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Red White and Blue put on their most impressive performance of the season with a 16-2 win over Jarms in West Plains Little League Majors play, May 16. After leading 4-0, Red White and Blue put up 10 runs in the third inning, including a two-RBI single from Ben Rowe, an RBI double from Robert Halaas-Driscoll, an RBI single from Preston Hemesath and another RBI double from Eugene Haas. Red White and Blue capped their scoring with Peter Johnson's inside-the-park home run and...
History repeated itself for the Cheney High boys’ and girls’ golf teams as Tyler Koohns and Cheyenne Marchand once again qualified for the state tournament after a successful outing at the Great Northern League district tournament, May 16, MeadowWood Golf Course in Liberty Lake. Marchand qualified for her third state tournament after she finished third with a score of 171 over two rounds. “Even though Cheyenne was hoping to play a little better, she is more than ready physically and mentally for state with the hopes of being...
The Cheney High girls’ tennis team ended the regular season on a high note after their 5-2 win over West Valley, May 9. The Blackhawks finished with a 6-2 Great Northern League record, 11-3 overall and second place in the league standings. “Last year we finished with a 10-4 record and this year we were 11-3,” head coach Jason Overland said, referring to his goal of ending the regular season with a better overall record than last year. “Our players are playing some really good tennis and peaking at the right moment....
The Cheney High boys’ and girls’ golf teams wrapped up their regular season at the May 5 Great Northern League tournament in Pullman. The girls took third with 122 points while the boys finished fourth with 498. Team scores in the girls’ tournament were calculated via the modified Stableford Scoring system where the highest total of points wins instead of the lowest. Cheyanne Marchand hit a 54 to lead her team and tie with Pullman’s Julia Lupkes for third place. On the boys’ side, Tyler Koohns finished fourth after shooting...
The Cheney High girls’ tennis team (5-2 Great Northern League, 10-3 overall) are in second place in the league standings after a 5-2 win over Clarkston (2-4, 7-4), May 3 and a 6-1 loss to Pullman (6-0, 11-2), May 5. The Greyhounds will claim the GNL regular season title. Against Pullman, Bridget Calvert, No. 1 singles, rallied to defeat Halle Berg (5-7, 6-3, 6-1) while Alannah Lewis, No. 3, shut out Ally Brown (6-0, 6-0). No. 4 Caitlyn Strong won her match against Heidi Hansen (6-3, 6-1). In doubles, No. 2 Amparo Contreras a...
The Cheney High baseball team’s 2016 season came to an end after a 17-2 loss to No. 5 seed East Valley in the second round of the Great Northern League playoffs, May 9. Two days before, the No. 4 Blackhawks defeated No. 3 Pullman, 7-3 to eliminate the Greyhounds from the postseason. Cheney ended its regular season with losses to West Valley (7-5), May 3 and Pullman (7-6), May 5, Senior Day. East Valley scored quick and early, leading 12-0 after the fourth inning. After Cheney scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth, t...
It looks like the Seattle Mariners will undergo another change in leadership, less than a year after Jerry Dipoto took over as the team’s general manager and Scott Servais became manager. In April, the Mariners announced that owner Nintendo plans to sell its majority interest in the team to First Avenue Entertainment, a local group of minority owners that also has an interest in Root Sports, for $1.4 billion. While Nintendo will retain 10 percent interest in the ball club, John Stanton will become the team’s chairman and chi...
The Cheney High boys' tennis team were on the verge of sweeping the Great Northern League - that is until they lost to Pullman, 5-2, May 3. Two days earlier the Blackhawks picked up a 5-2 win over Clarkston. Against the Bantams, Brandon Foster, No. 3 singles, defeated Ian Best (6-3, 6-2) while Shogo Starr, No. 4, won his match against Colton Tenwick (6-2, 6-3). Head coach Jesse Erickson noted that Best defeated Foster earlier in the season. "Brandon showed how much he's been...
During Jarms ACE Hardware's May 7 Garden Party, Michael Pflieger (left) gives Mason Griffis (center) and Madison Griffis (right) tips on watering their plants as their father Brent Griffis watches....
"Are you ready to have some fun?" That is how children's author and poet Kenn Nesbitt greeted students when he visited Salnave Elementary School, May 6. Nesbitt, who resides in Spokane, gave poetry readings to classes during the day and then had a special performance for families during the evening. Nesbitt has written 16 books and his work has appeared in 14 anthologies. He was also the Poetry Foundation's Children's Poet Laureate from 2013-15. According to the Poetry...
Medical Lake High School Junior ROTC cadets senior Katie McGowan and junior Josh Strieb added some hardware to the school's trophy case after they finished fourth in the dual armed competition at the National High School Drill Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla., May 2. McGowan and Strieb have participated in various drill competitions during their high school careers. This year they took third at the Cascade League Championships in March to qualify for nationals. Strieb...
At its May 9 study session the Airway Heights City Council got a glimpse of some possible road projects. Public Works Director Kevin Anderson gave the council a brief presentation on proposed transportation projects that stemmed from pavement management plan work that was recently conducted by Century West. Some of the proposed projects include developing and adopting the city’s annual six-year transportation improvement plan, street and sidewalk improvement projects, capacity improvements at the Craig Road and Highway 2, H...
