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  • Special seniors

    Paul Delaney|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Medical Lake bid goodbye to its senior class on Feb. 1 at five athletes played their final home game....

  • Cardinal girls defend title

    Paul Delaney|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    One goal's been reached with a second and much bigger awaiting for the Medical Lake girls basketball team. With their two wins last week, starting on Jan. 30 with 50-37 over Lakeside - a victory that clinched outright the Cardinals second consecutive Northeast A League title -Medical Lake was on its way to an undefeated regular season. A 55-23 win on Senior Night over Colville sealed their 19-0 overall record and a 14-0 NEA record for the WIAA's No. 5 ranked RPI squad. The...

  • ML boys try to surprise in postseason

    Paul Delaney|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    The Medical Lake boys' basketball team hopes to enter the upcoming postseason continuing to fly under the radar. It's something they've done all season long. Concluding their Northeast A League season with a pair of wins, 66-58 over Lakeside and 87-32 against Colville, both at home, earned Medical Lake an 8-6 NEA mark and 10-11 overall. Following a 59-52 first-round, loser-out playoff game win Feb. 6 over Chewelah, they will face No. 1 seed Freeman Friday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at...

  • Medical Lake advances 15 wrestlers to regionals

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Medical lake wrestlers have overachieved from day one this season. They hope to continue to do so in an effort to return multiple athletes to the state tournament. The Cardinals earned 241 points and finished behind Deer Park (268) and Colville (263.5) and easily ahead of Freeman 176 in competition at Deer Park. This week, with berths at Mat Classic XXIX, set for Feb. 16-17 in Tacoma, Medical Lake gets to have a touch of home mat advantage when the 1A regionals are staged in...

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  • West Plains Police News

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    CHENEY Jan. 29 Buddy D. Robbins, 33, was arrested on charges of second-degree rape for an incident that occurred on Jan. 9 in the 300 block of Erie Street. Vehicle prowl was reported on the 100 block of North Sixth Street. Attempted suicide was reported on the 2300 block of University Lane. Subject was transported to the hospital. Incident is under review and may be upgraded to suicide. Two bicycles were found on the 2200 block of North Sixth Street. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the 2200 block of First...

  • College-bound Blackhawks

    Grace Pohl|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Riley Klauss (left) and Dylan Arthur signed their letters of intent on Feb. 1. Arthur is set to play baseball at Shoreline College with his upcoming senior season approaching at Cheney High School. Klauss will compete for soccer at North Idaho College after leading the Blackhawks in success on the soccer field....

  • Sports Briefs

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    MEN’S BASKETBALL Eastern off to meet Idaho in Moscow Hoping for a reversal of a home loss earlier this season, the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team takes on Big Sky Conference preseason favorite Idaho on Friday, Feb. 9 at approximately 7:30 p.m. at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho. The game will start after the conclusion of the EWU-UI women’s game which begins at 5 p.m. Earlier this season in Cheney, Idaho overcame a 20-6 start by the Eagles and went on to win 58-51. The Vandals have won their last three...

  • Cardinal boys hope to surprise in the postseason

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    ML advances to next round Derek Steege scored 25 points to lead Medical Lake to a 59-52 first-round, loser-out playoff game Feb. 6 over Chewelah and will face No. 1 seed Freeman Friday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at West Valley in Spokane. The Medical Lake boys' basketball team hopes to enter the upcoming postseason continuing to fly under the radar. It's something they've done all season long. Concluding their Northeast A League season with a pair of wins, 66-58 over Lakeside and 87-32...

  • Cheney girls will need playoffs to end losing skid

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    If the Cheney High girls basketball team is to find its way back into the win column, it will have to come when it matters most — in the playoffs. The Lady Blackhawks dropped their fourth and fifth straight games in Great Northern League action last week. Cheney lost a slugfest to visiting Pullman last Tuesday, getting outscored 27-20 in the final eight minutes as the Greyhounds broke a 47-all tie at the end of the third quarter and cruised to a 74-67 win. Friday, the Lady Blackhawks did all they could to rebound from a s...

  • Sports Week

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Friday, Feb. 9, EWU at Idaho, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, EWU hosts Montana, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, EWU hosts Montana State, 2:05 p.m. Women Friday, Feb. 9, EWU at Idaho, 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, EWU at Montana, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, EWU at Montana State, 1 p.m. COLLEGE HOCKEY ACHA Friday, Feb. 9, Conference Tournament Idaho vs. Western Washington at EWU, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, EWU vs. winner of...

  • Cheney swimming sending relay team to state

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    The Cheney High boys swimming team’s 200-yard freestyle relay squad punched their ticket for a 2A state appearance in two weeks during Great Northern League/Central Washington Athletic Conference district competition last Friday and Saturday at Washington State University’s Gibb Pool. The Blackhawks quartet of Zack Jongeward, Cameron Villalobos, Liam Hewey and Matthew Norman finished third with a time of 1 minute, 43.83 seconds, the highest finish for Cheney at competition in Pullman. The 400 freestyle team of Jongeward, Mit...

