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Celebrate springtime and prepare your garden, equipment for planting By LaVERLE McCANDLESS Contributor “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; They are the sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” Luther Burbank. No, this is no April Fool's joke. You all will be hearing and most likely saying a few of the jokes yourself. Enjoy the day and be nice. I have no idea how March will go out, as a lamb or lion, regardless we cannot do a thing about the weather. We gardeners always survive the days as they com... Full story
Some organizations should make their names more fitting By LUELLA DOW Contributor What do some words really mean? This is not a subject one could use for college credits, but there are mysteries within, some laughable, some profound, some worth a passing thought. The first thing that comes to my mind is the euphemism entitled “Correction Center.” Correction, as listed in the dictionary, means to reprove, amend, reform and “right on, brother.” If you're encased in a cell in the “right on, brother,” I guess that's better than... Full story
Cheney freshman Eli Mason had a great wrestling tournament last weekend in Battleground, Wash., at the Northwest Cadet and Junior Regionals. He placed second at 145 pounds, with the top three qualifying for the grand daddy of them all, the USA Wrestling National Tournament in Fargo N.D. at the end of July. Mason won five matches and then fell in the finals 4-0 and 5-2. Wrestlers competing at Battleground were from Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Alaska, with plenty more states repr... Full story
Huge Little Guy wrestling event set for all-day run Saturday at Reese Court By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake’s Mat Maulers warmed up for this Saturday’s Jason Crawford Memorial tournament by bringing home six gold medals from last week’s matches in Colville. Zach Loutzenhiser and Isiaha Thompson won gold medals in the 5-6 age group. Elijah Aguilera and Ethan Davis won silver. Bronze medals went to Samuel Russel, Jaedon Razo and Alex Tareski. In the age 7-8 division Brady Brennan won bronze. Brenden McNive... Full story
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The Eastern Washington University track and field teams will compete Friday and Saturday (April 2-3) at the Al Manuel Invitational in Missoula, Mont., before competing and hosting the 39th Annual Pelluer Invitational in Cheney on April 9. The Al Manuel Invitational will feature dual-meet scoring between NCAA Division I schools, including Montana, Montana State and Eastern. Last year, the men’s team lost to Montana 111.5-81.5 and Montana State 113-81. The Eagle women lost to Montana 110.5-87.5 and M... Full story
Battle for starting QB spot will likely hog the spotlight FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTS All eyes will be on the quarterbacks. In search of a replacement for Matt Nichols, a four-year starter at quarterback, the Eastern Washington University football team began spring practices for the 2010 season yesterday, (Wednesday), March 31. Third-year head coach Beau Baldwin expects to have about 75 players participating, including 42 returning letter winners. Eastern will take a look at six players this spring competing for the...
Former Eastern QB gives arena ball a try By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Erik Meyer once again hopes the road to his football future begins in his second home. Meyer, the former record-breaking Eastern Washington University quarterback, earned a roster spot with the Spokane Shock Arena Football League team as one of two quarterback’s the team will carry in their inaugural AFL season. After four dominant seasons in the now defunct Arena Football 2 league, Spokane launches its season Friday night at the Arena against the Milw...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Domonique Brown finished second in the 100-meters, third in the 200, and was the first leg of the 4x100 that finished second at the Ezra Gordon Invitational in Colville last Thursday in Colville and helped Medical Lake to a fourth place finish on the boy’s portion of the invitational. The meet drew 19 boys’ teams. Colville (118.5 points) won the meet while the Cardinals earned 51.5 points. Emily Pake threw the shot 35 feet, a personal record, and finished second by 1 ½ inches on the girl... Full story
