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CHENEY — The Cheney Summer Hawks AA team ended a brief 2-game losing streak to start their season by winning four of the past five games. Their run started with a 24-9 thumping of Gonzaga Prep June 11, a split with Mt. Spokane, winning 8-2 and losing 14-4, June 12 and 13. A sweep of Pullman, June 15 came by scores of 9-7 and 11-2. A 10-run first inning set the tone in the game played at Prep that only went five innings due to the 10-run rule. T.J. Weindeman was 3-for-3 with five RBIs and a pair of runs scored. Wyatt Broemelin...
SPOKANE — The Cheney A Summer Hawks have certainly started off the season with a bang. Four games to date have all been double-figure offensive shows and a 4-0 record through June 1. Cheney’s season began with a 17-6 win at Shadle Park, May 28 and a 23-4 rout of Ferris May 31 followed by a June 1 doubleheader sweep of West Valley 23-3 and 10-7. Now under the guidance of Cheney Blackhawks coach Rob Beamer, Cheney pounded out 11 hits and scored in every inning against Shadle. Kort Schmitt’s 3-for-3 day at the plate was tops...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University volleyball is back at Reese Court this fall as the team released its schedule. Head Coach Jon Haruguchi announced the 2024 slate, with the regular season starting on August 30 on the road. Eastern has nine home matches for the upcoming season, with seven against Big Sky opponents. The Eagles will play an exhibition game on Aug. 24 at Central Washington. Eastern’s first regular season matches are in Orem, Utah in a two-day tournament hosted by Utah Valley on Aug. 30-31 and also including...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington women’s soccer announced its full 2024 schedule as head coach Missy Strasburg begins her fourth year leading the Eagles. In preseason, Eastern hosts Washington (Aug. 5) and Thompson Rivers (Aug. 8) for a pair of exhibition matches at EWU Soccer Field. Eastern Washington University has an extended road trip to begin the fall schedule, with the first official game at Troy on Aug. 15. The team next travels for games at Kennesaw St. (Aug. 18), South Dakota (Aug. 25) and Southern Utah (Aug. 29). Eas...
CHENEY - One of the fastest growing youth sports in the country has taken root – somewhat that is - on the West Plains with Spokane Stealth lacrosse. Three members of the team that recently competed in the state tournament are from local high schools and include Cheney's Megan Stapleton, Halle Palmer, Brooklyn Gerry out of Medical Lake plus Rosalia's Keely Fournier-Moonen. The Stealth are one of three girls' teams in the Spokane area and draw from the geographic area south o...
AWARDS Hickey elected to Hall of Fame CLEVELAND, Ohio — The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced its Hall of Fame class and former Eastern Washington University Associate Vice President/Athletic Director Lynn Hickey is among the 2024 inductees. Hickey is one of eight new members to the Hall of Fame and the group will be honored at the 59th Annual NACDA Affiliates Convention at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. on June 10. The NACDA announced its 2024 earlier this month. Hickey w...
There are several cogs in the machine that propels baseball’s recent success in the area, most notable the West Plains Little League. But a new addition arrived in 2020 that has helped fill the middle school gap, that being the Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs. The idea of a program that reaches primarily ages 13 to 15 jumped into founder Lance Michaud’s mind after he arrived in Medical Lake with the U.S. Air Force in 2019. A former college player, Michaud landed at Fairchild as its Food Superintendent and was surprised at what he...
CHENEY — The West Plains Cannons rebounded from their first loss of the young season and maintained a hot start winning three of four games last week. The Cannons improved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in Spokane AAA league play with a 7-2 win over the Spokane Bandits, May 28. They followed that with three non-league games, a 5-4 loss to the Coeur d’Alene Lumberman, May 30 and a doubleheader sweep of the Spokane Rawlings Tigers 8-1 and 14-0. Lakeside’s Cy Reeves was dominant on the mound ringing up 11 strikeouts and giving up three...
COLVILLE — Cheney’s AA American Legion Summer Hawks baseball team opened 2024 play June 1 against Colville with a pair of losses in a doubleheader. In a game that remained scoreless through six innings, Colville earned a 3-2 win in the opener and got the sweep with a 10-7 decision in the nightcap. Colville broke the deadlock with a 3-run bottom of the sixth, but Cheney battled back scoring a pair of runs in the top of the seventh in the game in Colville. Leadoff batter Dawes Hanson was hit by a pitch and Nolan McKinnon wal...
West Plains Cannons' head Coach Austin Sharp was initially somewhat worried about knitting together the various pieces of his roster from several different schools for his AAA American Legion Baseball team. After four games the parts seem to be blending well and holding together just fine. A 6-2 Memorial Day win over the Spokane Bandits at Hart Field moved the team to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in Spokane ALB standings. "I think the offense will come as everybody gets comfortable...
CHENEY - Sativa Transue earned the honor graduating from Cheney High School when she was voted as the student with the most contagious laugh. At age 25, a domestic violence incident silenced Transue in 2021, but she continues to be remembered by those who are part of the Eastern Washington University Exercise Science program. The third annual Sativa Transue Memorial 5k will be at 9 a.m. at Saturday, June 8, starting at Roos Field. The event raises funds to support local domest...
BASKETBALL Merritt passes away at 43 TACOMA — A heart attack at age 43 has claimed the life last week of former Eastern Washington University basketball standout Brandon Merritt. Merritt, a hard-nosed player, was an integral part of the Eagles’ 2004 team that was the program’s first trip to the NCAA tournament. His work in the Big Sky Conference tournament led to him being named the tournament MVP. Before coming to Eastern, Merritt graduated from Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma and Tacoma Community College. Funeral services will be...
