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Medical Lake's girls basketball team hopes to receive a special Valentine's Day gift. Following the Cardinals' 55-39 win over Chewelah on Feb. 9, they earned their way into the district title game against a familiar and potent opponent, the Lakeside Eagles, in a state tournament seeding game that was played at West Valley High School Feb. 14. To get there, Medical Lake extended its record to 20-0 by breaking open a close game with Chewelah (12-9), speeding up the pace with a...
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A study released by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) reveals an estimated 1 million Americans have been victimized in romance fraud scams with losses nearing $1 billion over the last three years. The study, which can be found at www. bbb.org says the scheme can take a number of months to play out as the scammer gains the victim’s trust. The scammer eventually will ask for small amounts of money to feel out the victim. Victims often turn into unknowing accomplices of money laundering. The study recommends that law e...
CHENEY Feb. 5 A 15-year-old male and a 14-year-old male were arrested on the 800 block of Highland Street for possession of controlled substance/marijuana. Residential burglary was reported on the 800 block of Cedar Street. Theft of a firearm was reported on the zero hundred block of Washington Court. A possible scam was reported on the 1000 block of Betz Road. Feb. 6 Disorderly conduct was reported on the 700 block of West First Street. Harassment was reported on the 2400 block of University Lane. An abandoned auto was...
MEN’S BASKETBALL Montana schools visit for only 2018 meeting with Eastern After a pair of weekends on the road, the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team returns to Reese Court this week to play its lone meetings this season against Montana and Montana State. The game with unbeaten league-leading Grizzlies is at 6:05 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, followed by a visit from the Bobcats on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 2:05 p.m. Montana is running away with the league race at 13-0, while EWU and MSU are mired smack dab in the...
New Eastern Washington University interim athletics director Lynn Hickey came prepared for her first meeting with the media in her second day on the job, Feb. 13. She had plenty of answers for all the questions, and then some. While not dressed in knock-your-eyes out Eagle red, Hickey has that in the works. Coming from the generally warmer parts of Texas in San Antonio, and in likely anticipation of more winter weather ahead, "I actually ordered a red parka online," Hickey sai...
The Medical Lake boys basketball team has one more chance to return to state tournament play. They earned it with a split last week in districts after a 59-52 win at home on Feb. 6 against Chewelah in a loser-out game. Medical Lake went into the double-elimination bracket with the win with one of those losses, a 76-41 defeat to the state’s No. 2 1A RPI team, Freeman on Feb. 9. The Cardinals next game, a knockout round for the loser against No. 12 Newport, was played Feb. 14 a...
TRACK & FIELD McGee wins award for track efforts After a successful showing at the Husky Classic on Feb. 9-10, sophomore Keshun McGee was honored with the Big Sky Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced on Feb. 13. At the Husky Classic, the Bremerton, Wash., native had two top-10 performances against the elite competition. McGee earned first place in the long jump with a mark of 24 feet, 2 1/2 inches, close to his own personal record of 25-0 which is second on EWU’s all-time list. Kurt Kra...
Cheney High School has announced that has hired Rene Caro as the new head coach for the Blackhawk boys soccer program. In a Feb. 12 news release, CHS athletics director Jeff Chandler said Caro most recently coached soccer at Mount Vernon High School in Western Washington, assisting then-head coach Tony Dabbs. Caro played prep soccer at Mount Vernon, accepting a scholarship to play collegiately at the University of Portland in Oregon. After college, he played professionally for the Kitsap Pumas, from Bremerton, of the...
Cheney High School seniors Logan Kendall (left) and Dalton Mauzay prepare to sign their national collegiate letters of intent at a ceremony last Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the high school. Kendall has committed to playing football at the University of Idaho while Mauzay will play soccer at Montana State University-Billings....
Dates and times of activities are subject to change. For updated information call the Cheney High School activity line at 559-4120 or the Medical Lake High School activity line at 565-3232, goeags.com or spokanealb.com. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Thursday, Feb. 15, EWU hosts Montana, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, EWU hosts Montana State, 2:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, EWU at Weber State, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, EWU at Idaho State, 6 p.m. Women Thursday, Feb. 15, EWU at Montana, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, EWU at Montana State, 1...
