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CHENEY — In a game of runs, maybe Eastern Washington just ran out of time in their Big Sky Conference regular season ending game with Northern Arizona Nov. 18 at Roos Field. Rallying from a 35-7 deficit with five minutes remaining in the first half and eventually tying the contest at 35-all with 10 minutes, 35 seconds to play, Eastern gave up back-to-back touchdowns in the final 6:47 falling to the Lumberjacks 49-42 on Senior Day. “NAU played well enough, they were ready fro...
CHENEY – High school basketball player Evan Stinson's college dream has come true. The senior officially signed his letter-of-intent on Nov. 13 to play at Washington State University where he hopes to make as early an impact as possible for the Cougs as a small forward. Stinson was being courted by the likes of Eastern Washington, Montana and Montana State, San Francisco and Utah State, but WSU was an odds-on favorite for a variety of reasons, one outside of basketball. S...
CHENEY – It’s certainly an understatement when Cheney High head football coach Bobby Byrd admits the 2023 season was “A very tough year.” Going winless in 10 games will do that, especially when there was no indication such a result might happen. “In my mind, the staff’s mind and the players’ minds, (we were) having what we thought was a pretty good summer,” Byrd said in a recent interview. With the experience the team returned on paper, the Blackhawks definitely looked better...
CHENEY – Despite having a defending state champion return to the team, Cheney swim coach Jennifer Hochwalt is taking a cautious approach to the 2024 boys' season. "We're gonna see what the season brings," Hochwalt said as she'd had just a few days to evaluate her team since its first turnout. Cheney graduated what Hochwalt termed "Several solid swimmers," but she welcomes back junior Alma Smith who claimed the state 3A diving title. "After graduating our class last year, I t...
FEDERAL WAY – Co-op swimmers from surrounding schools delivered three state championships for the Cheney High School swim program staged at the King County Aquatics Center, Nov. 10-11. Brigid Dinnen from 2A East Valley won the 100 freestyle (52.53) and was runner-up in the 200 (1:54.22). Co-op swimmers are from area schools without swimming programs but compete in the Cheney program. Lewis and Clark’s Ava Swigart collected wins at the 4A level in both the 200 and 500...
One of a boatload of songs made famous by Johnny Cash was “I’ve Been Everywhere.” In staccato auctioneer fashion, Cash rattled off places like Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Boston, Charleston, Dayton and Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg and so on… And not unlike the world of sports play-by-play guy Larry Weir, the voice of Eastern Washington University basketball and football, he has broadcast games from just about everywhere. He has called...
BOISE, Idaho -- Cheney boys cross country runners – racing as the 509ers – returned from the NXR Northwest Regional Championships with a notable finish Nov. 11 at Eagle Island State Park. With No. 1 runner Calvin Hilton choosing to run in the Men’s 5,000 Meters Championship, that left others to compete in the field of more than 1,400 runners in the Men’s 5,000 Meters Open race. Hilton finished 32nd with a time of 15:42.60. The fastest time, 14:49.60, was from top individual Na...
BOZEMAN, Mont. — On their initial defensive series Eastern Washington forced Montana State to punt — a good start it appeared? But after that the No. 5 Bobcats scored on their next six possessions of the first half rolling past the Eagles 57-14 in a Big Sky Conference football game in Bozeman, Nov. 11. As they built a 41-0 lead, Montana State (6-1 Big Sky, 8-2 overall) did so largely in big play fashion, scoring on plays of 68, 51, 63 and 43 yards. But Eastern also lost the...
CHENEY - When it rained it poured, literally and figuratively in Eastern Washington's Big Sky Conference football game Nov. 4 against Cal Poly. On a day where Cheney experienced over a half inch of rain, the Eagles scored in bursts, rolling over the Mustangs 48-13, led by former Eagles' head coach Paul Wulff. It took just a handful of touches of the ball by Eastern to build a 14-0 lead in the first 2 minutes, 44 seconds. Michael Wortham returned the opening kickoff 86 yards...
PASCO - The Medical Lake girls cross country team finished fourth in the state 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 4 at Sun Willows Golf Course. It's a spot lower than their 2022 finish. Meanwhile, the boys equaled their ninth-place from a year ago. But that did not deter Coach Gene Blankenship from being pleased with what transpired in a crazy season that began under the pall of the tragedy and devastation of the Gray Fire, Aug. 18. "I was pretty pleased, I was hoping the girls could get...
