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The Cheney High School wrestling team fell 40-37 to Clarkston in a close Great Northern League match on Wednesday, Jan. 3. With the loss, the Blackhawks sit in third place in the league behind East Valley and Clarkston with a 1-1 record. That was not the only wrestling this past week for Cheney as they hosted the Blackhawk Invite on Jan. 6. Cheney placed sixth overall out of the 15 teams competing with Medical Lake winning the team title. "The results against Clarkston was...
The Cheney High School gymnastics team made their mark against the Greater Spokane League teams at their Jan. 4 competition. The Blackhawks hosted the meet at the Mead Gym Center and placed fourth with 161.125 points. Mead High School took first place overall with 165.975 points. Other teams competing were Mt. Spokane, University and Shadle Park. “This was the best meet of the season by far,” head coach Jamie Frucci said. “We had a few minor errors, but no major break downs. Tonight’s results were much closer than I anticip...
Sophomore Sophia VanWormer took first place overall in the Jan. 4 meet for the Blackhawks. She was also crowned the champion in the bars event for the third-straight week. The Blackhawks hosted the meet at the Mead Gym Center and placed fourth with 161.125 points....
The Cheney High School wrestling team didn’t waste any time getting back in the rhythm of competition as the Blackhawks placed sixth out of 16 teams competing at the Freeman Winter Classic on Dec. 30. “The Freeman tournament was a great test to see where we are at,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “We had been practicing a lot and it was just a fun way to end the break.” One of the highlights from the tournament was Boedy Taylor (182) and Zack Nguyen (138) placing second. “Boedy had just returned after three weeks of be...
The Eastern Washington University women's soccer team made history all over the board during the 2017 season. Eastern earned a bid into the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row after its second straight Big Sky Championship. Eastern was seeded No. 14 heading into the NCAA Tournament and played No. 3 Southern California for the second-straight year. Chloe Williams scored in the sixth minute to put EWU in the lead, but ended up falling 2-1 in double overtime against the...
Even though some people might think 2017 was not a great year, I did not think it was that bad. But I do have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming 2018 as well. In 2017, I was fortunate enough to continue school, have jobs that I love and enjoy time with my family. I was also able to check a few things off my bucket list. The biggest thing I was able to cross off was attending the Country Music Association (CMA) Festival in Nashville, Tenn. Every year my mom and I watch the event on television wishing we could be there. W...
If somebody needs a relaxing day, Wispies Beauty Salon in Medical Lake can take care of it. Even though the salon has been open for about 15 years, there have been a few different locations for the local shop. Currently, it is located at 112 North Jefferson Street and it is open Tuesday through Saturday with hours from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wispies offers a variety of products including haircuts, hair coloring, perms, manicures, pedicures, tanning, eyelash extensions, massages, waxi...
After multiple readings and public hearings of the 2018 budget, the Airway Heights City Council approved to adopt it on Dec. 4. Overall, the city is currently sitting in a good place financially going into the new fiscal year, according to City Manager Albert Tripp at one of the meetings. The ending fund balance sits at $21.9 million for the city heading into 2018. The city also has a current expense fund at $2.29 million after all the estimated revenues and proposed expenditures. According to the budget, the water and sewer...
The Cheney High School wrestling team earned its first league win last week on Dec. 13 against Pullman. The 51-25 victory also marked the first home match of the season. “It was great,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “It is always fun to wrestle at home in front of your friends and family. With the young team, I didn’t know how we would do going into the match, but we came out and we battled well.” The freshmen on the team seemed to take control, collecting four of the six wins. Freshmen Jase Winner and Dylan Straley g...
The Cheney High School gymnastics team completed their second meet of the season and finished third overall with 155.325 points. The Blackhawks competed against Central Valley, who took first with 165.700 points, along with Lewis and Clark, Mt. Spokane and Rogers. “The girls did great and do a great job supporting each other through the highs and lows of the meet,” head coach Jamie Frucci said. “They did a great job of not letting challenges on previous events affect their performance on events that followed.” Sophia VanWorm...
Even though the star wide receiver from Eastern Washington University may have not had as many receptions as he would’ve hoped, Cooper Kupp still found success on and off the field as he returned to the state of Washington against the Seattle Seahawks on Dec. 17. I was fortunate enough to be able to travel over the mountains last weekend to watch Kupp play again and I was not the only one to make the trip for the former Eagle. I wondered if I would be one of the only ones representing Kupp in a No. 18 Los Angeles Rams jersey,...
After the large crowd at the Nov. 30 public hearing at the Airway Heights Planning Commission, it was almost an empty house again at the Dec. 13 meeting. City Manager Albert Tripp and a representative from Storhaug Engineering were the only ones in attendance. But even with the light attendance, the meeting was straight forward and the board voted on recommendations to all of the rezones. The one rezone that caused most of the discussion at the last meeting was ZMA 2017-04. This includes 20-acres of land located in the northw...
