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  • Local Athlete

    AL STOVER|Updated May 5, 2016

    Cheney High School's Christina Kamstra recited the Athlete's Oath during the Special Olympics East Region Spring Games' opening ceremonies, April 30 at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field....

  • Lady Blackhawks await first playoff opponent

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated May 5, 2016

    For the Cheney High softball team, it's waiting time. The Lady Blackhawks went 1-2 in action last week, earning a 10-4 win at East Valley Tuesday but finishing the week getting swept in a home doubleheader by Great Northern League co-leader Pullman, Friday. The Lady Blackhawks wrapped up their regular season Tuesday at home against the other league co-leader West Valley, and then must wait until GNL play concludes this weekend to find out who their first-round playoff opponent...

  • Blackhawks head to playoffs with some momentum

    John McCallum|Updated May 5, 2016

    Cheney High's boys' soccer team is hoping a pair of wins in their final two matches will provide some positive momentum heading into the Great Northern League playoffs this week. The Blackhawks got a goal in the 65th minute for a 2-1 win at Clarkston April 26, and made a first-half penalty kick stand up for a 2-0 victory over visiting West Valley April 28. The wins give Cheney a 5-7 mark in the GNL, 9-7 overall and sets up a rematch with the Eagles in the opening round of...

  • Cardinals make most out of limited offense, win NEA pair

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The Medical Lake High School baseball team made the most of limited resources last week, winning a pair of Northeast A League games. Getting just four hits, the Cardinals scored a 1-0 win over Riverside (1-10, 3-10) April 26, and nine hits paced their 5-1 win April 28 versus Deer Park. The victories allowed Medical Lake (10-3 NEA, 15-3 overall) to stay in second place with a May 3 contest at Deer Park (6-7, 10-7) wrapping up the regular season. Medical Lake has won five of...

  • West Plains Police News

    Updated May 5, 2016

    CHENEY April 25 Third-degree theft was reported on the 1800 block of Third Street. A car stereo was taken. Third-degree theft was reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. A wallet and laptop were taken from a vehicle. A purple bicycle was found on the zero hundred block of West First Street. A large amount of ammunition was brought in to the Police Department for destruction. An abandoned automobile was reported on the 200 block of North Ninth Street. April 26 Second-degree theft was reported on the zero...

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  • Martinssen tops Leo's in WPLL Triple A action

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated May 5, 2016

    A. Martinssen DDS scored early, often and late in handing Leo's Photography their first loss of the West Plains Little League's AAA season, 15-9, Friday night, April 29. Both teams were tied for second at 4-1 at press time Tuesday. Martinssen coach Art Vega said Ashton Cobbs pitched three innings in getting the win, striking out four while Jace Vega pitched two innings late, striking out three. Vega was 3 for 4 at the plate, with a double, and leads the team with a .733...

  • West Plains Scoreboard

    Updated May 5, 2016

    BASEBALL Great Northern League League All Games Team W L W L Clarkston 10 2 11 2 Cheney 6 8 8 10 West Valley 5 7 7 7 East Valley 5 7 5 9 Pullman 5 7 5 10 Hawks box Game 1 vs. East Valley 1 2 3 4 5 6 77 8 9R H E Cheney 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 12 3 East Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 Northeast A League League All Games Team W L W L Freeman 12 1 16 3 Medical Lake 10 3 15 3 Lakeside, 9-Mile 9 4 11 8 Colville 6 6 8 8 Deer Park 6 7 10 7 Chewelah 4 8 8 10 Riverside 1 10 3 10 Newport 0 8 0 10 Cards’ Boxes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9R H E Medical Lake 0 0...

  • Hot and cold Cards drop two of three in softball

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The late season struggles continued for the Medical Lake High School softball team, who ran into another Northeast A League pitching buzzsaw. The Cardinals (4-6 NEA, 8-7 overall) unloaded on Riverside (2-8, 3-10) for an 18-3 mercy-rule shortened game April 26, but had to face one of the top pitchers in the Northeast A League — Kylie Sweeney — twice last Saturday and lost a doubleheader to Deer Park 5-0 and 8-7 at Reinking Field in Medical Lake. After a scoreless opening inning...

