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TACOMA – Cheney will send four wrestlers to Mat Classic XXXV in Tacoma this weekend, including one individual champion following 3A Region 4 competition Feb. 9-10 at University High School in Spokane. Topping the list is Trenton Moore who captured the 175-pound title and looks to improve on his 2023 trip to Tacoma where he was sixth. Mason Bennett participated in his first state competition last year as an alternate, but goes this time as runner-up at 144 pounds. C.J. B...
SPOKANE - Cheney advanced nine wrestlers to the next stop on the road to Mat Classic, including two individual champions, from the Greater Spokane League 3A tournament at the Spokane Convention Center, on Feb. 2-3. Mason Bennett was a champion at 144 pounds and Trenton Moore won at 175 as the Blackhawks finished fourth as a team behind Mead, University and Mount Spokane. That pair, as well as Camron Bogle (132-pounds/3rd), Wyatt Wells (175/4th), Gauge Seubert (190/4th), Aiden...
It’s been just about three weeks since the Northeast A League shrunk from a size-7 to a much trimmed-down size-4. Had this been a human-driven weight loss program, it might have been a welcome outcome. However, this is high school athletics. And when a conference loses that much weight, that fast, it generates potentially unhealthy side effects. NEA athletic directors knew in advance what was about to hit when the board of directors of the Washington Interscholastic A...
CHENEY -Eight area girls are heading to regional wrestling tournaments on Saturday, Feb. 10. Four Cheney girls will compete at the 3A/4A girls regionals in Sunnyside on Saturday, Feb. 10. And in the girls small school (1B-2A) division, three Liberty (Spangle) wrestlers and one Medical Lake girl will are heading to Quincy. Cheney Blackhawks Cheney has the largest local girls contingent moving on. The Blackhawks girls wrestling program emerged from subregional competition at...
MEDICAL LAKE — Peaking at the right time in sports is critical to success and if winning three of their last four games in any indicator the Medical Lake boys basketball team is doing just that? The Cardinals engineered a notable turnaround over this time a year ago, splitting their final two Northeast A League games and nabbing not only a playoff spot, but getting a home game to boot. Medical Lake lost Jan. 30 at Freeman, 68-46, but dished up a fitting Senior Night p...
CHENEY - The Blackhawk boys collected a pair of basketball wins last week topping Rogers 66-45 in the "Railroad Rumble" rivalry game and then 50-43 over University in their next-to-last game. The Blackhawks (3-5 GSL, 9-10 overall) looked to cap the 2023-24 basketball season with a win at home, Feb. 6 vs. North Central (5-3, 14-5). Led as usual by Evan Stinson and his 24 points, Cheney raced to a 40-25 halftime lead in the non-league game with Rogers (5-1, 11-4). Liam Carver...
SWIMMING Local swimmers advance WALLA WALLA — Twelve Cheney swimmers have qualified for the 2024 District Swim and Dive meet Feb. 9-10 here. “I have not yet completed the line up since some swimmers are qualified in more than the maximum two events” Coach Jennifer Hochwalt wrote in an email. Cheney swimmers include Isaac Bishop, Elijah Carpenter, Henrey Gipple, Anthony Gonzalez, Arthur Huacuz, Sam Larson Tanner Nelson, Christian Samson, Alma Smith, Ian Smith, Artem Sokolov and Travis Strimback State swimming is Feb. 15-17 at...
The Cheney girls earned their first basketball victory of 2024 amidst the memorable setting of the school's rivalry game on Jan. 31. The Blackhawks used a solid second half to put distance between themselves and the Rogers Pirates to win 61-44 in their part of the "Railroad Rumble" played at Eastern Washington University's Reese Court. That ended a 10-game losing streak dating back to Dec. 22. Cheney capped the week with a 65-38 loss at home to University in a Greater Spokane...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Medical Lake girls snapped a two-game Northeast A League losing streak with a notable win and in the process earned a home playoff game. The Cardinals did something they had not accomplished in five seasons by beating Freeman 43-29 on Jan. 30 and finished out the regular season with a 35-29 loss at home to Lakeside on Senior Night. In the process Medical Lake (5-7, 12-9) earned a first-round home playoff game — a rematch with Freeman — that was played on Fe...
The 2023-24 basketball season is winding down for the Blackhawks. Pictured, Blackhawk Macey M.Richards tries to block a shot by Ridgeline's Emma Myers in a 49-26 loss Jan. 23....
CHENEY - Gymnastics took some big leaps in the 2023-24 season, and that was before they got on the floor in competition. The team features 10 athletes, seven from Cheney and three out of Medical Lake. "I'm excited for this season because our team has doubled in size since last year," head coach Melissa Linton said earlier in the season. Cheney gymnastics had its birth in 2015 with its first coach hired just days before the start of competition. That inaugural season produced...
CHENEY — The Cheney boys may have let post-season play slip through their fingers following a pair of Greater Spokane League basketball games last week on the road. The Blackhawks (2-5 GSL, 7-10 overall) let a possible victory slip away Jan. 23 at Ridgeline where the Falcons used a 21-7 fourth quarter to erase a Cheney lead in a 62-50 loss. Then, Cheney kept GSL leading Mount Spokane in check before falling 56-52, Jan. 26. “Ridgeline (4-3, 13-4) is a team that doesn’t quit, an...
CHENEY — The Cheney girls’ basketball team remained winless in Greater Spokane League play following losses on the road last week to Ridgeline and Mt. Spokane. The Blackhawks’ streak increased to seven following setbacks to Ridgeline, 49-26 on Jan. 23 and 42-29 to Mt. Spokane, Jan. 25. “This last week of basketball brings with it more highs and lows, similar to how our entire season has played out so far,” head coach Meredith Richards wrote in an email. While not winning m...
