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The Cheney High baseball team had a busy week of Great Northern League play, with a 3-2 win over Pullman, April 14, a sweep of East Valley in a doubleheader, 13-3 and 3-2, April 18 and a 9-8 loss to Clarkston, April 20. In the game against the Greyhounds, Cheney scored all three runs in the third inning off Pullman errors. The Greyhounds managed to score two runs in the top of the seventh off of Cheney errors. Pullman limited Cheney to five hits. Harrison King went 2 for 3...
The bats were either booming, or deathly quiet last week for the Medical Lake girls' softball team. The week started and ended in a similar fashion - with one-sided losses and dominating pitching performances by the opposition. In those games, the Cardinals were beaten 12-3 by Chewelah in a Northeast A League game April 14 and 11-1 by visiting Lakeland from Rathdrum, Idaho in an April 20 nonleague outing. Sandwiched in between was a doubleheader sweep of Freeman 15-4 and 14-4...
The Medical Lake boy’s tennis team concluded a perfect week in the Northeast A League with perfect play from Isiah Farmen and Austin Brown. The Cardinals’ No. 1 doubles team helped Medical Lake top Chewelah 3-2 on April 14, Riverside 5-0, April 16 and conclude the week with a 4-1 win April 17 against Deer Park. Farmen and Brown won 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(7-5) to open the week at home versus Chewelah on a cold and windy day in Medical Lake. “These guys took us on a roller coaster of a...
BASEBALL Great Northern League (Through April 18, 2015) League All Games Team W L W L West Valley 7 1 7 1 Cheney 7 2 10 2 Pullman 3 5 3 6 Clarkston 4 7 5 7 East Valley 3 10 3 12 Northeast A League (Through April 18, 2015) League All Games Team W L W L Colville 8 0 10 0 Freeman 8 1 10 3 Medical Lake 5 3 7 6 Deer Park 6 5 8 5 Lakeside (WA) 4 4 6 7 Chewelah 2 6 3 8 Newport 0 6 0 6 Riverside 0 6 0 8 Cards Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cards Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Medical Lake 0 9 2 0 1 12 7 2 Chewelah 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 Statistics...
Medical Lake head soccer coach Zane Higgins had been looking for consistency in his team. And despite splitting a pair of Northeast A League matches last week, he thinks he’s found it. The Cardinals lost a heartbreaking contest in the final seconds, 3-2 to Lakeside April 14, but turned around April 16 to dominate Riverside 7-0 to close the week. “We played two pretty good games,” Higgins said. “We’ve been having a problem playing really well against good teams and dropping...
The Cheney High boys tennis team returned to Great Northern League action this past week with a 7-0 sweep over East Valley April 14 and a 6-1 loss to Clarkston April 15. Ryan Smedley snapped his two-match losing streak and shut out the Knight’s Josh Fraser (6-0, 6-0) in the No. 1 singles spot. Ryan Axtell, No. 2 singles, defeated the Knight’s Josh Lee (6-3, 6-2). Britton Williams, No. 3 singles, won his match with East Valley’s Tristan Fish (6-1, 6-0). Ben Sanchez, No. 4 singles, defeated the Knights’ Yuan Hao Wang (6-0, 6...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE FOOTBALL EWU Spring Practices (all at Roos Field) April 23 - Practice, 4 p.m. April 25 – Red-White Spring Game, 2 p.m., Roos Field April 28 - Practice, 4 p.m. April 30 – Practice, 4 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL Baseball Friday, April 24, Medical Lake at Lakeside (2), 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Cheney hosts West Valley (2), noon, 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, Cheney hosts East Valley, 4 p.m. Medical Lake hosts Riverside, 4 p.m. Thursday, Apr... Full story
Two-time Cheney High School All-Great Northern League selection Kendyl Cone has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Clark College in Vancouver, Wash....
The Cheney High boys and girls golf teams resumed their season April 20 competing in the second Great Northern League tournament of the season at the Links Golf Course in Post Falls, Idaho. The boys finished fourth with 467 points while the girls also placed fourth with 140. For the girls’ team scores, the league used a modified Stableford scoring system, where the highest total of points wins instead of the lowest. The standard Stableford scoring was used for individual scores. In individual scores, Cheney had three p...
Heading into the 2015 season, Cheney High softball head coach Gary Blake knew he had a pretty good hitting team, just not how good. Twelve games in, he’s still a little uncertain if the Lady Blackhawks overall season batting average of .499 is product of great bats, suspect pitching or a combination of both. Off to its best start in years, Cheney kept its perfect season alive with five more wins last week, including Great Northern doubleheader sweeps of Pullman and East Valley. In between, the Lady Blackhawks broke a 5-5 t...
Eastern Washington’s spring football scrimmages were never meant to be a best 2 out of 3 series, but that’s the way it will shake out this year. Following the Eagles’ offense dominating performance in last Saturday’s second scrimmage of spring camp, one where the EWU offense rolled up 550 yards, bragging rights for respective sides of the ball will be determined in Saturday’s Red-White scrimmage at Roos Field beginning at 2 p.m. Defense dominated the first inter-squ...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor As the weather begins to heat up, so do the performances of the Cheney High boys and girls track and field teams. The Blackhawks posted their second Great Northern League win of the season Thursday, April 16, at Clarkston by downing the Bantam boys 85-64 and girls 110-46. Saturday, the boys placed eighth while the girls were ninth out of 12 teams overall at Cheney’s Big Red Invitational, with several other athletes heading south for the 100-team Pasco Invitational. Seniors Sam Schreiber and Brett Wybor...
