Mountain West Top 25 rankings, Nov. 10, 2026
- Local News 8: Sugar-Salem advances past Cole Valley, 36-21
- Cole Valley Christian Schools: Football wraps up historic season in state quarterfinals