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The Cheney High girls' tennis team played the role of dragon slayers with a 5-1 nonleague win over St. George, March 16. In singles, No. 1 Bridget Calvert lost a close three-set match to Lauren Sanske (6-2, 6-7, 6-4). No. 2 Alannah Lewis continued her winning streak with a win against Jennifer Milbrath (6-0, 6-1) as did No. 3 Caitlyn Strong, who defeated Suzie Jones (6-0, 6-3). "That was probably a good three hour match," head coach Courtney Webb said of Calvert's match...
Idaho connected on free throws when it counted and Eastern Washington missed their field goal attempts on four possessions inside the final minute, helping hand the Vandals a 74-67 victory Monday, March 20 at Reese Court in the Women's Basketball Invitational quarterfinals. The Eagles pulled within a point at 66-65 with 1:28 remaining after Ashli Payne hit a layup. But Idaho would go on an 8-2 run down the stretch to seal the victory for the Vandals. The final seconds were...
It took three tries, but Medical Lake's boys' tennis team finally got to face an opponent on the court. While the result, a 4-1 nonleague loss to Cheney, was maybe not what co-head coach Jake Wesselman had in mind, just being able to compete was rewarding. "This was our first match of the season and our third time out on the courts due to weather constraints," Wesselman said. "Overall, we struggled in some areas of our game, but with limited court time, we weren't really...
The 16th annual Eastern Washington University “Spring Shootout 3-on-3” basketball tournament will be held April 22 - 23 at the EWU Sports and Recreation Center. The largest indoor 3-on-3 tournament in the country, this year’s event will only require teams to commit one day to play with adult teams playing on Saturday and youth teams playing on Sunday. The tournament will follow a double elimination format with officials on all courts. Divisions include those for adults, youth and coed. Entries must be received by April 10 wi...
Does revenge really taste sweet, or does it have any flavor at all? All Medical Lake boys’ head soccer coach Zane Higgins knows is it feels good because his Cardinals opened the season not only with a victory, but a big win to boot, 3-2 over Mt. Spokane of the Greater Spokane League March 17. The victory earned Medical Lake a 1-1 record last week as they followed with a 2-0 loss to another GSL team, North Central. “It was a good result considering they beat us last year, 6-1...
Hailey Hostetter had a 4-for-4 day at the plate with four RBIs, and Hannah Petek stroked a grand slam home run in the second inning on Medical Lake’s 21-6 season-opening nonleague softball victory over visiting Davenport, March 17. Among Hostetter’s hits were a pair of doubles. Petek’s homer was part of a 12-run second inning in a game that went just three innings due to the “mercy rule.” Other big bats for the Cardinals were Sarah Mayer who was 3-for-4 with a double an...
Cheney High’s boys soccer team earned its first Great Northern League win last Saturday. Trae Babcock provided the winning goal as the Blackhawks out shot Pullman 4-3 for a 1-0 win on the road. Also scoring in the shootout were Blake Smith, Bas Holland and Noah Schorzman. Cheney out shot the Greyhounds 10-8 during 80 scoreless minutes of regulation and two overtime periods, with goalkeeper Dalton Mauzay making six saves. Earlier in the week on Thursday, the Blackhawks had a difficult time getting their offense going as w...
The Cheney Blackhawks baseball team picked up a nonleague win on the road against Sunnyside, 11-3, March 18. The Blackhawks took an early lead with four runs in the first inning, then added a run in the third before Sunnyside answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame. Head coach Glenn Chamberlain said his players were aggressive in the beginning of the game, implementing “small ball” and getting runners on base. “But after we were up 5-0, we didn’t do a whole lot,” Chamberlain said. “What we’re trying to do (as coa...
Both Cheney boy’s and girls’ golf teams are in full swing, having competed in the March 13 Clarkston Invite. The boys finished eighth out of 10 teams with 373 points. The girls finished 10th with 548. Tyler Koohns shot 79 to lead Cheney and was six strokes behind tournament winner, Gonzaga Prep’s Nate Plaster, who finished with 73. Koohns, who competed in last year’s state tournament, and was a first-team All-Great Northern League selection, returns for his junior season. Other top finishers for the boys include Thomas Baycro...
One might say that the start to the Cheney High School softball team’s season has been explosive. The Lady Blackhawks “exploded” for a total of 52 runs and 36 hits in wins over 3A North Central of the Greater Spokane League and 4A Sunnyside out of the Yakima Valley’s Big Nine League. Cheney’s defense and pitching has also allowed those two opponents to “explode” for a combined 20 runs on 24 hits. Cheney has yet to trail in any game this season, scoring five times in the top of the first at North Central and then scoring...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Friday, March 24, Medical Lake hosts Deer Park, 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, Cheney hosts East Valley, 4 p.m. Medical Lake at Lakeside, p.m. Thursday, March 30, Medical Lake hosts Pullman, 4 p.m.Friday, March 31, Medical Lake at Newport, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1, Cheney at West Valley (2), noon. HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Boys Thursday, March 23, Cheney at GNL event No. 1 at Clarkston, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 25, Cheney at Jack...
