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  • Week 3 football contest win to Jerry Patten

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    Jerry Patten from Medical Lake claimed the top spot in Week 3 of the of the 2016 Cheney Free Press football contest, earning a $50 merchant’s gift certificate, missing two games. Airway Heights’ Steve Beebe was runner-up in a tiebreaker and won a $20 Owl Drug gift certificate. He also missed two games. Winners must come to the Free Press office at 1616 W. First St. in Cheney to pick up their prizes. Be sure to try to beat the Free Press experts by playing this week. See the entry form on page 4....

  • Football contest entry is now online

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    New this week in the Cheney Free Press football contest is the ability to enter online at www.cheneyfreepress.com. A button for the entry form is found on our home page. The same 5 p.m. Friday deadline still applies....

  • West Plains Scoreboard

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    CROSS COUNTRY Official Team Scores NEA Meet No. 4 at Medical Lake Boys Pos./SchoolPts. 1. Medical Lake 16 2. Chewelah 44 1. Medical Lake 19 2. Freeman 42 Individuals (Top-10) Pos./Yr./Name Time School 1 11 Mason Williams 17:13.0 Medical Lake 2 11 Brandon McCoy 17:44.0 Medical Lake 3 11 Conner Black 17:53.00 PR Freeman 4 11 Tyler Pena 18:07.0 Medical Lake 5 10 Zachary Lewis 18:08.0 Medical Lake 6 12 Grant Brookover 18:23.0 Chewelah 7 11 Nathan Longhurst 18:23.0 Freeman 8 11 Evan Peterson 18:27.0 Medical Lake 9 12 Terrell...

  • No. 3-ranked Eagles trek to Bozeman to meet Bobcats

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    On paper this fall, Montana State’s football team appears to be still on the swoon that cost head coach Rob Ashe his job last December. But Eastern Washington head football coach Beau Baldwin knows there’s still bite in the Bobcats, who battle his Football Championship Subdivision third-ranked Eagles at 11:10 a.m. from Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman. The game can be seen regionally on ROOT Sports Northwest and heard on 700 ESPN radio. Sitting at 0-4 in Big Sky Conference play, 2-5...

  • Sports Briefs

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    EWU’s Dula advances in ITA tennis Eastern Washington University’s men’s tennis team made history this weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Championships in Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 13-15. Senior Robert Dula entered the bracket ranked 17th and advanced to the fourth round, which had 16 players from a 128 draw, making him the first Eagle to ever advance that far in the tournament. This comes on the heels of advancing the first time in history for any Eagle to go to the finals of the 256 pre-q...

  • Deer Park runs over Medical Lake 42-0

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    If the Medical Lake Cardinals were being graded and ranked according to effort on the football field they just might be among the best in their league. But the reality is, that’s just one element of the game, and following last Friday’s 42-0 loss to Northeast A League-leading Deer Park, the Cards are winless in seven games, and have failed to score in five consecutive outings. “This was one of our best efforts as a team,” head coach Mo Owen said. “(But) we were overmatched.” T...

  • ML volleyball drops pair of matches

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    The losing streak reached 12 matches for the MedicalLake High School volleyball team with a pair of 3-0 losses last week to Colville and Deer Park. “Tuesday started out rough and I thought we were in for a long night,” Cardinals’ head coach Todd Harr said of the 25-5 opening set loss to Colville. “The night turned around and we battled the rest of the night,” falling 25-21 and 25-17. Harr singled out the play of Kristina Michener who led her team with six digs and a pair of b...

  • Medical Lake falls to Deer Park 3-2 in soccer shootout

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    For a second consecutive week, Medical Lake lost a Northeast A League soccer game in a shootout. But this one, a 3-2 loss at Deer Park on Oct. 13 carried a bit more weight than did their setback by the same score on Oct. 6 at Riverside. In a contest that gave the winner sole possession of first place in the NEA, Deer Park (8-2 NEA, 10-3 overall) got a shootout goal from Lily Pierce to decide it. Medical Lake (8-3, 9-5) will have to play a wait and see game to find where they...

  • Cardinals look to District 7 race after regular season

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    Medical Lake head cross country coach Gene Blankenship hopes the league schedule he helped craft does not come back to bite him and his teams. The showdown for the Northeast A League boys’ regular season title between a pair of undefeated teams — Medical Lake and Deer Park, both 5-0 — which occurred this past Tuesday, Oct. 18, comes on the heels of two dominating, but easy league wins for the Cardinals. “Unfortunately we’ve had two easy league meets in a row, now we have to g...

  • ML boys top Deer Park, win NEA cross country title

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    The Medical Lake boys, led by the second-place finish from Mason Williams, placed four runners among the top seven finishers and earned just enough points to upset the state’s top-ranked 1A team, Deer Park, 26-28 in the final Northeast A League cross country meet Oct. 18 in Colville. The win earns the No. 6-ranked Cardinals the regular-season NEA title....

