IDAHO FALLS — Hillcrest entered the 2025-26 season with heightened expectations. However, things didn’t get off to the most promising start when the Knights lost their first five games.

After a dominant victory over the Twin Falls Bruins in the opening round of the inaugural TitleOne Tip-Off Classic, though, Hillcrest (3-5, 1-1) has won three straight. Head coach Ryan Taylor said that the shaky start could be at least partially credited to the roster turnover following a 14-10 season.

“We’ve got a lot of new pieces this year, and we’re trying to put those all together,” he said, noting that they have lost some winnable games through the first few weeks of the season. “That’s why we try to face a challenging schedule early on, to make sure we’re prepared for later on. We want to be playin

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