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See a photo gallery from the event here. A week ago the Medical Lake baseball team was struggling, having lost four out of five games and sinking towards uncertainty. But head coach Kerry Kelly was sensing things were changing, particularly with attitudes. Now three straight wins - 8-7 over Lakeside, 9-3 at Deer Park and 11-1 over Riverside - have helped put the team into a position for the postseason. Their Saturday win over Riverside added an exclamation point to the brief...
Shootout woes continue to plague Medical Lake soccer. The Cardinals dropped a 2-1 contest at Lakeside, but returned home for senior day to score an easy 5-0 win over Riverside. The result as the regular season came to an end was the Cardinals finished with a 5-5 Northeast A League (6-8 overall) and were the No. 4 seed. They met league champ Colville (9-2, 10-3) on May 2 in a loser-out playoff game. In the loss at Lakeside, head coach Zane Higgins commended his team's early...
When work begins later this spring on rehabilitating Sutton Park's gazebo, residents shouldn't just look at it as an effort to preserve a popular location for concerts, movies and other events in Cheney. Residents should look at it as an effort to preserve a piece of history - history stretching all the way back to late 19th, early 20th century Coeur d'Alene. The gazebo came to Cheney from the grounds of Fort Wright College in Spokane, being reassembled by community members...
Spokane County Fire District 3 firefighter Michael Meyer and Capt. Mike Moravec have been named the district's firefighter and officer of the year respectively. According to a news release, the pair received the award at an April 8 banquet and "were recognized for their significant contributions to the community an fire district." "We appreciate any opportunity to recognize our part-paid on-call firefighters for outstanding service," District 3 Fire Chief Cody Rohrbach said...
Sunset Elementary School students and Airway Heights Parks and Recreation staff planted a red maple tree at Traditions Park, April 28, in recognition of Arbor Day....
BASEBALL League Overall Team W L W L West Valley 9 3 14 5 Clarkston 7 4 10 5 Pullman 5 6 5 7 East Valley 4 6 4 10 Cheney 3 9 5 10 Northeast A League League Overall Team W L W L Freeman 11 0 14 2 Chewelah 8 3 10 5 Medical Lake 7 4 7 4 Deer Park 6 5 8 5 Colville 4 8 5 8 Newport 3 7 3 7 Lakeside, 9-Mile 3 8 4 11 Riverside 1 9 1 10 Cards’ Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lakeside 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 7 13 1 Medical Lake 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 9 1 Medical Lake hits: Vercoe, Edison 2, Murray, Gallohon, Evans 2, Hostetter 2. 2B: Edison, Evans, Hostetter....
Rain continued to plague Medical Lake’s boys’ tennis as an April 25 match against Deer Park was delayed and postponed with no date for resumption at this point. That was followed April 26 with a 4-1 loss at Riverside in which the lone Medical Lake win came from the No. 3 doubles team of Nathan McShane and Caleb Snow who scored a 6-4, 6-2 win. No. 2 doubles, Justin Lohr and Daniel Miller suffered a tough loss, 2-6, 7-6(6), 4-6 that summed up a difficult pair of outings, co-...
A pair of league wins eluded Medical Lake as they met Freeman and Chewelah on April 27. But along with an 80-45 win over Chewelah, what may have been more important for Medical Lake might have been the individual improvements seen by head coach Gene Blankenship. Medical Lake lost a heartbreaker to Freeman, 73-71. The Medical Lake girls also split, losing to Freeman 106-42, but edging Chewelah 71-69. While Blankenship insists that league meets are not the big picture at the...
The Medical Lake softball team ended a four game losing streak that had included a pair of poundings by doing one of their own in Northeast A League play. Losses to Deer Park 9-5 on April 25 and then back-to-back shutouts on consecutive days — Lakeside 13-0, April 27 and Colville 10-0, April 28 — were fueled in part by the opponent’s pitching, but aided by suspect defense on the part of the Cardinals, who committed 18 errors in the three games, nine alone versus Lakeside. But...
After a regular season of ups and downs, the Cheney High baseball team has found new life as they head into the postseason. Following their 4-3 loss to Clarkston on April 26, the Blackhawks (4-8 Great Northern League, 9-11), fifth in the league standings, finished regular season play by sweeping third-place Pullman (5-6, 5-7) in an April 28 doubleheader on Senior Day, winning 5-4 in game one and 8-2 in the nightcap. "Our goal was, let's get hot now and enter districts that way...
The Cheney High boys and girls golf teams returned to competition April 25 at the third Great Northern League tournament held at Fairways Golf Course. The boys finished second in team scores with 448 strokes, six behind winner Pullman. In individual scores, Tyler Koohns finished in third place with 81. Nate Koohns shot a season best 82 to tie for fourth with Pullman’s Terry Bryne. Ian Hill (104) and Jack Kallem (110) hit personal bests as well. “Weather has been difficult this season but our players have done a great job...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Thursday, May 4, Medical Lake hosts Colville, 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, Medical Lake hosts Deer Park, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, District tiebreakers, teams, times and location TBD. Tuesday, May 9, districts playoffs, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5. teams, times and location TBD. Wednesday, May 10, second round districts, No. 1 and No. 2 seed, teams, times and location TBD. Saturday, May 13, district finals,...