Cheney High School's Christina Kamstra recited the Athlete's Oath during the Special Olympics East Region Spring Games' opening ceremonies, April 30 at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field....
The Cheney High girls’ tennis team maintained its second-place position in the Great Northern League standings after a 6-1 win over East Valley, April 28. Bridget Calvert, No. 1 singles, defeated Macy Paschall (6-2, 6-4) and Emily Howard, No. 2, won her match against Kate Pointer (6-3, 6-0). No. 3 Alannah Lewis (6-0, 6-2) and No. 4 Caitlyn Strong (6-2, 6-2) also picked up wins. In doubles, Shayna Payne and Sadie Knudson, No. 1, defeated Sarah Kroll and Nicole Richardson (6-0, 6-2) and No. 3 Taylor Gould and Zeb Potter picked...
After a couple of weeks of quiet bats, the Cheney High baseball team has seemingly gotten themselves out of what head coach Mike Cagle called an “offensive funk.” The Blackhawks defeated East Valley, 6-4, April 26, snapping their four-game losing streak. The team had 12 hits on the day, the most since their April 2, 10-5 win over the Knights. Cheney had a strong lead through most of the game, scoring runs in the second, third (two), sixth and seventh innings. East Valley’s comeback attempt was limited to four runs in the b...
The Cheney High boys’ tennis team began their second round of Great Northern League play in the same way as the first — by sweeping East Valley, 7-0, April 28. The Blackhawks also competed in the Inland Empire Tournament, April 29-30, where Aaron Fillmore and Hayden Bennett finished third in the No. 3 doubles bracket. Against East Valley, Ryan Axtell, No. 1 singles, defeated Josh Lee (6-1, 6-1) and Mason Van Stone, No. 2, shut out Bryce Pointer (6-0, 6-0). Brandon Foster, No. 3, won his match against Josh Fraser (6-1, 6-2...
The Cheney High boys’ and girls’ golf teams both recorded a third-place finish in the April 26 Great Northern League Tournament at Fairways Golf Course. The boys scored 449 points, three strokes behind Pullman (446). Tyler Koohns shot an 80 to tie for first with Cody Culletto and Travis Hansen, both from Clarkston. Elijah Palmer took fifth after hitting an 83 while Thomas Baycroft came in eighth (87). Other top finishers for the Blackhawks included Ian Hill (97), John Mulcahy (102) and Jack Kallem (109). On the girls’ side, C...
The Eastern Washington University’s Veterans Resource Center is hosting a couple of events in May to help students and community members who have served in the military. The first is a Veterans Career Workshop, May 11, from 2:40–4 p.m. in Patterson Hall room 240, which the center hosts in collaboration with EWU Career Services. In the workshop veterans will learn how to translate their military experience to prospective employers during job interviews. Nate Bryant, employer relations manager, said veterans possess many ski...
For a class that's only been around since November, the Three Springs High School's leadership class is completing one project after another. Three Springs High School is an alternative school primarily for high school-age students. Derek Slaughter, who also teaches sociology and psychology at Cheney High School, started the class, which meets every Friday, as a way to give Three Springs students opportunities for community service, philanthropy and leadership development....
At its April 26 meeting, the Medical Lake School Board approved a resolution to allow the school district to refinance $13.7 million of its general obligation bonds from 2010. The $13.7 million is what’s left from a $15.65 million school bond proposal voters approved in 2010 that funded construction of Hallett Elementary School and additions to the middle school. According to Business Manager Chad Moss, the 2010 bond resolution included a call feature that allows the district to call back the bond for redemption prior to i...
Kindergartners and their parents (pictured above) along, with other students, particpated in Hallett Elementary School's annual "Wow Now Fund Run." Students raised $16,811.11 for the school's Associated Student Body....
The Cheney School Board received the results of a facilities study and survey report at its April 27 meeting. Ned Warnick, of Design West, explained he had reviewed the district’s current facilities, educational program needs, enrollment growth and projections and options to accommodate the growth. He said all of Cheney’s buildings are maintained at “a high quality level” with all of them receiving a rating of “good” or “excellent.” “Of all of the districts I’ve been involved with, Cheney really takes care of their asset...
Twelve-year-old baseball and softball players gathered at the mound around coach and league president Adam Smith to recite the Little League Pledge during West Plains Little League's 13th annual opening day ceremonies, April 30 at Cheney's Salnave Park ballfields. Bottom: Jarms' Anthony Moore is at bat during an pick-up game before Saturday's ceremonies....
Snowdon Elementary School's Dirty Diggers Organic Gardening Club isn't just a clever name. During lunch recess on Tuesdays and Thursdays, students will go outside to the back of the building to where the garden beds are, throw on a pair of gloves and quickly get to work removing weeds from the soil. The Dirty Diggers is in its second year and has over 100 members. The club is open to third- fourth- and fifth-graders who sign up at the beginning of the school year and each...
Scott Herndon with the Abolitionist Society of North Idaho (left) speaks to Eastern Washington University students during an anti-abortion protest on campus, April 26....
