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  • Medical Lake's Cooper is double-drag winner

    Updated May 10, 2018

    Drag racer Justin Cooper of Medical Lake took home not one, but two trophies as he pulled off the rare double win in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series at the 48th annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor at Firebird Raceway near Boise, Idaho, May 6. Cooper, driving cars owned by Tom Clark of Spokane Valley knocked out Mike Hiatt, of Fallon, Nev., in Super Comp running 9.159 seconds at 161.56 mph to Hiatt’s 9.171, 161.56. In Super Street, Cooper met up with Al Quigley out of Aldergrove, British Columbia. Cooper’s 1967 Chevelle covered the qua...

  • Pease wins title in final college meet

    Updated May 10, 2018

    Arizona Christian University senior Kinsey Pease (Cheney High School 2014) concluded her college athletic career with a victory in the javelin competition at the Golden State Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, hosted by Westmont College in Monticeto, Calif. near Santa Barbara. Pease had a throw of 38.33 meters. She also finished third in the 400-meter hurdles, an event she just picked up two years ago. According to her father, Kerry Pease, who was in...

  • Ljubisic is third in GNL girls golf

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated May 10, 2018

    Cheney High’s girls golf team placed third at the fourth Great Northern League tournament with 147 points on May 3. West Valley took first with 227. Using the Stableford scoring system, Katarina Ljubisic tied for second overall with 48 strokes. Alyssa Amann from West Valley earned first with 58. After this performance, Ljubisic ranks third overall in the GNL with an average of 47 points. Amann is also first in the league with 54. Other competitors for the Blackhawks included Halle Sargent, earning 30 points. Shelby Draper (...

  • Cheney boys golf finds success at districts

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated May 10, 2018

    The Cheney High School boys golf team had a good showing at the first round of districts at MeadowWood Golf Course in Liberty Lake on May 7 as three golfers advanced to the second round. Tyler Koohns took second overall with 72 strokes for the Blackhawks. Eric Martin from Pullman was the only other competitor in front, hitting for 71 strokes. Thomas Baycroft placed fourth with 76 and Nate Koohns earned fifth with 77. The three Blackhawks competed on Wednesday, May 9, at the Liberty Lake Golf Course. The top seven advance to...

  • Brock advances to district golf

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 10, 2018

    Medical Lake’s Sierra Brock shot a 103 on Monday, May 7, and finished 16th out of 50 players to advance to 1A golf district play next week in Chewelah. There were a couple things that helped Brock get to the next level, her coach, Jerry Ornelas wrote in an email. “One thing was to focus on her own game,” he said. “She did not become concerned with what others were doing.” Another element was Brock relied on her irons more than usual. “Her fairway woods were not working for...

  • Cardinals look ahead to summer, Legion baseball

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 10, 2018

    The odds were certainly stacked against the Medical Lake High School baseball team in order to keep its season alive. The mission: win every one of the contests in the four-games in four-days weather-affected schedule that closed the season. The Cardinals lost all four, 13-9 at Newport May 1, 9-1 at Riverside May 2, on May 3 by a 7-3 count at home to Deer Park and finally, 13-3, May 4 at Deer Park. The Cardinals finished the season on a 12-game losing streak and were 1-13 in...

  • Medical Lake plays its way into softball playoffs

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 10, 2018

    Medical Lake softball finished with a flourish and played themselves back into the Northeast A League playoffs. Following a 2-1 week with wins of 19-0 over Newport and 15-5 over Riverside sandwiched around a 12-8 loss to Freeman, the Cardinals improved to 5-8 in NEA play, 7-10 overall. With the regular season headed to a little bit of overtime in order to fill in missing games due to postponements, head coach Tim Blakely said it was uncertain exactly who his team may play....

  • Alsatta Bakana signs with UW

    Tom Stralser|Updated May 10, 2018

    Cheney High School's Alsatta Bakana signed a national letter of intent last week to compete in track and field at the University of Washington next fall. The senior is the reigning 2A state champion in the 400-meter dash, and currently holds the top time in the 2A classification in that event....

  • Medical Lake tennis wraps regular season

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated May 10, 2018

    Noah Ray continued his solid play, but his teammates were unable to follow that lead as the Medical Lake boys tennis team finished Northeast A League play with a pair of losses last week. In 4-1 losses at Newport on May 1 and Lakeside, May 3, the Cards’ No. 1 singles player, Ray earned wins of 6-2, 6-0 over his Newport opponent, and topped Lakeside 6-1, 6-0. While Palladin Goldberg lost to Rylan Hastings 0-6, 1-6, at No. 2 singles, he earned the praise of co-head coach Dawn E...

  • Cheney tennis defeats East Valley, West Valley

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated May 10, 2018

    Before traveling to districts in Pullman this Friday, May 7, the Cheney High School boys tennis team had two wins against East Valley and West Valley while also falling to Clarkston. The first match was at Clarkston on Tuesday, May 1, where Cheney lost 5-2. “It was kind of a mixed bag,” head coach Jesse Erickson said about the lineup. Hunter Pohl played at the No. 1 singles spot and fell 6-1, 6-2. Logan Ray lost 6-0, 6-0 in No. 3 while Jared Adams lost 6-1, 6-3 and Jairus Kuhn lost 6-1, 7-5 in their respective single spo...