  • Sports Week

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Friday, Oct. 28, EWU at Big Sky Conference, Championships, Moscow, Idaho COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Oct. 22, EWU at Montana State, 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, EWU hosts Montana, 12:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOCCER Friday, Oct. 21, EWU hosts Northern Colorado 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, EWU at North Dakota 1 p.m. Oct. 28, EWU at Montana 2:30 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Oct. 20, EWU at Portland State, 7 p.m. Oct. 22, EWU at Sacramento...

  • Cheney High swimming hosts invitational

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    Cheney High swimmers got an opportunity to try some new events at an invitational meet last Saturday at Eastern Washington University’s pool. No scores were available at press time from the Blackhawks’ girls meet with fellow Eastern Washington rivals Pullman and Clarkston, along with Auburn and Auburn-Riverside high school teams from Western Washington. Cheney head coach Jennifer Hochwalt said her team results were “all over the place.” The Blackhawks captured first place in four of the 11 events, and took second in another...

  • Blackhawks split with West Valley, prep for districts

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    Even though the outcome last Wednesday at West Valley may not have been quite to his liking, Cheney High cross country co-coach Derek Slaughter still thinks the 2016 season has set up well for Blackhawk success this Saturday at the District 7 meet in Clarkston. The Cheney boys ran their Great Northern League record to 3-1 by edging a determined Eagles squad, 26-29, while the girls fell victim to a record day by three West Valley freshmen and one sophomore who ran like they had never run before, downing Cheney 24-31. “All f...

  • Hardy's venture into MMA takes more than just training

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    It appears that anyone can call themselves a professional mixed martial arts fighter. Last week, former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy announced that he would trade in his cleats and shoulder pads and embark on an MMA career. In a statement to MMA Fighting.com, Hardy said he has been training for several months and there are already promoters who are interested in signing him. Hardy’s first professional fight is scheduled for 2017. Hardy, a second-team All American from the University of Mississippi, played for t...

  • Lady Blackhawks go 1-2 in GNL soccer play

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    The Lady Blackhawks soccer team had a rollercoaster week in Great Northern League play with a 3-0 loss to East Valley (Oct. 11), a 2-1 win over Pullman (Oct. 13) and a 2-0 defeat to Clarkston at home, Oct. 15. East Valley opened the scoring on Taryn Baxter's corner kick in the 34th minute. The Knights increased their lead with two goals in the second half. The Lady Knights outshot Cheney 12-3 with Nicole Rowley making nine saves. In what was a rainy game in Pullman, Cheney...

  • Blackhawks lose home finale to West Valley

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    It was another rough night for the Cheney High football team, who lost to West Valley, 14-6, in their final home game of the season, Oct. 14. The Blackhawks (0-3 Great Northern League, 2-5 overall) have lost three of their last four contests. "Defensively, I think we are pretty darn good," head coach Bobby Byrd said. "Offensively, we just couldn't string together four solid quarters. Penalties kind of got in the way as well." The Eagles took the lead on quarterback Hunter...

  • Cheney captures second straight title

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    The Cheney High volleyball team captured its second regular season Great Northern League championship after 3-0 sweeps over East Valley (Oct. 11), Pullman (Oct. 13) and Clarkston (Oct. 15). Unlike the 2015 season, the Blackhawks (9-1 GNL, 11-1 overall) will not have to share the title with another team. By winning the league, Cheney will host the District 7 tournament, have a bye to the championship round and will play the second-place team, Oct. 29. Head coach Heather...

  • StageWest wraps up season's first production

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    StageWest Community Theatre wrapped up its first production of the year, “The Charitable Sisterhood of The Second Trinity Victory Church” by Bo Wilson with an Oct. 15 dinner theatre catered by Mike Hartman. StageWest publicity director Nancy Kuonen said they had a great run with the production. “We would like to thank Emmanuel Lutheran Church for their generous use of their building for our rehearsals and performances,” Kuonen said in a news release. “We would like to thank the cast and crew who gave so much time and effor...

  • Looking Back

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    1 Years Ago Oct. 19, 2006 Cheney’s City Council took two steps towards increasing the city’s size by approving an agreement and resolution to annex the McCardle property, 37 acres of land located north of Betz Road and west of Murphy Road in north Cheney. A 19-year-old Cheney resident, Kristina Hines, who volunteered for the Mount Spokane Ski Patrol, received a silver merit star for the 2005-06 National Outstanding Student Patroller Award. She was chosen out of 650 ski resorts in the United States. The Cheney swimming tea...

  • LOOKING BACK WITH THE CHENEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

    Updated Oct 20, 2016

    Twenty-five years ago in 1991, after 42 days without rain, and with 50 mph winds, a power line went down sparking a brush fire. Over 1,200 acres and four homes were destroyed near the town of Marshall, 6,250 acres and a house burned near Salnave Road, and 700 acres were lost near Jennings Road. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....