POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State football team held its first fall scrimmage on Friday afternoon and the 40 plus play event was a time for the Bengal coaches to allow freshman
Josh Cutler and
Jim Bagley a chance get key repetitions on the offensive line.
With the loss of
Brad Shedd for the season due to a knee injury and
Erik Jacobson (knee) out for two-three weeks, the Pocatello and Meridian High School standouts are getting their opportunity to shine.
“I am very happy,” Idaho State coach
Mike Kramer said. “This is our 11th practice and we had tremendous energy on both sides. We are battling a tremendous loss with
Brad Shedd going down along with (Erik) Jacobson. We are playing two true freshmen, trying to get those guys up to speed. They are playing all the time. It is just a matter of time for those guys to get used to it. We want to use every rep to make the
Josh Cutler and
Jim Bagley feel like they have been with us a long time.”
Kramer added that Cutler and Bagley will be superstars and their time might now to shine.
Highlights from the scrimmage included a fumble recovery and interception by linebacker
Jake Pele and several pass deflections by the Bengal defense.
Offensively,
Kevin Yost,
Justin Arias and
Brad Kragthorpe both saw time and completed passes. Yost completed eight passes with a long of 16 yards to
Anthony Boyles while Arias completed four passes with a long of 16-yards to freshman
Duke Bukoski. Kragthorpe's longest completion was a 15-yard pass to
Kelvin Krosch.
The Bengals return to the practice field Saturday for two practices.
“We have to come back tomorrow and have two good practices,” Kramer said. “We can't drag tomorrow.”
Meet the Bengals at Holt Hoorah on August 25
On August 25, Idaho State fans will have an opportunity to meet their favorite Bengal student-athletes and coaches. From 5-7 p.m. at Holt Arena, the athletic department will host the second annual Holt Hoorah.
The event is free to the public. At 5:15 p.m. on the field there will be a ribbon cutting with ISU Credit Union to celebrate the new turf being installed.
There will be free food and drinks just outside Holt Arena and each ISU athletic team will be present conducting contests and playing games with fans. There will be drawings for commemorative autographed footballs, and many other prizes to be given away as well!
Tickets
Season and single game tickets are on sale now at the Holt Arena Ticket Office. Fans can purchase tickets at the ticket office or call, 208-282-FANS or by logging onto isubengals.com. Idaho State opens the season Sept. 3 at Washington State and the home opener is Sept. 10 against Western State College at 4 p.m.
Tickets for the game are half off and if fans become a fan of the Idaho State Athletics Facebook page they can print a coupon voucher off for a $6 ticket. It is one voucher per individual. ICCU will also be giving shirts to the first 5,000 people into the game.