Just when football fans thought he was gone for good, quarterback Tim Tebow is returning to the NFL. Various news sources announced that the Philadelphia Eagles would sign Tebow. The Eagles confirmed that they signed Tebow to a one-year contract, April 20. A graduate from the University of Florida and a Heisman Trophy winner, Tebow was a first-round NFL draft pick in 2010 — No. 25 overall — and began his professional career with the Denver Broncos, playing nine games his first season. He found success in 2011 after he beg...
Cheney boys soccer head coach Mark Kiver knew before the season started that his 2015 Blackhawks would be in a battle this time around for league supremacy, and a battle is just what they're getting. Cheney split a pair of matches last week, getting a late second-half goal to down Clarkston on the road Tuesday, and then being the recipient of similar disappointment as West Valley connected with the net just before the clock hit 80 minutes to post a 1-0 win last Thursday....
Gene Lyle Siegert, our loving husband, dad, grandpa, great grandpa and friend passed away April 13, 2015 in Spokane, Wash. Gene was born, Gaelon Francis Oberby in Enderlin, N. D. on Jan. 19, 1936 and adopted by Albert and Luella Siegert in 1941. In 1955, Gene enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, proudly serving for 23 years. In 1959, Gene married the love of his life, Ovidette "Vi" Couillard. In just a few short years Gene and Vi were blessed with two children, son Daniel (1959)... Full story
Stanley Fay Robinson, age 90, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at his home at Madison House in Kirkland, Wash. Robinson and his family had been long time residents of Cheney. He was a professor of mathematics at Eastern Washington University from 1966 – 1987 and Professor Emeritus through 1996. He was instrumental in promoting the creation of the Computer Science Department in 1984 and served as its first chairperson during which time he supervised that department's a... Full story
Richard Lane Turbin passed away surrounded by family, March 19, 2015, after a short illness. He and his twin brother Dave were born Dec. 27, 1942 to Ray and Mary Turbin in Merrill, Wisc. The family moved from Merrill, Wisc. to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1950 where he then attended school in the Coeur d'Alene School District. He joined the Army National Guard in June of 1961 serving to September of 1972. He then joined the Washington Air National Guard in September 1974 and... Full story
1 Years Ago April 21, 2005 The Cheney Parks and Recreation Department hired the consulting firm of Studio Cascade for $15,000 to study the current needs of the city for parks and recreation facilities. Medical Lake dedicated its new soccer field, named in honor of longtime former long-time parks director Timm Shepard. Medical Lake outscored its opponents 15-1 in Great Northern League soccer play over the prior week as Jason Gomez scored five times and raised his team-leading total to 11 goals. 20 Years Ago April 20, 1995...
All events are free unless posted otherwise. To get your event or meeting in the weekly What’s Happening section send an email with date, time, location and event to jmac@cheneyfreepress.com. City of Cheney • April 24, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), Community Library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • April 25, Coffee and Chocolate Pairings, Community Library, 2 – 3 p.m. • April 26, West Plains Little League Opening Day Ceremonies, Salnave Park Baseball Diamonds, 11 a.m. • April 27, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Com... Full story
Some people invite their pet cats into their homes. On a really cold night they give that cat a cozy spot at the foot of the bed. I belong to that tribe of do-gooders. People who don’t like cats never let themselves think of such a thing. We cat lovers usually get a lecture from the “non-thinkers” to remind us. My lecture would come that evening when frost was everywhere. I have two playful kittens that expect to be in the house any time they please. Then there is Omar, five years older, all black, bigger, stronger and treat...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us this Sunday. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons at our website www.emmanuelcheney.org or on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney, Wash. Come early for Christian education for grade school through adult. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. Holy Communion at 11 a.m. The Rev. Christine Soule will preach and preside. Attention college students: Each...
The figures of anticipated sales tax revenue that appeared in the April 9 Write to the Point column on the upcoming Spokane Transit Authority’s Proposition 1 ballot measure on April 28 should have read $270-300 million for the 10-year life of the measure, not $27-30 million....
As of April 29, 2015, Medical Lake Physical Therapy will be closing its door after 10 proud and successful years providing service to this community. It is with great sadness that we are writing to announce this closure. The staff and I would like to express our sincerest gratitude for your continued support as we make this difficult transition. We did not come to this decision lightly or halfheartedly. It is unfortunate that, as a small business, we are unable to weather the storm driven by big business and the difficult...
I’m voting “Yes” to support The Cheney School District. I love living in the West Plains Area, I have lived here for 16 years. I have four great kids. They are smart and are fun to be around. Two of my children have graduated from Cheney High School and I currently have one in the high school and one to be there soon. There are several times I need to go to the high school during lunch to pick up my son for appointments. I’m always concerned how crowded the halls are when the students are changing classes. The student...
In 2010 Cheney School District voters approved a bond for $79 million. Construction was completed in 2013/2014 on two new middle schools and elementary. The district is back with a request for $44.8 million to cover the first phase of a remodel/new construction for the high school which, when both phases are completed, will total $87.8 million. For the average homeowner this first phase will cost $150 more a year ($3,150 total). “$150 is no more that the cost of an evening out with my daughter,” a teacher argued during an...