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake soccer coach Zane Higgins can’t find much to complain about so far in 2010. His Cardinals are undefeated through five games and un-scored on as well. The Cards finished last week with a 2-0 win over Clarkston at home and picked off Deer Park, 1-0 on the road to move their Great Northern League record to 4-0. While they have the week off from GNL play – resuming next Tuesday hosting Pullman and on the road at West Valley on Thursday, both games starting at 4 p.m. – the Cardinal...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The team result may not have been all that good, but some fine individual performances have emerged from Medical Lake’s 0-for-4 start in non-league games. The Cardinals dropped road games to Newport 20-3 and 14-0 last Tuesday and then fell 18-1 and 9-6 at Kettle Falls Thursday, falling to 0-6 in non-league play. Medical Lake starts Great Northern League games with a doubleheader Saturday at Deer Park starting at noon. Medical Lake coach Gai Daily singled out the individual efforts of a number... Full story
Cards thin line-up to be stretched to the max as players all fill utility roles By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter For the first time in years, Medical Lake’s baseball team is able to actually play on their home turf. No gym, no parking lots, no road trips to find a dry field. And whether that’s been the reason the Cards have clicked off a pair of victories to start the season is unknown. Bottom line is that coach TJ Smith is liking how things are going and he just hopes it can continue when the Cards face Deer Park Satu...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor With 40 girls on the varsity/junior varsity rosters, new Cheney High School girls tennis head coach Corey Anderson has two tasks. First, prepare an experienced core of varsity returnees for playoff action and second, bring along some young talent in order to prepare for the future. Anderson said the Blackhawks’ strength right now is probably in their doubles teams, but that isn’t to imply the singles are weak. It’s more a situation of getting players who’s varsity experience for the...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor It’s often referred to as “winning ugly.†Finding ways to win when things aren’t going right is often the hallmark of a good team. The Cheney softball team showed they could do this by using hot hitting and game-saving defense to overcome seven walks and four errors in defeating the Prosser Mustangs 9-8, running their non-league mark to 2-0. The Lady Hawks wasted little time offensively, leading off with consecutive singles by Samee Silvieus, Sierra Vijarro and Nicole Lane, taking the early...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney boys' tennis team enters the 2010 campaign with a balance of varsity experience, up and coming younger talent and numbers. With 33 turning out, including seven seniors and four freshmen, head coach Jesse Erickson will have plenty of material for success – for this season and beyond. Seven varsity players return from last year's squad, but like the girls team, several of those played doubles last year. The challenge this year will be to get their minds into the singles game. Junior David Dene...
Put on your pads and pocket protectors, here comes hockey Cinderella R.I.T. By JOHN McCALLUM Editor That thundering din you hear outside your window is the run on Butler University athletic apparel as everyone scrambles to get onto the train of the NCAA men’s basketball latest Cinderella. By qualifying for their first ever Final Four the Bulldogs could become the first mid-major to win the national championship since the University of Nevada-Las Vegas did it as a member of the Big West Conference in 1990. Remember that...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Gaining experience and getting tuned up for coming competition was the Cheney track teams modus operandi last Thursday at the Ezra Gordon Invitational meet in Colville. The Blackhawks fielded a complement consisting mostly of freshmen and sophomores, with a few varsity juniors and seniors added into the mix, with the boys finishing ninth overall out of 19 teams and the girls 12 out of 17. For the boys the day belonged to DeAngelo Jones. The senior missed the Blackhawks’ opening meet in Yakima on M...
Cheney explodes to slam Stags in doubleheader sweep By JOHN McCALLUM Editor An explosion of offense sent the Cheney baseball team into spring break with a three-game wining streak, including a 2-0 start to Great Northern League action. The Blackhawks pounded Deer Park with 30 hits while taking advantage of nine errors to pummel the Stags 14-1 and 16-1 in a league-opening doubleheader on the road last Saturday. “It was solid, the kind of start you want,†Cheney manager Randy Elam said. Ten Cheney players got into the hit...
Cheney shuts out Riverside in between overtime wins over Deer Park, Ferris By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney Blackhawks ran their Great Northern League boys’ soccer mark to 4-0 with a 3-2 overtime win against Deer Park last Tuesday, a shutout Riverside 5-0 on Thursday, and then turned around 24 hours later to edge 4A Ferris of the Greater Spokane League 2-1 in overtime at Albi Stadium on Friday. The two overtime wins make it four of the first six games the Blackhawks have gone to extra minutes, posting a 3-1 record. For...