  • CHS girls pick up first GNL win over West Valley

    GRACE POHL, Staff Intern|Updated May 10, 2018

    With the regular season winding down, the Cheney High School girls tennis team picked their first Great Northern League win in the last match with a 4-3 victory over West Valley on Monday, May 7. No individual scores were available as of press time. Previously in the week, the Blackhawks had a 5-2 loss to Clarkston on May 1, followed by falling 7-0 to East Valley on May 3. Against the Bantams, there was a win on both the doubles and single side. The No. 1 doubles that featured Nika Kauwe and Zab Potter won 6-3, 6-2. In the...

  • CHS equestrian team to state

    Updated May 10, 2018

    The Cheney High School equestrian team finished their third meet in Moses Lake earlier in April and will send riders to state competition in Moses Lake at the Grant County Fairgrounds May 17 - 20. State qualifiers include: Maddie Merriott won gold in barrels; Rachelle Dean won gold in dressage, hunt seat equitation, and hunt seat over fences; Morgan Barton won bronze in pole bending; Maddie Merriott and Destiny Otoupalik won bronze in team sorting....

  • Cheney's soccer season comes to end in, of course, a shootout

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated May 10, 2018

    Cheney High School’s boys soccer team ended their season in a shootout, which was the way most of their games went this season. This time it was against Clarkston in a 2-1 loss in the first round of the Great Northern League playoffs. “The game was a microcosm of our entire season,” head coach Rene Caro said. “We are the better team for a majority of the game. However, a quick mental lapse costs us the lead and eventually, the game. I’m proud of the effort my boys put in throughout the season. It’s easy when your team wins a...

  • Sports Week

    Updated May 10, 2018

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Boys Monday, May 14, 1A Districts at Chewelah, times TBD. Girls Monday, May 14, 1A Districts at Chewelah, times TBD. HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Thursday, May 10, Medical Lake at District playoff, teams, times TBD. Tuesday, May 15, Cheney hosts team TBD, 5 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS Boys Friday, May 11, 2A districts at WSU, 3:30 p.m. 1A districts at Mead High School, times TBD. Saturday, May 12, 2A districts at WSU, 9 a.m.1A...

  • Blackhawks blanked in first-round playoff loss

    John McCallum, Managing Editor|Updated May 10, 2018

    The same magic that propelled Cheney to a baseball state tournament appearance last season - and seemed poised to do so again this year - faded last Thursday against visiting Clarkston. The fourth-seeded Bantams got all the scoring they would need in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead on a two-base throwing error by the Blackhawks. Clarkston proceeded to add nine more runs in eliminating third-seeded Cheney 10-0 in Great Northern League first-round playoff action. Cheney...

  • Watching sports these days is getting way too cluttered

    John McCallum, mana|Updated May 10, 2018

    It’s been three years, and I’ve finally had enough. If anybody with ESPN is reading, please, I implore you, get rid of the strike zone box on your baseball broadcasts. It’s called the “K-Zone,” and it began with the Cardinals-Cubs game in early April 2015. A roughly square box graphic superimposed above home plate that stretches from either side of the plate and roughly parallel to each hitter’s midsection. The box moves as the hitter crouches or stands more erect and is touted as representing the true, strike zone. Whate...

  • Card soccer is one-and-done

    Updated May 10, 2018

    By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter With their league-leading goal scorer all wrapped up in smothering defense, and a second sniper hard-pressed to pick up the slack, Medical Lake lost its first-round playoff game 1-0 to Colville in overtime on May 3 at Holliday Field. Colville’s Pedro Zarate took a cross from Noah Rarrick and tapped it past Cardinals’ keeper Taye Jones 2 minutes, 30 seconds into overtime for the deciding goal. Medical Lake, which had won three-straight to finish the regular season and earn the runner-up slot and...

  • Killin Dinner: The 37th was the best yet

    NEWS SERVICE REPORTS|Updated May 10, 2018

    Featuring the introduction of new Eastern Washington University Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lynn Hickey, the 37th Annual Orland Killin Dinner/Dance/Auction on April 28 raised a record total in excess of $117,000. Net proceeds from the event benefits the areas of greatest need in the department, including scholarships for Eagle student-athletes. Hickey gave a passionate plea for additional funding for scholarships prior to the live auction portion of the event. Besides a “paddle-raise” for scholarships, ther...

  • Lady Blackhawks capture GNL softball title

    John McCallum, Managing Editor|Updated May 10, 2018

    All the Cheney High softball team needed last Saturday at West Valley was a split of their doubleheader with the Eagles, and they would be assured the Great Northern League’s top-seed into the upcoming playoffs. Instead, the Lady Blackhawks swept their Millwood hosts, and assured themselves something else when it comes to the GNL regular-season title. “It’s all ours,” head coach Gary Blake said Monday evening. With wins of 11-9 and 16-1, Cheney secures its second league title in four years, and gives itself a good shot at...

  • StageWest ends season with great performances

    Updated May 10, 2018

    StageWest Community Theatre ended it’s 2017-2018 season with a bang. The past weekend saw StageWest last three performances of “Seeds of Change” by local author Craig Rickett. We had great audiences all three performances with our dinner theatre being sold out. StageWest would like to thank Mike Hartman for once again serving up a delicious dinner for Saturday night. StageWest would also like to humbly thank the congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church for their very generous allowance of the use of their building for all o...

  • Close look at Cheney Schools reveals distrubing facts

    Updated May 10, 2018

    According to data from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, reported in a national NBC investigation “Policing the Schools” (Feb. 27, 2017), during the 2013-2014 school year the rate of student referral to law enforcement in the Cheney School District was 9.86 per 1,000 students. This was over twice the national rate of 4.47, and over three times the Washington rate of 2.94. Twelve of the 43 (28 percent) of these students were reported as having a disability; four of the 12 disabled students referred to...