A cold-shooting third quarter doomed the Cheney High School girls basketball team’s chances of advancing in the District 7 playoffs last Wednesday at West Valley. After taking a 24-18 lead into the locker room at halftime, the Lady Blackhawks had trouble finding the bottom of the net coming out of the break. Cheney was outscored 17-5 by the Eagles in the frame, and eventually fell 48-40 in the first-round, loser-out contest. Senior forward Hailee Huff was the only Lady Blackhawk in double-digit scoring with 10 points. Aija L...
The Cheney High School wrestling team will be taking five wrestlers to the Mat Classic XXIX at the Tacoma Dome this weekend. “It was a great day of wrestling,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “It was a little unexpected to have that many qualify and I was very happy with the results. We told all the kids they had a capability to make it to state.” After their performances at the regional tournament at East Valley High School on Feb. 10, freshman Dylan Straley (126), senior Zack Nguyen (138), freshman Anthony Aguilera (152),...
Cheney High School gymnastics had a successful showing at regionals as three are moving on to state competition this Thursday and Friday (Feb. 15-16) at the Tacoma Dome. “The competition was tough this year,” head coach Jamie Frucci said. “I saw better gymnastics at this regional meet than I have ever seen.” Sophomore Sophia VanWormer qualified in the bars, beam and floor competition for state. She took third place at regionals in the beam with a 9.300 mark. Senior Alexis Miller was the next qualifier, and made it in bars an...
Bill Chaves oversaw one of the most dynamic decades in a century-plus of Eastern Washington University history as the school’s athletics director. And then he came to a crossroads several weeks ago. “You turn 50 and you’re at a job for 10 years, you’re reflecting, it’s hard not to,” Chaves told EWU play-by-play broadcaster Larry Weir in his final podcast on Jan. 22. That came just before Chaves officially vacated his corner office in EWU’s Health and Physical Education bui...
When it mattered most, Cheney High’s boys basketball team found a way to produce the program’s first playoff win in nine years. Trailing 40-30 heading into the fourth quarter last Wednesday in Clarkston, juniors Devin Cook and Camden VerStrate together with senior Justace Reiter put the rest of their Blackhawks teammates on their backs in the Great Northern League loser-out game. Cook hit four 3-pointers in six consecutive possessions, Reiter’s 2-point shot tied the game at 50-all in the final minute, and with VerSt...
The Eastern Washington University American Collegiate Hockey Association team earned the conference championship for the second time in three years, beating the Western Washington University Vikings 6-4 on Feb. 10 at the University Recreation Center in the second annual Northern Pacific Hockey Conference championship tournament presented by Barrelhouse Pub and Pizza in Cheney. The Eagles, coached by Pat Hanlon and assistant Chris Watkins, earned the number one seed after...
Medical Lake emerged from district wrestling competition with their goal well in reach for this weekend's Mat Classic XXIX in Tacoma. "The goal at the beginning of the year was a top-10 finish at state," head coach Matt Leenhouts said. "We'll see what happens." That plateau will be reached with 10 total wins on the weekend. "We probably need 17–18 to be top-5," he added. At the meet hosted by Medical Lake on Feb. 10, Colville won the team title with 212 points, Deer Park w...
Cheney blood drive April 28 The Inland Northwest Blood Center together with Cheney community volunteers led by coordinator Duane Isaac will hold a blood drive on Friday, Feb. 23, from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Marketplace Bakery & Eatery on First Street in Cheney. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people....
Cheney • Feb. 18, Create a Freezer Meal Plan, community library 1 – 2 p.m. • Feb. 19, Presidents Day, all city offices are closed. • Feb. 20, StageWest Community Theatre business meeting, Emmanuel Lutheran Church 639 Elm St., 6:30 p.m. • Feb. 22, Kiwanis meeting with guest speakers Joe and Kelly Lachnit from Freedom has a Face, Center, Sessions Village Clubhouse 2229 N. Sixth St., 7 a.m. • Feb. 22, Sons of the American Legion meeting, 116 College Ave., 6 p.m. Airway Heights • Feb. 16, 19 and 21, SAIL (Stay Active and In... Full story
Julie Ann Weigel Miller passed away peacefully on Jan. 15, 2018. She was born on June 29, 1962 in Spokane, Wash. Julie was a graduate of Cheney High School. She is survived by her husband Eric, daughter Brenda Shaw (Jake), Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, mother Elaine Weigel, sisters Mary Reatigui (Claude), Debbie Maine (Tom), Lisa Miller (Shane), two grandsons, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her father and two granddaughters. A service will be held at a later date....
