POCATELLO — The hundreds in attendance for the first game of the two-day Rocky Mountain Rumble learned two things: that the Rockland Bulldogs are serious about their intentions to win a state championship, and that the Sho-Ban Chiefs will never quit.

Rockland (1-0, 1-0) opened its season Tuesday afternoon inside ISU’s ICCU Dome with a 58-0 victory over a Sho-Ban squad that revived its program this year after not fielding a team in six years.

Due to the running clock, the Bulldogs got the ball just twice in the second half, deploying backups wherever possible in riding out the eight-touchdown lead they took into halftime.

After the game, Rockland head coach Gerry Hunter said that his primary concern was that his team not play to the level of its inexperienced opponent.

“Our goal was to

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