  • Blackhawks head to Clarkston needing playoff win

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Cheney High School’s two losses last week in Great Northern League boys basketball action were about as close as one could get, at least from a statistical standpoint. In their 60-52 home-loss to Pullman Jan. 30, the Blackhawks shot 21 of 52 overall from the field with the Greyhounds 21 of 53. Pullman hauled down 36 rebounds, Cheney 37 while the visitors turned the ball over a bit more than the home team. Friday on the road at Clarkston, Cheney was 17 for 40 overall while the Bantams went 16 for 42. Clarkston went to the f...

  • This year's Super Bowl went just perfectly in my mind

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    To put this in the nicest way possible, I really, really, really don’t like Tom Brady. So you could say that I was very happy with him losing the Super Bowl this past Sunday. I was rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles for most of the season anyways because I had quarterback Carson Wentz on my fantasy football team before he went and tore his ACL, which actually ended up ruining my playoffs. But it was also cool to see a FCS player be so successful in the NFL because that ultimately helps Eastern Washington football players, r...

  • Ten CHS wrestlers move onto regionals on Feb. 10

    Grace Pohl, Staff Intern|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    After a successful showing for Cheney High School’s wrestling team at the Great Northern League District meet, 10 Blackhawks are advancing to regionals, which takes place at East Valley High School on Feb. 10. As a team, Cheney finished third in the GNL competition with 208 points. EVHS took first with 268.5. Seniors Zack Nguyen and Boedy Taylor along with freshman Dylan Straley highlighted the meet, with all three taking first in their respective brackets. Straley (126) received two byes in the first rounds, but went on to p...

  • Delaney Hodgins adds name to record book

    STAFF AND NEWS REPORTS|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    In the span of one week, Eastern Washington University basketball teams had two brand new all-time scoring records broken. The most recent came Feb. 1 when Delaney Hodgins became the EWU womens' basketball all-time leading scorer, lifting the team to an 83-76 Big Sky Conference victory over Sacramento State. Hodgins needed 15 points to break the record, set by her older sister and former teammate Hayley Hodgins nearly two years ago. Hodgins broke her big sister's record of...

  • Cardinal girls collect second straight NEA title

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Feb 8, 2018

    One goal's been reached with a second and much bigger awaiting for the Medical Lake girls basketball team. With their two wins last week, starting on Jan. 30 with 50-37 over Lakeside - a victory that clinched outright the Cardinals second consecutive Northeast A League title -Medical Lake was on its way to an undefeated regular season. A 55-23 win on Senior Night over Colville sealed their 19-0 overall record and a 14-0 NEA record for the WIAA's No. 5 ranked RPI squad. "Yes,...

  • West Plains Briefs

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Emmanuel Lutheran to celebrate ‘Fat Tuesday’ The public is invited to come to Cheney’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church and help celebrate “Fat Tuesday” at the ninth annual “Festival of Chocolate,” Feb. 13. There will be activities for children, door prizes and all the chocolate treats you can eat from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the church, 639 Elm St. Donations benefit Vacation Bible School. The event is a Thrivent Team project. For more information, call 389-3776. Feed Medical Lake chasing away the chill Feed Medical Lake and sunshine ar...

  • StageWest holding auditions

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    StageWest Community Theatre is holding open auditions for its next production “Seeds of change,” written by Craig Rickett and directed by Nancy Kuonen. “Seeds of Change” is the story of three sisters, Nazarene spinsters all, who live with the blessings and burdens of their parent’s strict religious upbringing. Two of the sisters, Chastity and Faith, work diligently to keep a decrepit mission-kitchen operating while caring for their eldest sister, Joy. When a new neighbor moves in down the hall and a mysterious package of seed...

  • What's Happening On The West Plains

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Cheney • Feb. 9-10, Free AARP Tax Aide, community library, noon – 9 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday. • Feb. 10, Extreme Science with Radical Rick: Forces, community library, 3 – 4 p.m. • Feb. 10, Formal Valentine’s Dance, Wren Pierson Building, 7 – 10 p.m., $14 a person. • Feb. 11, Cheney Community Forum with 5th District Congressional candidate Lisa Brown, Wren Pierson Building, 6 – 7:30 p.m. • Feb. 14, Build your brand on Facebook, community library, 8 – 9 a.m. • Feb. 15, Kiwanis Meeting with a guest spea...

  • Georgina (Nikotich) Miller

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Georgina (Nikotich) Miller (Jean), our beloved mom passed away on Jan. 16, 2018 at Spokane Hospice House after a brief illness. Jean, a 50-year resident of Cheney, was born in 1920 in Spokane to George and Anna Nikotich. A 1938 graduate of Rogers High School she attended Kelsey Baird Secretarial School. Working for Bell Furniture Jean met her soulmate, salesman Michael Miller. She took civil service positions in Pasco, Wash. and at The Presidio in San Francisco. In July 1942 t...

  • Churches

    Updated Feb 8, 2018

    Cheney Congregational Church Cheney Congregational is now a “provisional member” of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (NACCC). This is an association of congregational churches that prizes the autonomy of individual congregations while seeking out the advantages of friendship between congregations. We will take up full membership during the annual conference in San Diego, Calif., this June. We held a special offering for Feed Cheney through the Souper Bowl of Caring – a nationwide charity drive...