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  • Sports Briefs

    Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Harvey is Big Sky Player of the Week Eastern Washington’s Tyler Harvey has been selected as the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball Player of the Week after averaging 27.5 points per game and leading the Eagles to a pair of conference wins. Harvey, from Torrance, Calif., scored a career-high 39 points in Eastern’s 84-78 win over defending Big Sky champion Weber State, Jan. 1. Harvey connected on 7-of-10 from 3-point range and was 12-of-19 overall from the field. He also made all eight of his free throws. The 39 points were...

  • Eagle women deliver early birthday gift to coach

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Wendy Schuller got an early birthday present in the form of a pair of Big Sky Conference road wins last week. EWU’s head women’s basketball coach, who celebrated her birthday Jan. 5, helped guide her team to victories over Weber State, 69-55, on New Years Day and then 88-75 over Idaho State, Jan. 3 as Eastern improved to 2-0 in league play and 9-4 overall. Against the Bengals, junior Hayley Hodgins led all scorers with 24 points, going 9-of-17 from the field and a perfect 4-o...

  • EWU, Idaho resume rivalry

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Eastern Washington successfully opened their Big Sky Conference season with a pair of home wins last week and are a perfect 8-0 at Reese Court. Now they hope to take that success on the road and do something they have never done — defeat the Idaho Vandals in league play. The Vandals are 6-1 on their home floor at the Cowan Spectrum inside the football Kibbie Dome. Eastern is 3-4 on the road, but one of those victories came at Indiana. During their previous nine years together...

  • West Plains Scoreboard

    Updated Jan 8, 2015

    BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL Great Northern League Boys Team W L W L Clarkston 2 0 9 0 Pullman 1 0 8 1 West Valley 0 0 5 2 East Valley 0 1 3 6 Cheney 0 2 4 5 Hawks Box 1 2 3 4 Final Clarkston 13 18 10 10 51 Cheney 4 14 14 6 38 Graham 7, Jaylen Worthem 0, Jones 2, Smedley 1, Gould 3, Jamiel Worthem 9, Hardt 4, Wyborney 4, Whiteley 0, Williams 0, Hohrman 6 1 2 3 4 Final Deer Park 6 15 7 4 32 Cheney 11 13 15 17 56 Graham 4, Jaylen Worthem 0, Jones 2, Smedley 18, Gould 5, Johnson 0, Jamiel Worthem 8, Hardt 0, Wyborney 4, Whiteley 0,...

  • ML wrestlers have podium finishes at Cheney Invite

    PAUL DELANEY|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Medical Lake wrestlers Ian O'Brien, wrestling in the 285-pound weight class and freshman Evan Peterson, competing at 106 pounds were Cardinal competitors who earned third-place finishes at last Saturday's Cheney Invitational. It was the Cardinals first competition since before Christmas. O'Brien, a senior, suffered his only loss to a West Valley wrestler who was runner-up at state the last three years. Peterson lost to the eventual champion in his weight class who is the No....

  • GSL's Rogers rolls past Medical Lake boys 74-50

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    The Medical Lake boy’s basketball team picked the wrong opponent to try to knock the rust off their wheels prior to the resumption of league play following a two-week hiatus. Upstart and speedy Rogers from the Greater Spokane League used fast starts both to open the game and the second half, and cruised to a humbling 74-50 nonleague victory over the Cardinals last Saturday at Medical Lake. “Coming off break we were kinda’ out of sync,” Medical Lake head coach Arnold Brown s...

  • Mid-game lapse leads to Medical Lake girls loss to Rogers

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Early in last Saturday’s nonleague girl’s basketball game at home against Rogers of the Greater Spokane League, the Medical Lake Cardinals were able to stay with their 3A opponents. But a brief defensive lapse quickly turned the tide and helped the Pirates earn their first victory of the season 60-35. “We allowed too many easy shots in the paint,” head coach Kyle Lundberg said. “We just lost our defensive focus.” Medical Lake prepares to reenter Northeast A League competition...

  • Sports Week

    Updated Jan 8, 2015

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Saturday, Jan. 10, EWU at Idaho, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, EWU at Portland State - Portland, Ore. Saturday, Jan. 17, EWU at Sacramento State, 7:05 p.m. Women Saturday, Jan. 10, EWU hosts Idaho, 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, EWU hosts Portland St., 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, EWU hosts Sacramento St., 2 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Boys Friday, Jan. 9, Cheney at West Valley, 7 p.m. Medical Lake at Newport, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan.... Full story

  • Nadeau qualifies for state in 100 butterfly at Pullman

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    The Cheney High boy’s swimming team started 2015 with a close 87-75 loss to Pullman Jan. 3. Junior Scott Nadeau qualified for his fourth state event after he took first in the 100-yard butterfly in 56.87 seconds. He also finished first in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.79). Nadeau wasn’t the only Blackhawk to take the top spot in their events. Sophomore Trevor Babcock took first in the 100 freestyle (52.33) and 200 freestyle (1:55.57). Senior Caleb Prophet finished first in the 50 freestyle (25.07). Sophomore Jacob Devine fin...

