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Hundreds of wrestlers were in Cheney on Saturday to compete in the annual Blackhawk Invite at Cheney High School. Pictured, Cheney's Mason Bennett uses a banana split to score nearfall points on Eastmont's Brayden Lamb in a 144-pound match. Bennett ultimately pinned Lamb in 5:55 and went on to finish fifth. For more on the Blackhawk Invite and other sporting events, see Page 10....
CHENEY – Three area wrestlers took home silver medals from the Blackhawk Invite on Jan. 6. For Medical Lake, Carsen Buenzli was the runner-up at 150 pounds. For Cheney, Cameron Bogle won silver at 132 and Shadrach Mason was second at 144. Buenzli lost in the final round to Shadle Park's Tyrese Guzman who improved to 22-2 on the season after a fall in 2 minutes, 44 seconds. The Cardinals other notable finisher was Hudson Raulston who claimed third place at 126 in a sudden v...
CHENEY - In the third quarter of their Greater Spokane League opener against Ferris on Jan. 4, the Cheney girls quickly turned a 30-25 Saxon halftime lead into an early fourth-quarter tie. Then twice in the final quarter Cheney had leads of four points. But in the final 149 seconds Ferris broke from a 44-44 tie with a 9-0 run that sunk Cheney with a disappointing 53-44 loss. "Unfortunately, we let down a little defensively and fell back into bad habits with not taking care of...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Perfection came to an end for the Medical Lake girls last week in the West Valley Eagle Classic. While the Cardinals (8-1) handily won their opener over East Valley, 50-21 on Dec. 27, they lost their primary presence in the paint when Chiche Okembgo rolled her ankle - after scoring a game/career-high 19 points. The injury likely played a part in Medical Lake's loss the following afternoon, 40-36, to Liberty (Spangle), head Coach Yeta Holloway suggested. "With...
FREEMAN – Cheney wrestlers had a busy close to the holiday with back-to-back competition at the Hanford and Freeman tournaments. The Blackhawks brought home a pair of wins and a sixth-place finish at the Freeman Winter Classic that took place Dec. 30. At Hanford on Dec. 29, seven wrestlers placed in Top 5. As a team at Freeman, Cheney scored 121 points in sixth place behind champion Post Falls with 178.5. Camron Bogle scored four wins in capturing the 132-pound title, while T...
KENNEWICK – A strong fourth quarter carried Southridge to a 65-61 non-league basketball victory over Cheney on the road, Dec. 29. The game with the Mid-Columbia Conference Suns (4-5) was the final before the start of Greater Spokane League play Jan. 4 when the Blackhawks host Ferris (2-6) at 7:30 p.m. Southridge used a 22-11 fourth quarter to get past Cheney (5-5), which led 50-43 after three quarters. “We didn’t do a good enough job getting stops and sprinting back in trans...
CHENEY — The Eastern Washington men’s basketball team certainly made a statement in the opening weekend of their Big Sky Conference schedule winning convincingly in a pair of games. The Eagles opened play with 91-57 win over Portland State, Dec. 28 and 87-61 over Sacramento State, Dec. 30 at Reese Court improving to 6-7 overall. “We’ve been working really hard this whole preseason,” EWU head coach David Riley said. “We faced a uniquely challenging schedule to start and p...
CHENEY — Winning on the road is a vital ingredient in success in the Big Sky Conference and the Eastern Washington women returned home with two critical victories. On Dec. 28, the Eagles took 68-58 win at Portland State and capped the road trip with a 60-33 dismantling of Sacramento State, Dec. 30. The Eagles held Sacramento St. to a 23.7 field goal percentage and 6.3 percent from three-point range. This despite starting in an 8-0 hole to the Hornets and finishing the first q...
