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  • Setting the PACE

    John McCallum|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    Windsor Elementary School and Westwood Middle School students combined to celebrate Partners Advancing Character Education's (PACE) Worldwide Character Day. Schools, families, businesses and organizations were invited to take part in a variety of ways in the Sept. 13 event.... Full story

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  • Medical Lake's newest athletic Hall of Fame class to be honored

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    The following are the newest members of the Medical Lake High School Athletic Hall of Fame and will be honored at halftime of the Sept. 22 Cardinal football game against Newport, and officially inducted during a dinner on Saturday, Sept. 23. For additional information on the event contact Medical Lake athletics director, Justin Blayne at (509) 565-3291 or via email at blayne@mlsd.org. ___ Jim Bauman Class of 1967 Jim Bauman was active in athletics all four years of high...

  • Woodburn winner - again!

    Updated Sep 21, 2017

    There certainly must be something in the air when it comes to having success at the Woodburn, Ore. drag strip for Medical Lake's Justin Cooper (foreground), who on Sept. 17 won his second National Hot Rod Association Division 6 Super Comp race at the track. Cooper is seen here racing Matthew Woodard, from Petaluma, Calif. in the finals where he turned an 8.919 elapsed time at 172.05 miles per hour to Woodard's 8.921 second, 175.91 mph. Cooper is off to Salt Lake City this...

  • Blackhawk girls second at Coeur d'Alene Invite

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    The Cheney High girls cross country team turned in a second-place performance in the 5,000-meter small school varsity division at the Coeur d’Alene Invitational last Saturday at the Hayden Canyon course in Hayden, Idaho. The Blackhawks were out-pointed 47-63 by Northeast A League’s Colville. Cheney’s boys finished sixth overall in the same division with 164 points. Idaho’s Sandpoint won the meet title with 52 points, 14 ahead of University of the Greater Spokane League. Hannah Spakousky led the Cheney girls, finishi...

  • Blackhawk swimmers compete, but lose at Ellensburg

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    Cheney High’s girls swimming team “did good” in their first turn in the competitive pool last Saturday at Ellensburg. The Blackhawks came up on the short end of the team scoring, however, losing 105-65 to a Bulldogs team Cheney head coach Jennifer Hochwalt said was very experienced and fast. Isabell Williams notched the only first-place finish for the Blackhawks, winning the 100-yard backstroke in 1 minute, 12.40 seconds, with Echo Mecklenburg not far back in third in 1:18.22. Cheney did have a number of second-place finishes...

  • Progress, but no wins for ML volleyball

    Updated Sep 21, 2017

    Medical Lake volleyball had a winless week, but were ever so close to earning their first set victory of the season. In the span of four days, the Cardinals lost 3-0 matches to Newport, Riverside and Colville. Following a 14-25, 11-25, 10-25 loss to Newport, where Sierra Brock dished out seven digs, head coach Todd Harr noticed a flaw. “We came up short when it comes to serve receive consistency and will be looking to fix that as the season continues,” he said. A night later came the near miss in a 20-25, 14-25, 12-25 los...

  • Geiger scores the goals in Cardinals' wins

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    Quantity or quality, Medical Lake’s Makayla Geiger has both covered on the soccer pitch. The record setting senior forward exhibited both last week as the Cardinals won a pair of matches, 2-1in a Northeast A League contest Sept. 12 at Riverside (0-2, 0-3) and 10-1 over Rogers of the Greater Spokane League in a nonleague outing Sept. 16. Geiger netted both goals in the win over the Rams, staking her team to a 1-0 lead on an assist from Anastasia Hurt-Moran before Riverside t...

  • Cards' cross country measures up

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    Smokey skies took away a critical warm-up race for Medical Lake’s cross country team when the Highlander Invitational at Shadle Park was cancelled on Sept. 9. But things are more clear for the Cards, and their head coach Gene Blankenship following impressive efforts at the Seaport Invitational last Saturday in Clarkston, Wash. Medical Lake’s boys finished second to Lewiston 59-81 and just ahead of Pullman on the three-mile course. The girls, meanwhile, were third with 97 poi...

  • Sports Week

    Updated Sep 21, 2017

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Sept. 23, EWU at Montana, 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, EWU hosts Sacramento State, 1:35 p.m. COLLEGE SOCCER Friday, Sept. 22, EWU hosts Sacramento State, 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, EWU hosts Northern Arizona, noon. Sunday, Oct. 1, EWU hosts Southeern Utah, noon. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Thursday, Sept. 21, EWU hosts Montana, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, EWU hosts Montana State, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, EWU at Northern...

  • Cheney football falls 56-10 at Post Falls; Eisenhower is next

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    The Cheney High School Blackhawks took on Post Falls, the 5A Inland Empire League school powerhouse, last Friday and fell 56-10. “We played a very good Post Falls team,” head coach Bobby Byrd said. “I imagine they are going to do well in their league and make a run to state. All credit to Post Falls, they executed really well.” The Trojans started off hot as running back Braden Vaughan scored the first touchdown running it in from the 3-yard line. Quarterback Nate Buer ran in a successful two-point conversion after the sco...

  • Sports Briefs

    Updated Sep 21, 2017

    Gubrud’s big day earns Big Sky award Thanks to a 650-yard offensive explosion by the Eagles, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington University’s junior All-America quarterback, was selected as the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week, Sept. 18, following in a 56-21 blowout victory over Fordham. Gubrud passed for 399 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran for 72 yards and two scores. He completed 29 of 41 passes and had 471 yards of total offense. —— Eagle cross country scores in Sundodger The Eastern Washington Univers...

  • Lady Blackhawks earn split with Clarkston, Shadle

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    The Cheney High School girls soccer split their matches last week, dropping their Great Northern League season-opener at Clarkston, 3-1, but rebounding for a convincing 5-0 non-league win over Greater Spokane League’s Shadle Park on the home pitch Saturday. Lady Blackhawks head coach Nels Radtke felt his team out-played the host Bantams on Tuesday, but gave up a couple of ill-timed goals on long balls that got behind the defensive back line. Those goals came right at the end of the first half for a 2-0 Clarkston lead, and i...

  • Cheney volleyball remains perfect with three more wins

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    It’s not easy playing three matches in three days, but the Cheney High School volleyball team made that feat look easy last week. The Lady Blackhawks didn’t drop a game in downing — in order — West Valley, North Central and Clarkston, the last two coming on the road. Cheney defeated the Eagles 25-12, 25-13 and 25-18; and then turned around 48 hours later to knock off the Bantams in Clarkston 25-17, 26-24 and 25-8 to run their Great Northern League record to 2-0. In between, the Lady Blackhawks swept aside Greater Spokane...

  • Showdown at Fairways will feature regional top runners

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Sep 21, 2017

    By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Derek Slaughter’s brainchild came about in conversation with the guy who used to occupy his current slot as Cheney High School boys cross country head coach — Jay Martin. The two conversed, as have many others who follow high school cross country in Washington, about the quality of programs in just this area of the state alone, a conversation that includes Cheney and in the last few years, Medical Lake. Some of those teams, like North Central and Mead, have even garnered national rankings. And tha...

  • Eagles vs. Grizzlies

    Updated Sep 21, 2017

    No.11 ranked Eastern Washington vs. Montana. Saturday, Sept. 23, Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,217), Missoula, Mont. TV: ROOT Sports & the DirecTV Audience Network. Radio: 700-AM ESPN and 105.3-FM in the Spokane/Cheney area. Larry Weir returns for his 27th season calling the play-by-play, with analysis handled by Paul Sorensen. Broadcasts begin one hour prior to kickoff and include an expanded post-game show....