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  • St. John volleyball concludes season

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 31, 2024

    ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles varsity team concluded the volleyball season with Senior Night on Saturday, Oct. 26. The Eagles had a big week of volleyball with three matches in five days to end the regular season. SJEL defeated Tekoa-Rosalia, 3-0, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, fell to Pomeroy, 3-0, on Thursday, Oct. 26, and lost to Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal), 3-0, on Saturday, Oct. 26. On Saturday, the Eagles celebrated its three seniors, middle hitter Kate Hergert, outside hitter Avery Fleming and team manager O...

  • Colfax rallies, tops Liberty in OT

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    COLFAX — Never back a dog into a corner. The Colfax Bulldogs (4-1) came from 22 points down at halftime to secure a 30-28 win in overtime against the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers (3-3) on Friday, Oct. 11. A 2-point conversion after a touchdown in overtime was the deciding factor. “I thought our ability to bounce back from adversity was impressive,” Colfax Coach Dave Cofer said. “We have focused on that all year, going through adversity with no loss of enthusiasm.” Early in the first quarter, Liberty senior Maddex Strobel c...

  • Jolly Rogers pillages Webb's Slough

    Matthew Strissel, The Journal|Updated Aug 30, 2024

    ST. JOHN - The Jolly Rogers racing team made a great showing at the Webb's Slough sprint boat races on Saturday, Aug. 24, winning two of the three classes. In the Modified class, driver T.J. Burrows and navigator Keith Brownsberger won the division. The duo beat out the team Slippery Pickle of Jesse Denton and Terry Lamb, which took second. Third place was Cheney-based Pour Decisions team of Jason Perkins nd Kyle Belles. Fourth place was Checkmate, with driver Frank Toftemark...

  • Airborne racing action

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Aug 30, 2024

  • Emergency rules to contain chronic wasting disease

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Aug 28, 2024

    SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has filed multiple emergency rules to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer across the state. Washington’s first case of chronic wasting disease was reported in July in an adult female white-tailed deer found dead in the Fairwood area. The fatal disease has been documented in wild or captive cervids (deer, elk, moose and caribou) in 34 other states and four Canadian provinces. “With the spread of CWD across the country and recent detections in adjac...

  • New hunting rules going into effect this year

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Aug 28, 2024

    SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced new rules ahead of the fall deer and elk hunting seasons. Effective Sept. 1 in game management units 124, 127 and 130, it is unlawful to hunt for deer, elk and moose using any type of bait placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, scattered or otherwise used for the purpose of attracting deer, elk or moose with the intent to hunt them; or natural or synthetic scents that contain or are derived from cervid urine and glandular extracts. Hunters in the same game un...

  • Rolling Hills hosts 2nd rodeo of the season

    Matthew Strissel, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Jul 25, 2024

    Rosalia was host to the Rolling Hills Rodeo Association's second rodeo of the year on Saturday, July 20. The event was originally going to take place both Saturday and Sunday, but the Sunday events were canceled due to high heat. The rodeo featured competitions in barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, steer daubing, dummy roping and more. The preliminary times and placings are in, but results are not official until a final audit. The final results will be posted to the...

  • Ride 'em cowboy

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Jul 17, 2024

  • Combine Combat

    Matthew Strissel, Cheney Free Press|Updated Jun 14, 2024

    LIND - Thousands of fans turned out Saturday, June 8, to witness the destruction of farm equipment during the 35th annual Lind Lion's Club Combine Derby. Weekend festivities also also featured a car show, parade through town, a barbecue in the park, car racing, and pickup and grain truck races, including an Australian Pursuit and powder puff races. The weekend was capped off with a live performance Fred Bauer band in the arena. The Combine Derby is a demolition-style derby, ex...

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