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Pease earns NWAC volleyball honor The Northwest Athletic Conference announced its selection for Volleyball Players of Week 6 and former Cheney Blackhawk, freshman Kinsey Pease of Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. earned the honor as top setter. “Kinsey has been stepping up for us, leading the offense to where we want to go,” Pease’s coach, Mark Dunn, said. “(She) had a great serving week without an error,” for the 5-1 Penguins. ——— EWU’s Zack Johnson earns POW award Eastern Washington University senior football player Z...
CROSS COUNTRY Cheney at Pullman (5,000 meters) Boys 1. Kameron Galm 17:55.6 4. Kaleb Lerch 18:15.6 6. Carson Kerr 18:50.0 11. Britton Williams 19:39.1 12. Luke Huguenin 19:46.1 13. Justin Barker 20:02.6 14. JT Gould 20:03.6 Girls 2. Hannah Spakousky 21:01.1 5. Mattie McNair 22:02.2 6. Jolene Whiteley 22:08.2 10. Jessica Vietzke 23:32.8 11. Shannen Gladden 23:43.9 13. Linsay Sweitzer 24:28.1 14. Sadie Knutsen 26:11.0 Northeast A League Boys Team W L T Deer Park 5 0 0 Medical Lake 5 0 0 Lakeside 5 2 0 Riverside 4 2 0 Freeman 2...
The Medical Lake Cardinals knew they faced a tall task in a Friday night Northeast A League football game at Freeman, the state’s No. 5 ranked team. Not only were the Scotties powerful, but they were angry, too, following their 28-7 loss to top-ranked Colville the week before. Freeman proved to be more than just a giant impediment and acted much like a steamroller, flattening Medical Lake 71-29. “All the stars and planets aligned for those guys,” Medical Lake head coach Wes H...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Four matches remain on the 2014 volleyball season for Medical Lake. And sometime in the next two weeks head coach Amanda Higgins hopes her team can find a way to start strong with a set victory. Because that’s what she thinks might be the catalyst that gets the winless Cardinals (0-10) headed in the right direction. “With four matches left, we are trying to figure out how to pull out that first game in the match,” Higgins wrote in an email. “We feel that if we win that first game then we can...
Medical Lake, the state's top-ranked 1A team, breezed to its second straight Northeast A League cross country meet victory last Wednesday in a triple-dual event staged at Sontag Park in Nine Mile. The Cardinals had it easy, sweeping the top-5 places to take the boys' win 15-45 over home-standing Lakeside and 15-50 against Newport. The girls fell to Lakeside 21-35, but, like the boys, scored a 15-50 victory over Newport. Medical Lake senior Domenic Rehm clocked a 16 minute, 8...
The injury and illness bugs have hit both Cheney High School cross country teams at just the wrong time — if there is such a thing as a good time. Several key runners were sidelined as the Blackhawks traveled to face a good Pullman team last Wednesday, Oct. 15. The Greyhounds, a team Cheney head coach Jay Martin said is much better than last year and were “home and hungry” ran great in downing the boys 25-34 as well as the girls 23-34. “We ran OK,” Martin said. “We were out a few kids. (But) I’m not making any excuses. We g...
The regular season is winding down for the Cheney High volleyball team. The Blackhawks picked up a Great Northern League win over Pullman, Oct. 14. Two days later they dropped a league match to East Valley, which snapped Cheney's three-match winning streak. In their match against the Greyhounds, Cheney came back from a two-game deficit to win 3-2. The game scores were 20-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21 and 18-16. Senior Kayla Lemelin and freshman Peyton Stark shined on offense,...
The Cheney High girls’ swimming team continues their momentum on their way to districts. The Blackhawks defeated Selah, 101-60, Oct. 9. Several Cheney swimmers took first place in individual events including Makenzie Norman, 50-yard freestyle, 100 freestyle; Alexis Schmidt, 200 individual medley, 100 butterfly; Tenley Nelson, 100 breaststroke and Kaylie Geschke, 200 freestyle. In team events, Norman, Schmidt, Nelson and Brittany Meyer finished first in the 200 medley relay. Sam Abbott, Melissa Johnson, Meghan Krantz and E...
Cheney’s Arlene Helsing became not only the first repeat winner, but was also a perfect 12-0 as she won Week 6 of the Cheney Free Press football contest. Helsing wins a $50 merchant’s gift certificate. Jay Lemaster of Medical Lake was runner-up in a tiebreaker with an 11-1 record and wins a $20 Owl Drug gift certificate. Winners must come to the Free Press office at 1616 W. First St. in Cheney to pick up their prizes. See page 5 for this week’s entry form. NOTE: We STILL received two entries for Week 6 that were faxed to us...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women) Thursday , Oct. 30, EWU hosts Central Methodist, 6 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Oct. 25, District Cross Country at Clarkston, time TBA. Saturday, Nov. 1, Glue-In District 5 & 6, location and time TBA. Thursday, Oct. 30, Districts at Chewelah Golf Course, 2 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Oct. 25, EWU at Northern Arizona, 12:40 p.m. Saturday. Nov. 1, EWU hosts North Dakota, 2:05 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Friday,...
It's hard to win when you get triple-teamed. That was the case for the Cheney High School football team last Friday night, who not only found themselves battling a very good West Valley team but also themselves, and consequently the officials in a 17-14 Homecoming loss to the visiting Eagles. "It was a winnable game," Cheney head coach Bobby Byrd said. "We had opportunities and we let them slip away." Two of those opportunities came in the second quarter of a scoreless,...