RICHLAND – With flu affecting the Liberty girls wrestling team, only Kariay Stobel made the trip to the Varsity Girls Winter Cup at Hanford High School. Wrestling at 140 pounds, she made the most of the trip, winning the gold medal and a pair of Winter Cup shorts. Strobel, a senior from Fairfield, pinned all of her opponents en route to the title. She pinned Marlen Eiaz of Tonasket in 43 seconds to open the tournament. She then pinned Emma Beltran of Sunnyside in 54 seconds t...
KENNEWICK – Five words summed up Cheney girls basketball Coach Meredith Richards’ thoughts on her Blackhawks loss in their final non-league game. “Southridge, man what a heartbreaker,” she said following Cheney’s 40-33 setback at Southridge of Kennewick on Dec. 29. A paltry point production in the second quarter where Cheney (3-7) was outscored 10-5 was a big difference for the Suns (4-6) of the Mid-Columbia Conference. “Only scoring 5 points in the second quarter definitely h...
SPOKANE VALLEY - The Medical Lake boys basketball team wrapped up non-league play at the West Valley Eagle Classic last week with a pair of losses. The Cardinals opened Dec. 28 with an 83-50 loss to the state's No. 5-ranked 2B school, Tri Cities Prep, then fell to the Greater Spokane League 2A's East Valley, 51-49 the following day. "I actually thought we did some great things that day, just couldn't sustain it," Coach Brett Ward said about Tri-Cities Prep game. After falling...
EAST WENATCHEE – The Cheney girls capped off play in the GESA Winter Shootout at Eastmont High School with a win and now have one more tune-up before the start of Greater Spokane League play when Ferris visits Jan. 4. “Last week in Eastmont was great for us,” Coach Meredith Richards wrote in an email. “Our record for the tournament didn’t portray the amount of learning and adjusting and ‘team play’ that I saw on the court for all three games.” The Blackhawks got 12 points e...
The Liberty (Spangle) boys and girls basketball teams played Freeman and Colfax. The boys lost both games, 70-45 to Freeman on Dec. 18 and 56-49 to Colfax on Dec. 19. The girls bested Freeman, 49-41, but lost to Colfax, 48-42. The Liberty girls travel to Medical Lake to take on the undefeated Cardinals at 3:30 p.m. today, Dec. 28. Pictured Lancer Cooper Thomas drives against Lind-Ritzville in a Dec. 12 victory....
SPOKANE VALLEY – Cheney wrestlers emerged from the day-long Tri-Country Classic on Dec. 21 with a variety of solid finishes. Tops for the Blackhawks was Shadrach Mason at 150 pounds who finished third. Mason, who won his first three bouts, his first two by fall. He won his third by an 8-7 decision over Carsen Buenzli of Medical Lake. He lost his fourth to Jameson Davis of Selkirk, by fall 4-0 in 4:19. He capped the day with a pair of wins, including a pin of Mead’s Tyler Van...
EAST WENATCHEE – The Cheney girls capped off play in the GESA Winter Shootout at Eastmont High School with a win and now have one more tune-up before the start of Greater Spokane League play when Ferris visits Jan. 4. “Last week in Eastmont was great for us,” Coach Meredith Richards wrote in an email. “Our record for the tournament didn’t portray the amount of learning and adjusting and ‘team play’ that I saw on the court for all three games.” The Blackhawks got 12 points e...
BASKETBALL Husky rally tops Eagles SEATTLE — The three-game winning streak for Eastern Washington’s men’s basketball team ended Dec. 21 at Alaska Airlines Arena at the University of Washington, but not without a battle to the end. A late cold shooting spell proved costly as the Eagles fell short, losing 66-73 to the Pac-12 Huskies. Down 23-14 midway through the first half, Eastern (4-7) responded with a furious 17-3 run and took a 1-point lead into the break, 40-39. Dane Erikstrup scored 12 of his team-leading 17 point...
