West Side returns to title game on back of incredible defensive effort

POCATELLO — It was anything but a clean game for a West Side offense in the hunt for its sixth state championship game appearance in the last decade. The Pirates turned the ball over three times, twice putting its defense’s back against the wall. But the Pirate defense was up to the challenge, holding a Grangeville team that came into Saturday’s 3A Idaho High School Football State Championship semifinal averaging 34.36 points per game, to 14 points. Using some nifty play-calling, and allowing All-State running back Drake Sage to serve primarily as a decoy, the No. 1 Pirates (11-0) put together...