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Cheney wrestlers dominate districts
By SHANNEN TALBOT Staff Reporter The Cheney boys wrestling team delivered at districts with a vengeance, taking first place in the Great Northern League with 260.5 points and smashing the competition by more than 75 points. East Valley followed with...
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Cardinal girls power ahead in NEA playoffs
The top-seeded Medical Lake girls basketball squad were once again victorious in NEA district basketball tournament play on a snowy Friday at West Valley High School, keeping the Colville Indians at...
Blackhawks' season comes to end in overtime thriller
If the Cheney High boys basketball team never sees Nick Drynan again, that will likely be too soon. The 6-foot-1-inch West Valley senior point guard poured in 69 points in two games last week against...
Medical Lake boys basketball: win one, lose one in playoffs
The Medical Lake boys basketball team rode a rollercoaster into the first two rounds of NEA post-season play with a road win against the Freeman Scotties on Wednesday, Feb. 6, , followed by a...
Weather woes for Cheney gymnastics team tourney
Thanks to the record-setting snowfall sweeping across Washington this month, regional wrestling tournaments have been cancelled statewide, making this year’s Mat Classic XXXI at the Tacoma Dome a crowded playing field. The Washington...
Lady Blackhawks bow out of post season
It’s difficult to beat a team in back to back games, as Cheney High School’s girls basketball team discovered last week. After earning a hard-fought win over Great Northern League rival West...
Cancelled wrestling regionals means major changes at state
Thanks to the record-setting snowfall sweeping across Washington this month, regional wrestling tournaments have been cancelled statewide, making this year’s Mat Classic XXXI at the Tacoma Dome a crowded playing field. The Washington...
Sports Week
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) College Basketball Men Saturday, Feb. 16, EWU hosts University of Northern Colorado, 2:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, EWU hosts University of Idaho, 4:14 p.m....
Cardinal wrestlers head for regionals in Omak, Othello
It was a “pretty tough year” due to injuries that saw six state-level grapplers go down for the season, according to head coach Matt Leenhouts. But he was happy to report that his back-up squad...
Freeman whomped by Medical Lake
It was a tough fight from tip-off to the final buzzer when the Medical Lake boys B-ball squad (5-7, 7-13) took on the Freeman Scotties (6-6, 9-11) on their home court in the final regular season game...
Medical Lake girls basketball closes with dual wins
It was a fight for the top spot in the Northeast A league for both the Freeman Scotties (10-2, 15-5) and the Cardinals girls (11-1, 15-5) in their final regular season game in Medical Lake Thursday ni...
Patriot Super Bowls have lost their spark
In the aftermath of last week’s Super Bowl, something felt different. The electricity in the air leading up to the big game just didn’t sizzle like usual, and I found myself sighing, not smiling, in anticipation. And boy, did it live up to the hy...
Blackhawks falter at Pullman
The only thing Tuesday’s regular season finale between Cheney and West Valley will determine is who wears which uniforms come District 7 competition this Friday evening at University High School. The Blackhawks chances at moving up in the Great...
Lady Blackhawks earn split in GNL
Cheney High School’s girls basketball team earned a split in its Great Northern League action last week. The Lady Blackhawks stayed close early on with visiting East Valley before falling 66-51 to the state’s top-ranked 2A team last Tuesday,...
Card Pride girls go unbeaten
Medical Lake’s YMCA Competitive Championship team, The Cardinal Pride 7/8 girls, went 8-0 in the regular season, then 2-0 in the playoffs to secure the league title on Monday, Jan. 28 at The...
Sports Week
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) College Basketball Men Thursday, Feb. 7, EWU at Montana State University, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, EWU at University of Montana, 6 p.m. Women Thursday,...
Eagles put three-game winning streak on line at MSU
The Eastern Washington University men's basketball team is looking for a little more road magic to go along with its sudden gold rush of victories. Eastern tries to maintain – if not improve – upo...
Cardinal pride on the line in Deer Park victory
The Medical Lake girls basketball squad took it right to Deer Park (7-4, 14-5) in a slap-down 58-38 win in front of the Stag home crowd Friday night at Deer Park High School. Their Cardinal pride was...
Cold-shooting Blackhawks boys fall to Bantams
Poor shooting and allowing their opponents too many easy points sent the Cheney High boys basketball team to a Great Northern League loss last Tuesday night against visiting Clarkston. The formula led to an early seven-point Blackhawks deficit after...
Cardinal boys drop another on the road
The Medical Lake boys’ basketball crew lost on the road 76-61 against the NEA leading Deer Park (10-1, 18-1) on Friday. The Cards fell to 4-6 in Northeast A after a two-game winning streak on the road. “We found ourselves trying to dig out of a...
Not too much excitement for this year's big game
I will not be watching this Sunday’s Super Bowl. That is probably a first for me, but more one of logistics than anything else. This Sunday we’ll be driving back from Southern California after a quick trip to visit my wife’s mother and family,...
Lady Blackhawks fall short at home in Clarkston upset
Cheney High’s girls basketball team almost found a way to pull off an upset of the state’s seventh-ranked 2A team last Tuesday. The Lady Blackhawks fell behind early at home against Great Northern League leader Clarkston on Jan. 22, trailing...
Record 79 EWU athletes selected to Big Sky Fall all-academic team
A record total of 79 Eastern Washington University student-athletes have been honored on the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team for fall quarter 2018. According to a Jan. 25 news release from the university’s Athletic Department, the total...
Sports Week
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) College Basketball Men Saturday, Feb. 2, EWU hosts Southern Utah University, 2:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, EWU hosts Northern Arizona University, 6:05 p.m....
Eagles look to extend home streak Saturday
With an even 4-4 record, the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team will try to extend its home winning streak when the Eagles play Southern Utah Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2:05 p.m. at...