SPOKANE – Six West Plains wrestlers brought home medals Saturday, Dec. 23, from the M2 Mallett girls tournament at Rogers High School. Kariyah Storbel won the girls 140-pound division for Liberty (Spangle) and Ireland Chodorowski won the 145-pound class for Cheney. Three area girls brought home silver, including Cheney's Grizzell Ramos at 110 pounds and Jalisca Holmgren at 125, and Liberty's Alexis Taylor at 155. Cheney's Jennifer Tian finished fourth at 110 pounds. The C...
SPOKANE – Three Liberty boys brought Top 3 medals home from the M2 Mallett wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 23, at Rogers High School. Wrestling at 175, Liberty teammates Clae Holling and Joey Matherly faced off in the title bout, with Holling claiming gold and Matherly silver. At 150, Maddex Strobel brought home a bronze medal. Holling and Matherly came faced different competitors on their way to the championship bout. Holling received a buy and then pinned three oppone...
EAST WENATCHEE – Call it an early Christmas present if you will for Cheney boys basketball coach Travis Peevey. The four-game winning streak the Blackhawks find themselves riding has Peevey sounding like a kid who got just what he wanted from under the tree. Cheney returned home from the Eastmont’s 2023 GESA Winter Shootout with wins over Monroe, 58-46, on Dec. 20, Wenatchee — again — 59-24, on Dec. 21, and Spanaway Lake, 62-55, on Dec. 22 to push its record to 5-4 followi...
Medical Lake had a pair of wrestlers win championships at the Tri-County Classic on Dec. 21 at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley. True Cole improved his season record to 18-3 with a win at 215 pounds, pinning Skyler Harty of Central Valley in 4:30. Hudson Raulston (17-3) took the 126-pound title for the Cardinals, also winning the title bout by fall in 1:13 over Sam Drake of Kettle Falls....
RITZVILLE – The Liberty (Spangle) boys and girls basketball teams brought home wins Dec. 12 over Northeast 2B rival Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The boys won, 68-57; the girls, 51-41. In the boys game, a fourth quarter Liberty rally lifted the Lancers to victory. In that quarter Liberty put up 22 points, but the Broncos could only muster 9. Lance Williamson led all scorers with 22 points for the Broncos. Liberty’s Thomas Domrese led his team with 21. In the girls game, the Lancers came out on fire, racking up a 13-point lead in...
CHENEY – Work on the municipal pool is continuing following demolition. “Demolition of the pool is complete,” pool renovation project manager Dan Curley said last week. He went on to describe the meticulous process that unfolded during the demolition phase, which involved heavy equipment operators on-site, diligently working to dismantle the structure. Multiple trucks were employed to haul away the debris, ensuring a thorough cleanup, he said. Curley noted the demolition phase of the project did not encounter any unfor...
MEDICAL LAKE – The Cardinal girls basketball team sits at a perfect 7-0 as the 2023-24 season gets into its serious stage. Considering the Cardinals have been through the changes authored from having been guided by three different coaches in as many seasons, this early success is quite satisfying for ML’s latest bench boss, Yeta Holloway. “Every game, the bond between coach and player grows,” Holloway wrote in an email. The schedule was light leading into the holiday break las...
SPOKANE VALLEY – The Medical Lake boys basketball winds down the preseason with a pair of games this week last the West Valley tournament in Spokane knowing at least a couple of things to be true. In their 2-6 start under new Coach Brett Ward, the Cardinals have already doubled the win output of the entire 2022-23 season. And one of those victories put them at 1-0 in Northeast A League play. “I’m happy with our league win,” Ward said. “That’s the most important record and we a...
NEWPORT - Ian Steege brought home a silver medal Saturday, Dec. 16, from the Newport JV tournament. Wrestling at 190 pounds, he opened by pinning Lincoln Koyama of Ferris in 1:11 and then Payton Hauser-Plumb of Hanford in 48 seconds. In his third bout, he won by medical forfeit over teammate Ivan Rolle of Medical Lake. In his fourth match, he lost by technical fall, 24-9 in 4:00) to Dillon Mareth of Deer Park. He then pinned teammate Ethan Bales of Medical Lake in 2:21 in his...
