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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Medical Lake boys’ head basketball coach summed things up in just three words when asked to access his team’s winless week. “Yup, tough week,” Jordan Starr wrote in an email following the Cardinals’ non-league losses to... — Updated 12/16/2022

The Travis Peevey era of Cheney basketball launched last week with the Blackhawks’ boys earning a split in a pair of non-league games. Cheney dropped its opener to University, 53-47, Dec. 6 but then topped North Central 58-49 on... — Updated 12/16/2022

Despite being saddled by sickness, the Medical Lake girls’ basketball team found what it needed to collect at least one win out of two games last week. “It was a crazy week for us,” new coach Brett Ward wrote in an email. ... — Updated 12/16/2022

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

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

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

With snow on the ground across large parts of the Pacific Northwest, serious cross country runners like Medical Lake High School’s Reid Headrick and Kayla Ramsey headed to the warmth of California last weekend. A group of elite... — Updated 12/8/2022

Cheney swimmers sent a number of swimmers to state competition Nov. 14 with notable outcomes. Blackhawks’ head coach Jennifer Hochwalt insists that the 3A classification in the state of Washington is arguably to best around.... — Updated 12/8/2022