Articles from the October 22, 2009 edition
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Wins are still hard to come by for Medical Lake volleyball
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter There's still just one win to show for a season's worth of work, but Medical Lake's volleyball team seems to be showing that there's progress being made. The Cardinals lost 3-0 to West Valley last...
Medical Lake ends losing streak with shootout victory over Clarkston
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter One rugged stretch of Medical Lake's girls' soccer season is now behind the team and another awaits as the Cardinals close out the regular season portion of the Great Northern League schedule. And des...
Cardinals' coach calls Riverside loss ‘a giant step backwards'
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter On the scoreboard it was a 3-point defeat. But as far as Medical Lake coach Wes Hobbs is concerned, last Friday's 26-23 Great Northern League...
Cheney swimmers wrap up regular season against three opponents
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney High School girls swim team finished its regular season with a pair of home meets last week. The Blackhawks had a good performance but came up just a bit short in a meet Tuesday against visiting...
Blackhawk volleyball team drops two matches to top-three league opponents
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Cheney High's volleyball team hit a rocky point in its schedule last week, losing a pair of matches to the Great Northern League's second and third place...
Cheney girls unbeaten in GNL cross country with Colville, Pullman wins
Blackhawks boys experience first loss against Colville By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Cheney cross country coach Jay Martin knew heading into the season just how tough the Great Northern League was going to be. After last Tuesday's...
Homecoming volleyball matches get Eagles going
The Eastern Washington University volleyball team commences the second half of its Big Sky Conference slate this weekend in a three-way tie for first place in the league standings with Portland State and Northern Colorado. All...
Hannesson earns honors
Chelsey Hannesson of the Eastern Washington University women's soccer team was named Co-Defensive Player of the Week by the Big Sky Conference after helping the Eagles to a 1-0-1 week and into sole possession of first place in the...
Eagles take over first place, knock off Hornets 1-0, tie PSU 1-1
Eastern on top of Big Sky Conference standings for first time ever in soccer The Eastern Washington University women's soccer team broke a stalemate for first place in the Big Sky...
Cheney Free Press Football Contest, Oct. 22, 2009
Week six of Cheney Free Press football contest decided once again by tiebreaker Jamison Edwards of Medical Lake came closer in the second tiebreaker game between New Orleans and Chicago and won week six of the Cheney Free Press...
Crunch Time for Oct, 22, 2009
Painful football weekend goes well beyond the losses on the field By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter It was truly a painful weekend. Football-wise that is. I probably should have known...
Eagles try to turn things around with MSU
Even though the defending champions are in the rearview mirror, the Eagles still have their work cut out for them. Trying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Eastern Washington University football team tries to stay in the thick...
Building 1 Red Rockers vs. Building 2 Blue Bombers – AMX employees compete for a cause
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The employees at AMX in Cheney are engaged in a little friendly competition. The Red Rockers in Building 1 are taking on the Blue Bombers in Building 2 to see which team can donate the most food to th...
Grizzlies gut out victory over Eagles
Touchdown play with 1:18 to go by Montana decides it 41-34 By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Eastern Eagles know better than anyone how to win football games at Washington-Grizzly...
Final days in fight for mayor spot, one council position in AH race
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Four Airway Heights City Council positions will be decided Nov. 3, although just two of those are contested races. Mayor Matthew Pederson defends Position 1 against Patrick Rushing, who has served i...
Soccer Hawks eek out two wins to stay in driver's seat for Great Northern title
Victories over West Valley, Deer Park, keep Cheney winning streak alive at 10 By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney girls' soccer team remained atop the Great Northern League standings with a pair of wins last week – but just...
Cheney commission takes on wetland mitigation quandary
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Though the issue is now past city council, a discussion at the Oct. 12 meeting of the Cheney Planning Commission highlighted the conflict surrounding the city putting aside money as a guarantee for wo...
Cheney treatment plant built for the future
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Some communities know the debilitating effects of a building moratorium. Thanks to a recent upgrade to Cheney's wastewater treatment plant, that threat is far from city officials' minds. Though most...
Breaks prove elusive in Cheney's 19-10 loss to Deer Park
Hawks still in thick of playoff, Great Northern League title picture By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Deer Park's ball control offense and a lack of breaks helped send the Cheney football...
Ninth district candidates differences tough to find
Fagan and Hailey share similar views on issues, differ on background, campaigning and I-1033 By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Since their primary victories in August, state representative candidates Susan Fagan and Pat Hailey have put...
Lakeland Village union members, supporters confront budgetary blade
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter A plan to mend state budgets by cutting institution costs would reduce Medical Lake's Lakeland Village to a small nursing facility while leaving Pine Lodge Correctional Center as is. The first...
Police contract challenged by ML residents
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter It was standing room only at Tuesday's Medical Lake City Council meeting and most of the roughly 50 present were there to see one woman ask questions. City Administrator Doug Ross started the meetin...