MERIDIAN — Timberline didn’t let Meridian have too much fun at its homecoming game.
As a program that has struggled mightily in recent years, the Wolves entered Friday night’s game with an underdog mentality. In the last two years, Timberline has just one win combined.
After defeating Meridian, they’re already at three wins this season, and they have an extremely confident group moving forward.
The Wolves slowed and controlled the game in the second half. The Warriors had only two drives in the half and couldn’t dig themselves out of the hole they fell in. Timberline won 21-13 in the Southern Idaho Conference Foothills Division opener at Meridian High School.
“That game against Boise is tough,” Timberline head coach Ian Smart said. “A game we could have easily folded after, like it’s the same old stuff. A testament to these kids, they show up and play a battle-tested team and come into their house on homecoming and make magic happen.”
Last week, Timberline (3-1, 1-0 SIC Foothills) surrendered a lead late in the fourth quarter to Boise. This time around, the Wolves made sure history didn’t repeat itself. On fourth-and-5 from midfield with around two minutes to play, the Wolves could have punted the ball back to Meridian (1-3, 0-1 SIC Foothills), which used up all its timeouts, with an eight-point lead.