October Thursday , Oct. 30, EWU hosts Central Methodist, 6 p.m. November Friday, Nov. 14, EWU at Utah Valley, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, EWU at Wichita St., 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, EWU at SMU, noon. Monday, Nov. 24, EWU at Abilene Christian, 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, EWU hosts Central Wash. (doubleheader with men’s basket ball), 4:35 p.m. December Wednesday, Dec. 3, EWU hosts Gonzaga, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, EWU hosts St. Martin’s, tba. Sunday, Dec. 14, EWU at Boise St., 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, EWU hosts Portland, 6 p.m....
Eagle Madness, the official kickoff celebration for Eastern Washington University men’s and women’s basketball, has been moved inside to Reese Court this Thursday, Oct. 23, due to weather concerns. The event was originally scheduled to take place on First Street and College Avenue in downtown Cheney, but the weather forecast for Thursday evening shows a 90-percent chance of rain in the area. Free to the public, Eagle Madness will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of EWU Volleyball’s match versus Idaho State at 6 p.m....
Eastern Washington womens’ basketball head coach Wendy Schuller will tell you that in order to properly prepare for the tough grind of Big Sky Conference play that an equally difficult preseason schedule is in order. Considering that nine teams her Eagles will play in the lead up to the 2014-15 league schedule competed in the postseason last year, Eastern certainly ought to be battle-tested. “I feel like we’ve got to play teams out of conference that are going to chall...
At Northern Arizona University, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, 12:40 p.m. NAU Skydome (10,000). TV: Televised live regionally by ROOT Sports & DirectTV Audience Network 101. Radio: 700-AM ESPN in Spokane. Internet Radio: www.700espn.com or www.tunein.com. Watch Parties: Consult EWU social media outlets for details the Friday before games. Those who may carry EWU games include Eagles Pub in Cheney, “Epic” at Northern Quest Casino and Resort in Airway Heights, the Swinging Doors in North Spokane....
In a game where turnovers were seen as the key to victory, Eastern Washington won both battles last Saturday at Roos Field. Neither was by a big margin, however, in EWU’s 26-18 Big Sky Conference football victory over the Northern Colorado Bears before another sellout crowd of 10,064 on Military Appreciation Day. It was an interception by redshirt freshman Victor Gamboa — the only turnover lost by either team — with 2 minutes, 2 seconds to play that sealed the victory for E...
The 2014 NFL trade deadline is less than a week away but the most recent deal had some big impacts. On Friday, Oct. 17, the Seattle Seahawks agreed to send wide receiver Percy Harvin to the New York Jets. In exchange for Harvin, the Seahawks will receive a sixth-round pick for the 2015 draft. After the announcement, most of my friends who are Seahawks fans were complaining about the trade. Some people learned about Harvin’s move in a different way. The Seattle players, heard about the situation while they were on their t...
The Cheney girls' soccer team earned its first winning streak of the season, albeit briefly, with back to back wins last week at home over Pullman and East Valley. The Lady Blackhawks used the foot of forward Kendyl Cone and some stout defense to knock off the Greyhounds 4-1 Tuesday, and slipped by the Knights for a 1-0 win Thursday. Cone scored all five goals in the victories. Her first two came against Pullman off assists from Lelie Holland in the sixth minute and Jasmine...
Beginning square dance lessons start again on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m. in Cheney’s City Hall. The Hi-Flyers Square Dance Club in Cheney is the fastest growing club in the Inland Northwest, with a popular young teacher, Adam Christman. Everyone is encouraged to relax, laugh, dance, make some mistakes, but most of all, to have fun. Lessons are $4 per person, but each person’s first lesson is free. Casual clothing is encouraged. For more information phone Grant and Lelia Smith, 235-6066....
City of Cheney • Oct. 24, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • Oct. 25, National Novel Writing Month Writers’ Roundtable, community library, 2 – 4 p.m. • Oct. 25, Coats 4 Cheney Kids distribution, Salnave Elementary School, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. • Oct. 27, Feed Cheney, Wren Pierson Community Center, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Also Coats 4 Cheney Kids coat distribution. • Oct. 27, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • Oct. 28, Senior Light Fitness, Wren Piers... Full story
Spokane County Sheriff deputies, Spokane County Fire District 3 firefighters and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) responded to a power pole fire on State Route 902 and Welcome Road, two miles east of Medical Lake, Oct. 14 at 11:10 p.m. WSDOT requested Avista to come to the scene to help with traffic control. WSDOT and Avista closed the westbound lanes between Welcome Road and Craig Roads on SR 902 and provided an alternate route to drivers. Crews reopened westbound lanes, Wednesday morning at 8 a.m....
The annual collection week for Operation Christmas Child is Nov. 23 – 27. The local sponsors would like to make the event even more successful than past years. Please call 290-2878 to get more information on how you can help send gifts to children in need around the world at Christmas....
Robert E. Grogan, age 90, passed away Oct. 18, 2014 in Spokane with his children by his side. Robert was born Nov. 24, 1923 outside of Cheney to William and Hilda (Dybdal) Grogan. He was a graduate of Cheney High School, class of 1941. In 1951, he married Jeanne Proctor and together raised their children on a farm outside of Cheney. Robert was a lifetime farmer and rancher. He loved hunting, fishing and spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by his wife:... Full story
