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  • AL STOVER|Updated Jun 23, 2016

  • West Plains Scoreboard

    Updated Jun 23, 2016

    BASEBALL American Legion Area 3 American League (Through June 20, 2016) W L PCT GB STK Sandpoint A 16U 3 0 1.000 - 3W Medical Lake 7 4 .778 1 2L Chewelah A #1 7 4 .636 1 1L NWC A 3 2 .600 1 2L Deer Park A 2 3 .400 2 1L Mead A 2 4 .333 2.5 2W Northern Lakes A 2 5 .313 3 2W Shadle Park A 1 3 .250 2.5 3L Freeman A 1 4 .200 3 4L West Plains Little League AAA Baseball (Final 2016) Team W L T Pts. A. Martinssen D.D.S 12 1 1 25 Froyo 11 2 1 23 Leos Photography 11 2 1 23 Pizza Factory 7 7 0 14 Cheney Federal C U 5 9 0 10 Action Mater...

  • Sports Briefs

    Updated Jun 23, 2016

    EWU football season tickets on sale Season tickets for Eastern Washington University’s five-game home schedule at Roos Field along with away game tickets are on sale now. Fans can order season tickets by going to www.goeags.com/tickets and following the online link. With premium seating already sold-out, limited season tickets are available on the west side of “The Inferno” as well as the east side and the end zone ranging from $110 to $150. Eastern plays five home games at Roos Field. The schedule is highlighted by the a...

  • Sports Week

    Updated Jun 23, 2016

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Single A Friday, June 24, Medical Lake hosts Deer Park, 7 p.m. Monday, June 27, Medical Lake at Shadle, 5 p.m. Thursday, June 30, Medical Lake hosts Shadle, 5:30 p.m. AAA Thursday, June 23, Spokane Cannons vs. Northern Lakes at Kennewick, 2 p.m. Friday, June 24, Spokane Cannons vs. Missoula at CBC Pasco, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Spokane Cannons at Kennewick, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 26, Spokane Cannons vs.TBD....

  • Spokane Cannons new AAA home for West Plains' Legion players

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jun 23, 2016

    Top West Plains’ players have a new team to call home for AAA American Legion Baseball in 2016, the Spokane Cannons. Coached by former Medical Lake standout athlete and current head baseball coach at Freeman, Chad Ripke, the Cannons feature four local players, Riley Jones and Chance Gleave from Cheney along with Brayden Hale and Cory Wagner from Medical Lake. They are joined by players from University, Central Valley and Freeman. In previous seasons, area players were with t...

  • New morning weigh-ins will be benefit for UFC competitors

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Jun 23, 2016

    Mixed martial arts fans who have been watching the sport for many years may have noticed new methods some state athletic commissions have adopted for the weigh-in procedures at UFC events. At the promotion’s last two events, UFC 199 (June 5) and UFC Fight Night Ottawa (June 18), fighters weighed in the morning before their bouts, between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at their hotel. The UFC still had its weigh-ins show, but the weights announced for each fighter were from the morning. This is different from previous weigh-ins where fig...

  • Lilac Open hopes to attract more pros with $8K top prize

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jun 23, 2016

    The Lilac City Invitational Golf Tournament rolls on in its second half century July 7-10 at the Fairways Golf Course with the lure of a nice chunk of change hoping to bring more professionals to the region's oldest pro-am event. "We're going to be guaranteeing $8,000 first-place money for professionals," general manager and head professional, Kris Kallem said. It's a big jump from the $5,000 top prize money the tournament has offered since it returned from a five-year hiatus...

  • Medical Lake's Legion streak halted by Rogers

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Jun 23, 2016

    The Medical Lake American Legion A team had a cold dose of reality splashed in their faces June 15 at Holliday Field. A five-game winning streak that had head coach Kerry Kelly happy, as much as puzzled, crashed with a pair of losses to Rogers, 17-3 and 7-6, which dropped their record to 7-4 overall. The key factor in the opening game of the pair was Medical Lake scratched together just enough bodies to fill the nine positions as a number of players were attending various summ...

  • Summerhawks lose home game to Asotin

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Jun 23, 2016

    The Cheney 17U Summerhawks baseball team was unsuccessful in their chance for revenge against the Asotin County Blues after a 7-5 loss, June 16, in their first home game of the season. The Blues swept Cheney in a June 5 doubleheader, 11-1, 9-1. Cheney took an early lead in the first inning after Andrew Witt hit a single to score Luke Martin. In the third, the Summerhawks boosted their lead by two runs on Matt Riggs' RBI single followed by Jacob Lauber's RBI double. Down 3-1...

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  • West Plains Police News

    Updated Jun 23, 2016

    CHENEY June 13 Third-degree theft was reported on North Ninth Street. A picnic bench was stolen. A blue bicycle was found on the zero hundred block of West Third Street. Police assisted the Fulton New York Police Department with checking an address. June 14 Theft of a firearm from a vehicle was reported on the 700 block of Montague Drive. June 15 William I. Carnal, 46, was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief and trespassing on the zero hundred block of Second Street. There was damage to a door. Taking a motor...

  • LOOKING BACK WITH THE CHENEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

    Cheney Historical Museum|Updated Jun 23, 2016

    One hundred years ago on June 20, 1916, Ray R. Ames gave a demonstration of his wireless telegraph before a group of Normal School students by both sending and receiving messages. Using radio waves to send the signal, this was the earliest form of radio. Learn more about our area's history at www.cheneymuseum.org....