Idaho, WSU football teams suffer losses

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  Idaho football dropped to 0-3 after a 23-17 loss to No. 14 LamarNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The loss occurred at the Kibbie Dome“The Vandals fell to the No. 14 Lamar Cardinals 23-17 at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.”
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  Idaho football's offense struggled to score“A slow start on offense has been a throughline throughout all of the Vandals’ games so far this season, including this loss to Lamar (2-1). Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. said that the first thing that Idaho (0-3, 0-1 Big Sky) plans on doing to try to solve that issue is to change the way the offense practices and emphasize starting fast. ”
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  Coach Thomas Ford Jr. cited slow starts as a key issue“"That is something that we obviously struggled with today," Ford said. "Struggled with that in Week 1, and really in Week 2 (too). We’ve got to do a better job starting fast. And so we’ll continue to look at the way we practice, the drills that we’re doing in practice, especially the competitive drills, because I think one thing we can continue to do is get those guys competing right away. "There’s no time to wait to compete, and we’ve got to get off to a faster start if we want to have success this year."”
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  Washington State suffered a 34-7 defeat to Kansas State“The Wildcats doubled their offensive output and shut out the Cougs in the second half en route to a 34-7 win over WSU in the programs’ inaugural meeting.”
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  The defeat marked Washington State's first 0-2 start since 2016“It’s Wazzu’s first 0-2 start to a season since 2016.”
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  Coach Kirby Moore acknowledged the team's offensive failures“Everyone's gotta take ownership on this,”
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  Washington State's team had eight punts“While WSU’s defense bent but didn’t break for three quarters in last Sunday’s 24-10 Apple Cup loss at Washington, WSU was not so lucky Saturday in a game that kicked off at 9 a.m. Pacific time, 11 a.m. local. The Wildcats absolutely gashed the Cougars on the ground to the ”
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  Washington State's team scored no points“In a performance that included a missed field goal, a turnover on downs, a fumble, three three-and-outs and eight total punts, the Cougar offense failed to score a single point.”
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  Moscow High School girls soccer team recorded a 15-0 shutout against St. Maries“The Moscow Bears girls soccer team more than doubled their season goal total in a single outing as they routed the host St. Maries Lumberjacks 15-0 on Saturday in nonleague play.”
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  Moscow High School boys soccer team recorded an 11-0 shutout against St. Maries“Later in the day, the Moscow boys soccer team followed suit with an 11-0 shutout of St. Maries.”
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  The games were part of nonleague play“The Moscow Bears girls soccer team more than doubled their season goal total in a single outing as they routed the host St. Maries Lumberjacks 15-0 on Saturday in nonleague play.”