The Cheney High boys’ tennis team picked up their first Great Northern League victory with a 4-3 win against West Valley, April 25, then were swept by Pullman, 7-0, April 27. Against the Eagles, No. 2 singles Aaron Fillmore and No. 3 Eric Van Wig picked up wins against their West Valley opponents. No 4 Hunter Pohl returned to singles play to defeat Spencer Jones (6-2, 6-3). “The average point (in the match) had 25 passes over the net,” head coach Jesse Erickson said. “Even though the score looked like Hunter had it easy, i...
The Cheney High girls tennis team continued Great Northern League play with 4-3 losses to West Valley (April 25) and Pullman (April 28). In the West Valley match, No. 1 singles Bridget Calvert defeated West Valley’s Ava Raney (2-6, 6-1, 6-3) in a close three-set contest. No. 2 Alannah Lewis won her match against Tori Ellis (6-2, 6-1) and No. 4 Taylor Passey picked up a victory against Shelby Knapp (6-0, 6-2). Calvert extended her winning streak to six matches after her win against Allie Rembert (4-6, 6-2, 6-1), as did L...
Cheney High boys soccer coach Morgan Hartanov doesn't look at Monday's 2-1 shootout loss to East Valley as a failure. Rather, it's a positive step for the Blackhawks with the playoffs looming on their doorstep. Hartanov said he tried a couple different things against the Knights, one of which was to move senior Trevor Babcock from defense to offense so he could connect with some fellow seniors he's been playing with "forever." The move worked. In the 55th minute of a...
Saturday, April 29 will go down as a “knockout” for boxing fans. In one of the most anticipated heavyweight bouts in recent years, International Boxing Federation champion and British fighter Anthony Joshua successfully defended his title against former heavyweight titleholder Wladimir Klitschko after he stopped him in the 11th round of their fight. In addition to keeping his title, Joshua claimed the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Organization heavyweight belts in the process. Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs), who...
The Medical Lake boys' golf team went to Chewelah on April 28 with the idea in mind to scout out the place where state tournament berths might be decided. They came away with a bonus, a very rare team victory over the 13-school field in the invitational featuring a variety of 4A, 3A and 2A schools. The Cardinals edged North Central and University 360-368, two Greater Spokane League schools. Michael O'Brien's 85 and Brendan Petro's 86 paced Medical Lake. NC's Grant McDonald...
The Cheney softball team swept Pullman in an April 28 doubleheader, winning 17-4 in game one and 15-4 in six innings in game two. The wins keep the Lady Blackhawks in firm control of second place in the Great Northern League standings at 8-1, 14-2 overall, and sets up a “High Noon” type showdown this Saturday with league leader West Valley. The Eagles, 8-0, 9-5, come to town for the final two games of the season series with Cheney. Cheney head coach Gary Blake said he was happy with the results at Pullman, admitting he was... 
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Eastern Washington University teammates Cooper Kupp and Samson Ebukam are now together again as members of the Los Angeles Rams following last week's NFL draft. Kupp, the record-setting wide receiver, was picked in the third round, 69th overall in day two of the draft held in Philadelphia, Pa. Then Saturday, the Rams selected Ebukam in the fourth round with the 125th pick. "We congratulate Cooper Kupp," Eastern head coach Aaron Best said. "Everything he's accomplished he's...
Festival offers events in Cheney and Turnbull Refuge Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge’s sixth-annual “Floods, Flowers and Feathers” festival is taking place Saturday, May 13, and will again offer activities for everyone of all ages at the refuge and in Cheney as part of Mayfest. This year’s festival marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the refuge. The festival offers a chance to learn about the plants and animals of the area along with geography of the unique feature that is the Channeled Scablands, carved...
Young mothers, ages 12-16 years old, who need a little bit of help can find it in the form of the West Plains YoungLives club. The club, which is a part of the West Plains Young Lifes network, is a group that provides support and outreach to local teen moms and mothers-to-be. It currently meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Medical Lake Community Church annex. The group has its meetings during the school year, however it also coordinates playdates with mothers and babies in the summer....
The design-build team for Airway Heights’ recreation center project has come down to two finalists. One of the teams is ORB Architects, of Tacoma, Wash., and Absher Construction from Puyallup. The other is Spokane-based ALSC Architects and Lydig Construction from Spokane Valley. Both design teams will participate in an open house, May 18 at 5:30 p.m., at the Airway Heights Community Center where they will present preliminary designs for the project. In February, the state’s project review committee (PRC) approved the use of...
Cheney Police Officer Matt Pumphrey has done quite a bit in his life, but it's his desire to help people that finally led him into law enforcement - and to being named the West Plains Chamber of Commerce's First Responder of the Year. Pumphrey received the award at the annual chamber banquet April 14 at Northern Quest Resort and Casino. "When the chief (Cheney Chief John Hensley) told me I was a nominee, I thought cool," Pumphrey said. "When I was picked number one, I thought...
During its May 2 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council voted unanimously to adhere to its summer meeting schedule beginning next month. From June to September, council will meet only on the third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., which is something it has done during the summer for the last several years. As council gets closer to fall, it will set aside a night in September or October to discuss the budget. Traditionally, council has held a budget workshop before one of its regularly scheduled fall meetings. The suggestion for an extra...
Cheney’s Parks and Recreation Department has been busy pursuing grant funding lately, and it’s meeting with some success. At its April 11 meeting, the City Council approved receipt of a $4,000 grant from the Spokane Parks Foundation to be used by the Cheney Youth Commission to upgrade amenities at the city’s Hagelin Park, including installation of a nine-hole disc golf course. At the April 25 meeting, recreation manager Kim Best and company added two more grant awards. While small, the Youth United mini-grant and the Spoka...
