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Cardinal skid continues
The rugged basketball road the Medical Lake boys have traveled this season added more ruts and potholes. The Cardinals ended last week winless with Colville (5-4 NEA, 5-11 overall)... — Updated 2/2/2023
Blackhawks end losing streak with 'Spirit' win
The Cheney boys got an offensive jolt with the return of Gentz Hilburn to the line-up, and the usual contribution from Jakeb Vallance as the Blackhawks defeated Rogers Jan. 30 in th... — Updated 2/2/2023
Cheney girls roll past Rogers in 'Railroad Rumble'
There’s never a bad time to end a losing streak, but to do it during a “rivalry game” might have an added impact in years to come when stories are told? The Cheney girls stopped an eight-game slide with 68-37 non-league win... — Updated 2/2/2023
Blackhawks have yet to win in 2023
Cheney’s boys’ basketball team remained winless in 2023 following a pair of Greater Spokane League losses last week. The Blackhawks lost a heartbreaker 51-49 at home to Mead, Jan. 17 and to Lewis and Clark 44-31, Jan. 20,... — Updated 1/26/2023
Cheney girls drop sixth straight
The 2023 tailspin continued last week for the Cheney girls as they dropped a pair of Greater Spokane League basketball games. The Blackhawks, who are winless in GSL play, lost 73-45 to league co-leader Mead at home Jan. 17 and trav... — Updated 1/26/2023
Medical Lake's tumble continues
The beginning of second trip through the Northeast A League basketball schedule was less kind than the first for the Medical Lake boys based on the most recent results. The Cardinals saw their skid reach six games following... — Updated 1/26/2023
Cardinal girls reverse losing streak
The opening of the second round of the Northeast A League play where the Medical Lake girls scored a pair of wins has head coach Brett Ward enthused for the stretch run — and hopefully a playoff berth. The Cardinals topped... — Updated 1/26/2023
Cardinal boys continue struggles
Slow starts took their toll on the Medical Lake boys basketball team last week as the Cardinals lost at Freeman 64-28 Jan. 10 and at home to Lakeside 60-29 Jan. 13 in Northeast A League play. In each game the Cardinals found... — Updated 1/19/2023
Top teams mean trouble for ML girls
Medical Lake girls’ basketball head coach Brett Ward offered a bit of perspective when asked about recent games his team has played that have resulted in a four-game losing streak. The most recent setbacks came last week where... — Updated 1/19/2023
Cheney boys primed for GSL play
The non-league schedule is behind them and now the Cheney boys will focus on the future, that being the start of Greater Spokane League play. The Blackhawks closed out the pre-season with a 61-37 humbling at the hands of Mt. Spo... — Updated 1/12/2023
Cheney girls look to improve offense
The Cheney girls’ basketball team closed the book on one part of its season an opened a new one last week as the Greater Spokane League started the portion of the schedule that really counts. The Blackhawks fell at Mt. Spokane... — Updated 1/12/2023
Cold starts continue to hamper ML boys
The Medical Lake girls started last week off undefeated 2-0 in Northeast A League play and ended it at .500 and 2-2. Following the resumption of play in 2023, the Cardinals collected a 39-34 Northeast A League win over... — Updated 1/12/2023
GSL play begins for Blackhawks
The holiday schedule for the Cheney boys’ basketball team may not have gone completely as head coach Travis Peevey wished, but he appears pleased with what did transpire. The Blackhawks (4-4) lost both their outings in the Eagle... — Updated 1/6/2023
Cheney girls point to GSL play
Responsibility for the Cheney girls’ basketball team’s two losses in the Eagle Holiday could land on a variety of shoulders, but head coach Ken Ryan said that number is much more easily defined. Ryan said the outcomes, a 64-61... — Updated 1/6/2023
Medical Lake girls ready as can be
The Medical Lake girls put the sting of a close loss to Greater Spokane League Shadle Park behind them and split a pair of games in the Eagle Holiday Classic following a win over... — Updated 1/6/2023
Numbers improve for CHS gymnastics
If there’s one thing for which second-year Cheney gymnastics coach Melissa Bradley might be thankful it might be she has better numbers. It might have even been a stretch to consider Bradley’s 2021-22 team a team in the first... — Updated 12/29/2022
Cheney is Scholastic Cup leader through fall
After the fall sports season, Cheney High School is in first place for the Scholastic Cup for 3A schools in the state of Washington. The Scholastic Cup recognizes performance in the classroom as well as on the playing... — Updated 12/29/2022
Blackhawks seem headed on right road
Five games into the 2022-23 season and things appear to be headed in the right direction for the Cheney boys' basketball team. Following a week where the Blackhawks collected wins... — Updated 12/22/2022
New coach and culture for CHS boys' hoops
As if the spotlight on new Cheney boys’ basketball head coach Travis Peevey is not bright enough as he works to rebound from a 4-15 record in the 2021-22 season, there’s this. Peevey married into the Hatch family with its... — Updated 12/22/2022
Cheney girls earn first win
The Cheney girls' basketball team won two of three non-league games last week, including the first of the season. On Dec. 13 the Blackhawks beat Lewis and Clark 46-42, Cheney's init... — Updated 12/22/2022
Early season still a struggle for ML boys
Medical Lake head boys ‘basketball coach Jordan Starr knew this season might be a challenge with many new faces and mixed experience. Last week’s results, a 90-36 loss Dec. 15 at home to Greater Spokane League North Central... — Updated 12/22/2022
Cardinal girls open NEA play with win
The Medical Lake girls got their Northeast A League season off to a good start last week with a 44-13 win at Newport, Dec. 16. The previous night, Greater Spokane League North... — Updated 12/22/2022
Cheney girls drop opening games
While the Cheney girls’ basketball team lost its opening two games of the season at home, 50-30 to University, Dec. 6 and 49-29 to North Central, Dec. 9, the good news is both were pre-season contests for the Greater Spokane Leag... — Updated 12/16/2022
Height is big plus for ML girls
New Medical Lake girls head basketball coach Brett Ward will be bringing some higher-level learning and practices to his job. Ward, who spent the past six seasons as an assistant for the Medical Lake boys, plans to integrate some... — Updated 12/16/2022
The changing of culture for CHS basketball
Technically speaking, this is year-two at the wheel for Cheney girls’ basketball head coach Ken Ryan. But he kind of likes to think of it more as his first season. “I got the job late,” Ryan said, noting he took over not... — Updated 12/16/2022