Greyhounds race past Blackhawks CHENEY – Pullman dominated the competition in a Jan. 20 swim meet against Cheney at the Eastern Washington University Aquatics Center winning 10 of the 12 events for a 286-124 victory. Cheney did win the 100-yard breaststroke, sweeping the top three spots led by Artem Sokolov in a time of 1 minute, 19.82 seconds. Alma Smith (1:32.19) and Samuel Dalton (1:42.98) were second and third. Smith also won the 1-meter diving but was the only participant. Tanner Nelson was the Blackhawks’ lone run...
Medical Lake’s Luat returns to lineup By PAUL DELANEY Cheney Free Press MEDICAL LAKE — Girls basketball head Coach Yeta Holloway is quite frank when accessing the last several weeks. “The last five games of our schedule I’d like to forget,” Holloway wrote in an email. His feelings are understandable considering life without Charde Luat was not fun for the Cardinals. The two-time All Northeast A League performer rolled her ankle prior to a Jan. 6 game against Colville and did not return until Jan. 20. What followed were five...
By PAUL DELANEY Cheney Free Press CHENEY — A pair of strong second-half performances led to a sweep of a Big Sky Conference road trip for the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team, keeping both their winning streak and league lead in place. Outscoring Idaho State 17-0 in the opening minutes of the second half led Eastern to a 79-67 win at Idaho State on Jan. 20. Earlier, the Eagles overcame an eight-point halftime deficit, outscoring Weber State 41-31 on the way to an 80-78 victory at Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah. Eas...
By PAUL DELANEY Cheney Free Press The Cheney boys’ basketball team found itself on the disappointing side of a pair of Greater Spokane League basketball games last week. The Blackhawks watched as Mead’s Bryce Lynd hit a game-winning 3-pointer in a 71-68 loss Jan. 16 and then Lewis and Clark’s third quarter turned things in the Tigers 68-60 overtime victory, Jan. 19. “I was proud of how we fought ‘til the end and sometimes you’re on the wrong side of a buzzer beater, give credit to Mead for hitting some big shots,” hea...
Blackhawks toppled by Mead, Lewis and Clark By PAUL DELANEY Cheney Free Press CHENEY – Girls basketball had yet another tall task in its Greater Spokane League schedule last week. The Blackhawks finished their run through the top four teams in the league with losses Jan. 16 to Mead 67-31 and Lewis and Clark 46-33 on Jan. 19. Combined those teams are 47-14. Against LC (3-1 GSL, 9-6 overall), Cheney got off to a good start, leading 23-17 at halftime but came out of the break to watch the Tigers win the quarter 20-4. “The gir...
CHENEY – The Blackhawks collected a big Greater Spokane League boys' basketball win on the road last week after losing its home meeting with Gonzaga Prep. The Blackhawks opened with a 71-59 loss to the Bullpups on Jan. 9 before topping the Bears 57-52 Jan. 12 with their scoring leader, Evan Stinson, out of the lineup. Cheney built at 30-23 halftime lead that held up throughout the remainder of the contest. "We knew that we could not overlook them and playing without Evan w...
CHENEY -- “The most difficult part of our schedule” as Cheney girls basketball Coach Meredith Richards called it, is so far living to the description. Cheney lost at home Jan. 9 to Gonzaga Prep, 63-39 and then on the road Jan. 12 to Central Valley 68-28. At CV (3-0 GSL, 10-3 overall), the Bears raced to a 26-3 first-quarter lead against the Blackhawks (0-3, 3-10) and by halftime they were up 46-9. Cheney was shutout until the final 30 seconds of the period. Richards des...
SWIMMING: Cheney swimmers win CHENEY -- Blackhawk swimmers claimed six individual victories and won the Eastern Washington University Invite Jan. 13 at the Eastern Washington University pool. The Blackhawks edged Chiawana 98-90 with Pasco a distant third with 55. Travis Strimback won in two events, the 200-yard Individual Medley and the 100 Freestyle. Tanner Nelson earned a win in the 100 Fly, Sam Larson in the 200 Freestyle while the 500 Freestyle went to Henry Gipple. Diver Alma Smith scored a 212 to 207.2 win in diving...
With the main gear in its basketball machine still in the shop for repair, the Medical Lake girls struggled with a winless week. Cardinals' leading scorer and playmaker Charde Luat was sidelined with an ankle injury during last week's three losses, two in Northeast A League play. Medical Lake lost Jan. 9 to Deer Park 71-23, to Idaho's Timberlake 50-15 (Jan. 10) and Freeman, Jan. 12. They now have four losses in a row since Luat rolled her ankle in an earlier practice. "Last we...
BASKETBALL Defense keys road win over Vandals MOSCOW — The streak continues to grow for Eastern Washington men’s basketball after the team defeated Idaho, 79-59. Eastern has now won five-straight games and is 3-0 in the Big Sky and 9-7 overall. Eastern had five players score in double figures to showcase its balanced offensive approach. Casey Jones led the team with 14 points, while Ethan Price and LeJuan Watts each scored 13. Cedric Coward and Mason Williams added 11 points apiece. The first half saw 12 lead changes and s...
The Northeast Washington girls wrestling league meet Tuesday, Jan. 16, featured schools from across the region, including Cheney and Ridgeline, pictured above. The meet was just getting underway at press time. Results were not available....
Just what if Cheney became Spokane County seat as it had long desired, and Benjamin P. Cheney decided in fairness to locate his institution of higher learning to Spokane? What might it have meant to the how Eastern Washington University grew and developed since its founding as Benjamin P. Cheney Academy in 1882. How might it have existed with its higher-ed regional rivals, all established later than Eastern — Washington State College and Whitworth both in 1890, Gonzaga 1887 a...