  • Medical Lake boys' tennis tops Lakeside, tie for NEA top spot

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Medical Lake boys’ tennis team continues to charge towards a repeat Northeast A League tennis title following wins last week, 5-0 over Riverside and 3-2 against Lakeside. The Cardinals’ No. 1 doubles teams emerged perfect, but did so using different partners with Isiah Farmen. He and Alex Neder won 6-2, 6-1 against Riverside, but Kason Bailey, normally No. 1 singles, was paired with Farmen against Lakeside and they emerged with a crucial 6-3...

  • Shots finally fall for Medical Lake soccer in pair of wins

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The opponent’s net is finally finding a home for Medical Lake shots, particularly those of Nick Rosenbeck. A week after the Cardinals experienced a drought on the soccer field and went winless, they rained down enough goals to exit last week with a pair of Northeast A League wins, 8-0 over Deer Park and 1-0 over Lakeside. Medical Lake evened its NEA record at 4-4 (6-7 overall) and tied Lakeside (4-4, 4-7) for third place with two contests remaining in the regular season. ...

  • Cheney girls tennis defeats East Valley

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The Cheney High girls’ tennis team maintained its second-place position in the Great Northern League standings after a 6-1 win over East Valley, April 28. Bridget Calvert, No. 1 singles, defeated Macy Paschall (6-2, 6-4) and Emily Howard, No. 2, won her match against Kate Pointer (6-3, 6-0). No. 3 Alannah Lewis (6-0, 6-2) and No. 4 Caitlyn Strong (6-2, 6-2) also picked up wins. In doubles, Shayna Payne and Sadie Knudson, No. 1, defeated Sarah Kroll and Nicole Richardson (6-0, 6-2) and No. 3 Taylor Gould and Zeb Potter picked...

  • Cheney snaps four-game losing streak at East Valley

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    After a couple of weeks of quiet bats, the Cheney High baseball team has seemingly gotten themselves out of what head coach Mike Cagle called an “offensive funk.” The Blackhawks defeated East Valley, 6-4, April 26, snapping their four-game losing streak. The team had 12 hits on the day, the most since their April 2, 10-5 win over the Knights. Cheney had a strong lead through most of the game, scoring runs in the second, third (two), sixth and seventh innings. East Valley’s comeback attempt was limited to four runs in the b...

  • Cheney tennis sweeps East Valley

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The Cheney High boys’ tennis team began their second round of Great Northern League play in the same way as the first — by sweeping East Valley, 7-0, April 28. The Blackhawks also competed in the Inland Empire Tournament, April 29-30, where Aaron Fillmore and Hayden Bennett finished third in the No. 3 doubles bracket. Against East Valley, Ryan Axtell, No. 1 singles, defeated Josh Lee (6-1, 6-1) and Mason Van Stone, No. 2, shut out Bryce Pointer (6-0, 6-0). Brandon Foster, No. 3, won his match against Josh Fraser (6-1, 6-2...

  • Koohns ties for first in GNL tournament

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The Cheney High boys’ and girls’ golf teams both recorded a third-place finish in the April 26 Great Northern League Tournament at Fairways Golf Course. The boys scored 449 points, three strokes behind Pullman (446). Tyler Koohns shot an 80 to tie for first with Cody Culletto and Travis Hansen, both from Clarkston. Elijah Palmer took fifth after hitting an 83 while Thomas Baycroft came in eighth (87). Other top finishers for the Blackhawks included Ian Hill (97), John Mulcahy (102) and Jack Kallem (109). On the girls’ side, C...

  • Sports Week

    Updated May 5, 2016

    COLLEGE SOCCER (Spring) Thursday, May 5, EWU hosts Central Washington, time TBA. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Thursday, May 5, Cheney hosts Pullman, 4 p.m. May 7-10 2A districts at higher seed, times and location TBD. Tuesday, May 10, 1A districts at highest seed. Friday, May 13, 1A districts, location, times TBD. Saturday, May 14, 1A districts, location, times TBD. HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Boys Thursday, May 5, Cheney at Pullman, 10 a.m. Medical Lake at Colville, 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 1A sub-districts at Chewelah, 10 a.m. Thursday, May...