CHENEY - Boys tennis coach Daniel Estock is truly passionate about the sport and wants to do what he can to sprinkle some of that enthusiasm around the community this summer. For the months of June and July, the Salnave Tennis Courts will be open on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. for any member of the community to come play tennis. Not a tennis player you say? Estock will do his best to fix that, no matter your age. There will be at least one coach there to welcome you, give...
TACOMA — Following their appearance at the state 3A state championships last weekend in Tacoma, Blackhawks track and field athletes appear to have a bright future according to he’d coach Derek Slaughter. Cheney had podium appearances from four boys and three girls prompting Slaughter to observe in an email, “This year turned out to be a better year for the Blackhawks at state.” Senior Eugene Hennequin had the Blackhawks’ highest finish with a third in the long jump. His 23-foot, 1.25-inch effort trailed the 24-1.25 of Josiah...
YAKIMA — Medical Lake track and field may not have earned any individual titles but they returned from the state 1A meet in Yakima with something else. An experience for team members who could possibly return in 2025 but did not qualify in 2024. “I took them because I want them to have state experience so that we be ready for next year,” head coach Gene Blankenship said. The Cardinals took five athletes to Eisenhower High School where senior Chiche Okemgbo landed the lone podium appearance with her third place in the shot...
Its name comes from the most unlikely source. The solitude that surrounds it is immense. And the ever-changing river corridor scenery is, perhaps, unparalleled? A just right El Niño winter weather pattern where the storm track punishes California sometimes rewards whitewater rafters with both perfect water and weather on Oregon’s Owyhee River. Flowing 280 miles, the headwaters of this river originate in northern Nevada with the Owyhee’s name derived from an original spel...
YAKIMA - Medical Lake is sending six athletes to the state 1A track meet at Zaepfel Stadium this weekend. But it could have been a bigger number, lamented head Coach Gene Blankenship following the District 7 meet May 17 and 18 at Riverside High School. The Top 2 finishers from each event qualified to compete at Eisenhower High School's Zaepfel, but had a state qualifying number been attained they, too, would have been able to attend. As it stands the Cardinal girls are...
MEDICAL LAKE - His vacation lasted just about a week, if that, before Medical Lake baseball Coach Austin Sharp turned his focus to a summer job of running the AAA American Legion Cannons. Newly named as the West Plains Cannons - opting to drop Spokane from the title - the team opened its bid to return to the state playoffs for a fourth consecutive season May 19 with a non-league game 7-6 win at home against River City of Post Falls. Cheney's Brayden Martin drove in the...
CHENEY - The Cheney Blackhawks were playing some pretty good baseball recently, just not good enough to extend their season. Cheney (10-14) was ousted from postseason May 11 following a 9-6 loss in district play to Mount Spokane where they were unable to quell the Greater Spokane League co-champ Wildcats. A five-run fifth did in the Blackhawks who were led by Clayton Wood's two hits and three RBIs. That game followed Cheney's 7-0 win over University earlier in the day where...
CHENEY — There will be plenty of cheering to be done for Cheney athletes during this week’s state 2A, 3A and 4A track and field championships at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School. The Blackhawks are represented in a dozen events following District 8 championships staged last week at Central Valley High School. “We had a better year at districts this year,” head coach Derek Slaughter wrote in an email. “It wasn’t 100 degrees and we had one more allocation for state.” The Greater Spokane League — a.k.a. District 8 — was...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Twenty years ago, Medical Lake’s Garrett Johnson had completed one of the most storied wrestling careers in the history of the Cardinal program having won three consecutive state titles. Fast forward to the last weekend of April and Johnson proved he’s still a force on the mat having captured two national championships in competition at Las Vegas, Nevada. It was there that Johnson won his weight class at the U.S. Open Championships Greco competition April...
CHENEY — Cheney registered its fourth complete game in as many outings at Ridgeline in a District 8 playoff game on May 4 and beat the top-seeded Falcons 9-1. Quinn Hubbs struck out six and scattered just three hits for No. 8 Cheney broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run fifth. The Blackhawks added three more in the sixth and two in the seventh and will play Southridge at Kennewick, May 7. Carter McPherson had a pair of hits for Cheney (9-12) while Clayton Wood and Hubby each had a...
CHENEY — It’s time for Noah Prophet to get back to the other half of his life — the portion that is not soccer. With the Cheney boys’ season finished following a 1-0 District 8 playoff loss at Southridge of the Mid-Columbia Conference on May 5, Prophet will get back to helping his father in the business they own. “My father and I run a small construction company that does home accessibility work,” Prophet explained. They install wheelchair ramps, zero entry showers, do door wi...
MEDICAL LAKE - The Cardinals baseball season came to an end following a 4-1 loss to Colville in a loser out playoff game May 4 at Holliday Field. The Cardinals closed out Northeast A League play April 30 scoring the winning run in the top of the seventh in a 4-3 win at Newport. Medical Lake (7-5 NEA, 11-11 overall) finished fifth in the regular season which earned them the meeting with No. 4 seed Colville. Colville (11-11) jumped to an early lead scoring twice in the first...
MEDICAL LAKE - Just what are most 80-somethings doing regularly these days other than probably making sure their meds are in order? Likely not what Gene Blankenship and Gary Blake do? Both currently spend large parts of the days fueling their passion as coaches molding better young people. Blankenship, the senior of the pair at 82 guides the track and cross-country programs at Medical Lake High School. Blake, who just turned 80 in April, has coached Cheney softball since...