With 72 athletes turning out, the Cheney High School boys track and field team might be approaching an all-time school record for roster size. And while that might bode well for the future, it’s a specific class that has head coach Derek Slaughter thinking the future might not be too far off. “We are junior heavy,” Slaughter said. “We also have a lot of freshmen, but that junior class stuck around.” Those juniors played a big part in the Blackhawks fourth-place finish at their first meet of the season, last Saturday...
Six years ago next week, March 29 to be exact, the newly announced Eastern Washington University head basketball coach, Jim Hayford, took to the podium at the Spokane Club to address the gathering. One doesn’t go into coaching without some trepidation as to what lies ahead in the road. But when he was elevated from a Division III job at Whitworth to the D-I role with the Eagles, there had not been a lot of success for those making the sizeable leap. But as he looked back at t...
Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 29 points and Jacob Wiley added 26, but Eastern Washington saw its season come to an end March 15 with a 91-81 loss to Wyoming at Laramie in the opening round of the College Basketball Invitational. Felix Von Hofe had 17 points, 15 on 3-point shots in his final game as an Eagle. But it was the Cowboys who were really dialed in from long-range. Wyoming sank 11 of 18 3-pointers for 61.1 percent. They also went 58.3 percent from the field, going 35-of-60....
For their first meet of the season, the Cheney High School girls track and field team didn’t do too bad, considering conditions last Saturday for the Howard Dolphin/West Valley Invitational were way less than ideal and a number of athletes were missing due to other obligations. The Blackhawks ran, jumped and threw themselves to 98 points in the 14-team meet, a total bettered only by meet champion Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls). In a little bit of a shift from past meets, Cheney’s biggest scoring came not from track but in the...
The Cheney High boys’ tennis team gained some momentum last week with a 4-1 nonleague win over West Plains rival Medical Lake, March 16. No. 2 Dixon Gerber picked up Cheney’s only singles win against Daniel Miller (6-1, 6-2). “Dixon played smart, he’s serving really well,” head coach Jesse Erickson said. “He was attacking the net, which was our main focus in practice last week. He was hitting great angles as well.” In the other singles match, No. 1 Aaron Fillmore lost to state competitor Noah Ray (6-2, 6-0). Erickson said...
In a March 16 news release, the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity of a woman who passed away in a March 14 structure fire as Cherie Wilson. The release lists smoke inhalation as the cause of death. On March 14, at approximately 12:45 a.m. the Medical Lake Fire Department and several other agencies responded to a structure fire at a residence on the 400 block of North Stanley Street. Agencies from Airway Heights, Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane Fire Department, along with Spokane County f...
There are still some spots left in the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office free spring Citizens Academy. The topic for the academy is “Officer Involved Shooting Incidents.” Residents who attend will learn about why these incidents occur, how officers and deputies are working to prevent them and the laws governing use of force. Citizens will also have the opportunity to participate in use of force training scenarios. The class runs weekly from April 3–24, four days total, from 6–9 p.m. The academy is held at 6011 N. Chase Roa...
CHENEY March 13 Bailee J. Carver, 19, was arrested on the 200 block of Betz Road for third-degree malicious mischief. Michael J. Nolke, 19, was arrested for disorderly conduct on the 200 block of North Eleventh Street. March 14 An individual living in Cheney called the Police Department to report someone they knew living in Tacoma as missing. The person was located in Tacoma later in the day. A passport was reported lost on the 400 block of Fifth Street. Third-degree theft was reported on the 200 block of College Avenue. A...
Cheney Middle School and Communities In Schools is offering a weekly Guiding Good Choices program for families with children. This program will help adults learn to set clear family guidelines as well as learn and practice skills to strengthen family bonds. It will begin April 13 at 6:30 p.m. and continue every Thursday evening until May 11. This program offers weekly workshops for parents and their children. Free childcare and dinner will be provided. For more information or to register for the program, contact Kelly Depner...
Born Nov. 22, 1926 in Mondovi, Wash. and died March 16, 2017 in Spokane. Ellen's primary years were spent at the Mondovi School before the family relocated to Cheney, where she graduated from Cheney High School in 1943. In 1945, she met a young airman from Nebraska stationed at Geiger Field. On Christmas Eve of that year she married John H. Heinemann in a double wedding with her brother Eugene and his wife, Rose. For the next 63 years of their married life, she and John kept... Full story
Beginning bird watching at Turnbull Wildlife Refuge Join in a class and outing to learn bird watching basics and then take a walk at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge to see and identify what we can. Led by a member of Friends of Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge and the Spokane Audubon Society, attendees learn what to look for, how to use binoculars and references. Choose from one Saturday either April 1, May 6 or June 3. Meet in the refuge classroom at 8:45 a.m. and be prepared to walk for 1.5 hrs on the refuge. Families...
1 Years Ago March 22, 2007 After less than seven months on the job, Dr. Darren Hamilton was dismissed as the Eastern Washington University's athletics director. Spokane County commissioners closed a zoning loophole that would allow for building near Spokane International Airport and Fairchild Air Force Base. The move kept development from occurring in the "crash zones" around both airfields. Sophomore pitcher Liz Shoben allowed just six hits in Medical Lake's 20-1 rout over...