  • Blackhawk girls fall by two at West Valley meet

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated May 5, 2016

    When Cheney High girls’ track and field head coach Tom Stralser looks back at last Thursday’s Great Northern League dual meet at West Valley, all he sees are points. “We left points on the track, we left points on the field,” Stralser said of the Blackhawks 76-74 loss to the Eagles. But Stralser also sees the positive, something important moving forward towards the District 7 meet, May 13. “We also competed well in other areas,” he added. “This is the best the girls have competed all year long.” Cheney grabbed eight f...

  • Cheney boys compete at West Valley

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated May 5, 2016

    While it wasn’t quite as close as the Cheney High boys’ track and field team had expected, last Thursday’s 90-55 loss at West Valley still had its moments full of promise. “The biggest take away of the day is we’re still young, but we compete,” Blackhawks boys’ head coach Derek Slaughter said. In the field, Gaige Felix brought home a pair of first-place finishes in the jumps, winning the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 6.5 inches and the triple jump at 40-04, with Kaleb Loos right behind him in second at 36-04. Chase...

  • Arnold Brown out as Cards' hoops coach

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 5, 2016

    The coaching landscape at Medical Lake High School is receiving a makeover for the 2016-17 school year. That comes with word that the contract for boys' head basketball coach Arnold Brown would not be renewed and that head football coach West Hobbs was retiring after eight years on the job. Head volleyball coach Kari Knowlton also submitted her resignation after just one year to accept a teaching position in her hometown of Brewster, Wash. From available records, Brown had...

  • Charles Wendell Gassett Jr.

    Updated May 5, 2016

    Charles Wendell Gassett Jr, (also known by his stage name of Charles Kenfield), formerly of Pembroke, Mass., Omak and Cheney, Wash., died April 18, 2016 at Hospice House of Spokane. He was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Gertrude Stedman Gassett and his sister, Nancy Erikson. He is survived by his nieces, Karen Erikson and Todd Weaver, both of Massachusetts. Charles graduated from Pembroke High School and received his bachelor's degree from Goddard College in 1956. He...

  • West Plains Briefs

    Updated May 5, 2016

    Feed Medical Lake May 9 offers meal Feed Medical Lake is serving a beef enchilada casserole, Mexican cole slaw, grilled corn, and banana poke cake at the free meal/free grocery day May 9, from 5-6 p.m. at 223 S. Hallett St. There will be a children’s creation station craft table, a mini-fair featuring Care Cars (Elderly Services) along with information about Spokane Neighbor Action Partners, Community Health Plan of Washington, Children’s Home Society of Washington and CHAS in Cheney. Learn about and sign up for their var...

  • Looking Back

    Updated May 5, 2016

    1 Years Ago May 11, 2006 The Medical Lake School District and the city of Medical Lake were in discussions as to how they might team up to fund an upgraded restroom facility at Reinking Field costing about $40,000. The area adjacent to Denny’s Harvest Food in Medical Lake would soon be home to a new restaurant and a financial institution, owner Denny McDaniel said. Medical Lake will be looking for a new director of athletics following the move of Tricia Smith back to the classroom in the district’s alternative program. 20...

  • Final weekend for StageWest's production, 'Getting Sara Married'

    Updated May 5, 2016

    There are only three chances left to see a performance of StageWest Community Theatre’s current production of “Getting Sara Married” by Sam Bobrick. According to Nancy Kuonen, StageWest director of publicity and advertising, the production “truly is a funny play and we have had many comments about it.” Kuonen also said that thanks to groups from Spokane’s Corbin Senior Center, the Red Hat Ladies and friends of StageWest coming from Sprague, the May 1 matinee was a sellout. Performances are Friday and Saturday night, both...

  • Tyler Grange volunteers tackle State Route 904 litter

    Updated May 5, 2016

    On April 26, the Tyler Grange 610 Highway Litter Control Team of volunteers Diane Smart, Gordon Pearson, Zack Pearson, Glen Srock, Dave Shuey, Len Barnett, Lyle Polack, Bob Shea and Evelyn Shea picked up 15 litter bags of discarded beer and pop cans and bottles, soiled diapers, fast food and convenience store containers and wrappers along two miles of State Route 904. Multiply that by the 16.94-mile length of the highway and it comes out to 127 bags of garbage. Consider the...