  • First, fourth quarters are difference in Cheney loss to Clarkston

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Cheney High School’s boys’ basketball squad earned a split of its games over the final week of the holiday break. The Blackhawks cruised to a 56-32 win over visiting Northeast A school Deer Park in non-league action Dec. 29. Cheney broke up a tight, three-point game at the half by outscoring the Stags 32-11 in the second half, including a great defensive effort in the 17-4 fourth quarter en route to the win. Senior guard Ryan Smedley had a career high with 18 points, with Jamiel Worthem and Nick Hohrman each adding eight poi...

  • Nothing is certain anymore in the National Football League

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    It’s nice to think that there are specific certainties in life one can count on, so it’s a little disconcerting when something you thought you knew for certain, turns out to be questionable. Make sense? Neither did Sunday’s non-flag call late in the fourth quarter of the Dallas-Detroit NFL wildcard game. I consider myself something of a football expert. I played the game when young and have watched so many games and listened to so many former players, coaches and analysts that if that doesn’t make me an expert, well then it...

  • Lady Blackhawks perfect at West Valley tournament

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Rock and roll legend Meatloaf once sang that “two out of three ain’t bad.” For the Cheney High School girls’ basketball team, that was true with regards to last week’s trifecta of basketball games, although three out of three would have been more preferable. The Lady Blackhawks put together their second stretch of back-to-back wins this season with victories over Riverside and Bonners Ferry in the West Valley Holiday Tournament, but came up short in their second league match up with Clarkston last Saturday night. Playing m...

  • Supporting cast steps up to deliver EWU sweep

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    When Eastern Washington needed to get things in gear in the opening week of Big Sky Conference men's basketball play, the Eagles found the right players in the clutch. Facing an eight point deficit with 5 minutes, 57 seconds remaining against defending champion Weber State on New Years Day, Parker Kelly came to the rescue to deliver all of his six points to salvage an 84-78 win over the Wildcats. Two days later when Idaho State had carved away at Eastern's nine-point lead, tri...

  • Ferguson takes second at Blackhawk Invite

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    The Cheney High wrestling team began the new year on a high note after several athletes placed in the top 5 of their brackets at the Jan. 3 Blackhawk Invitational. As a team Cheney placed seventh out of 16 with 92 points. In the 220-pound final, Michael Ferguson dropped a grueling 6-2 decision to the Mat Classic XXVI state champion, Clarkston's Dylan Beeler. On his way to the finals, Ferguson had back-to-back first-period pins over Royal's Hunter Follett and Kellogg's...

  • Hardtack vs. coyote

    LUELLA DOW, Contributor|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Grandpa Joe and grandma Alice were enjoying a few days with their grandchildren, Carie and Max, while the youngsters’ parents finished Christmas shopping. On this particular day grandpa Joe was in the barn cleaning the stalls. He heard Max calling, “Grandpa Joe, grandpa Joe,” and answered, “I’m in the barn, Max.” He mumbled to himself, “I betcha Max and Carie want a sleigh ride.” The kids were at the barn door before he could say, “You want a ride in the snow? Jump aboard.” Both Max and Carie said at the same time, “Yes, gr...

  • Berneal Shepard Hughes

    Updated Jan 8, 2015

    Berneal Shepard Hughes (Age 87) Passed away Dec. 31, 2014 in Spokane, Wash. She was born in Four Lakes, Wash. on Feb. 17, 1927 to Herman and Savallah Willms. She is survived by sons; Dan (Rollene) Shepard of Ridgefield, Wash. and Timm (Marie) Shepard of Cheney, Wash.; stepdaughter Lynda Allison of Denver, Colo. Sister Beverly (Lindy) Lucas of Cheney, sister-in-law Jeannine Henderson of Spokane, Wash. and aunt Evelyn Willms along with eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren... Full story

  • Churches

    Updated Jan 8, 2015

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. Holy Communion at 11 a.m. The Rev. Christine Soule will preach and preside. Attention college students: Each Monday at 5 p.m. you are invited to join us for dinner, study and devotions. Narcotics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Fellowship breakfast is each Thursday at 7:30 a.m. in the parish hall. Come and bring a friend. For your contemplation: “When the song of the angels is stilled. Whe... Full story