At the Dec. 18 Airway Heights City Council meeting, the board looked over the recommendations from the Planning Commission on rezones around the town. They had previously heard a handful of comments from citizens being affected by the proposed changes. This includes 20-acres of land located in the northwest quadrant of the city, which is comprised of two 10-acre parcels. The properties are proposed to change from an R-1, single family residential to R-3, multi-family residential. This is to accommodate the alternative...
The Cheney Blackhawks wrestling team rolled last week with victories in dual matches against Lakeside and Reardan. The competition was just the beginning for CHS as they also competed at a tournament the following Saturday, Dec. 9. Against Lakeside, freshman Dylan Straley competed at 126 pounds and pinned Mason Christen within a minute and 27 seconds to help lead the Blackhawks to a 42-25 win. Another freshman, Blake Seubert was the other Blackhawk to earn a pin against Ian Hendershott in the 145-pound spot in 5:53. “We w...
The Cheney High School gymnastics kicked of its season on Dec. 6 at Ferris High School. This marks the third season for the program after returning from a 20 year hiatus. The team is lead with first-year head coach Jamie Frucci, who was the assistant coach last year and was named the Greater Spokane League (GSL) assistant coach of the year after her help last season. The Blackhawks competed against the host, Central Valley, University and Mead. Cheney took fourth place with 143.950 points. After this tournament, Cheney was...
The holiday season brings around the festive and catchy music of the year. Some radio stations dedicate the month of December to playing just Christmas songs and I am truly thankful for that because this is the only time of the year that we can listen to this type of music. So I will just be upfront and honest, my favorite Christmas song is “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey. You can judge all you want, but you can’t deny that it is super catchy and you can’t help but sing along to it. And there is always...
People in the West Plains area have a new opportunity this holiday season thanks to the Airway Heights Baptist Church located at 12322 West Sunset Highway across from Zip's. The church is transforming its building into the streets of Bethlehem on Dec. 22 from 6 – 9 p.m. It is not the typical nativity as it will be indoors and be interactive with hands-on experiences. "This is our first year doing it," Chris Bovey, a pastor at the church, said. "We sent out 5,000 flyers in Airw...
There were barely any empty seats at the Nov. 30 Airway Heights Planning Commission meeting as citizens packed the room for the public hearing on rezones around the city. “This is the most people I have ever seen at one of these meetings,” Commissioner Matthew Pederson said. The meeting hovered around four hours and had 12 comments on the various rezones throughout the evening. The rezone that caused most of the trouble was ZMA 2017-04. This includes 20-acres of land located in the northwest quadrant of the city, which is...
The Cheney High School wrestling team had its first tournament of the season at the Deer Park Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 2. The day ended with a sixth place finish with 115.5 points out of 17 teams participating. The one other Great Northern League team was Clarkston, who finished 10th overall. “I was pleased with the showing we had,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “Even though we had a rough last couple rounds, we wrestled phenomenally in the first one. We also brought a lot of young guys with us for the exper...
The Cheney High School wrestling team had its first tournament of the season at the Deer Park Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 2. The day ended with a sixth place finish with 115.5 points out of 17 teams participating. The one other Great Northern League team was Clarkston, who finished 10th overall. “I was pleased with the showing we had,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “Even though we had a rough last couple rounds, we wrestled phenomenally in the first one. We also brought a lot of young guys with us for the exper...
At the Dec. 4 Airway Heights City Council meeting, two members were sworn into their positions. The first one was recently elected James (Sonny) Weathers. The second one was Veronica Messing, who was sworn in for the second time due to moving her name into another position. Right after the ceremony, the Airway Heights City Council dove into conversation with Development Services Director Derrick Braaten about four different rezones being proposed. Braaten reported that there...
I was enjoying my Sunday morning until I got a notification from ESPN that the University of Tennessee was about to hire Ohio State’s defensive coordinator Greg Schiano. Granted, I was happy about three Sundays ago after receiving a notification about Butch Jones being fired. But out of all the candidates that were being talked about in the media about being a possible coach for my Volunteers, this was the worst case scenario for me and I knew it wouldn’t be widely accepted across the fan base. Let’s give some backg...
On Dec. 9 from 8 – 11 a.m., Santa Claus will be visiting the Cheney High School cafeteria for Santa's breakfast. The cost to join the fun will be $5 a person with all proceeds benefiting the senior all-nighter committee. On the menu will be pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit, coffee, hot chocolate and milk. Santa will be there to take pictures with everyone and there will also be a live pianist playing Christmas tunes throughout the morning. "We are very excited for this year's S...
Principal Ty MacGregor (right) and assistant principal Laura Roehl (left) helped hand out PACE (Partners Advancing Character Education) awards for respect and responsibility to students at Sunset Elementary School's Nov. 17 assembly....
Before the 10th annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving at Cheney High School, there was a "Parade of Paws." The dogs were walked around a circle in the parking lot with their owners while judges picked out the best outfit. There were a variety of costumes including a T-Rex, a lion, a grandma, a butterfly and one dog sporting a cape....