CHENEY — The Walla Walla Blue Devils made the most of their two-and-one-half hour, 140-mile journey to Tom Oswald Field, Nov. 2. In a cross-over football game between a pair of winless programs played on a soggy field and with fog making visibility a challenge, Walla Walla went home with a 42-13 win largely fueled by its passing attack. The Blue Devils (1-9) from the Mid-Columbia Conference got a six-touchdown performance from quarterback Rayden Reibel as he completed 1...
LEAVENWORTH - Medical Lake football brought some sunshine into a dull and dreary day Saturday, Nov. 4. The Cardinals (1-9) snapped a 24-game losing streak and rewarded second-year head coach Nick Puzycki with his first victory, 22-6, in a season-ending crossover game against the Cascade Kodiaks (0-10). "Oh, yeah, definitely," was the Cardinal coach's reply when asked if a big weight had been lifted. "The guys played well." The Cardinals made the best of the moment following...
For the most part, cross country success comes when seven athletes’ skills mesh with the right coaching and follow race strategy. It’s one of those rare competitions, like golf, where low score wins. And since 2010 here on the West Plains, distance running at Medical Lake High School has been the focal point of sports success come fall. On Friday, Oct. 27 the the Cardinals made it 12 consecutive seasons qualifying a team to the upcoming WIAA state championships in Pasco, the...
PASCO – Medical Lake's boys and girls cross country teams will resume their chase of the Lakeside Eagles, and others, Nov. 4, at the WIAA state championships at Sun Willows Gold Course. The Cardinals claimed second place finishes Oct. 27 at the Chewelah Golf and Country Club in the District 7 championships, earning one of two team berths this Saturday. "(They are) totally exceeding expectations," head coach Gene Blankenship said after Medical Lake was edged by Lakeside 5...
FEDERAL WAY – Blackhawks swimmers not only claimed the 2023 3A District team championship but will also send a host of competitors to the state meet in Federal Way from Nov. 9-11. The Blackhawks earned 347 points to top Walla Walla (288) and Kennewick (220) and send seven individuals in search of state titles. Lauren Howe made it three district titles in a row, not once but twice with wins in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle. Bethany Bleam, Kate Kissell, Sophie Schaefer and H...
PASCO – Cheney’s boys are off to the WIAA 3A state cross country championships in Pasco on Nov. 4 where they resume their rivalry with Mt. Spokane, and the rest of the state. The No. 10-ranked Blackhawks have qualified as a team for the first time since ??? following a second place finish to the Wildcats at the Oct. 28 District 8 championships at Wandermere Golf Course in north Spokane. Mt. Spokane, with their top runner Kade Brownell clocking a 15 minute, 35.21 second time fo...
CHENEY — Once again, the start was promising for Cheney football, but the finish was much like it has been all season in a 24-7 non-league loss to Eisenhower on Oct. 27 at Tom Oswald Field. Sam Coffin connected with Kordell Laher for a 20-yard touchdown play in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. But the Cadets (3-6) took command and led 14-7 at halftime before salting away the win with 10 fourth quarter points. “The first quarter looked promising,” head coach Bobby Byrd wrote...
CHENEY – The boys football team had one of its best starts of the season in a Greater Spokane League game at home against Mead. But as has been the case all season the Blackhawks had a critical point that helped Mead collect a 48-29 win, Oct. 20 at Tom Oswald Field. The Blackhawks (0-8 GSL) stayed close to the Panthers (4-3, 4-4 all games) for the first two quarters, trailing 21-14 at halftime. A pair of touchdowns to Camden Collins from Sam Coffin kept Cheney in it as the t...
MEDICAL LAKE – The girls volleyball team hung with Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), one of the top teams in the Northeast A League, for the opening game. But following that 25-19 setback the fire slowly cooled as the Eagles (10-2 NEA, 11-3 overall) swept the Cardinals (3-9, 3-14) on Senior Night, Oct. 19 with wins of 25-13 and 25-8. In the opening game the Cardinals got within 16-15 before the Eagles finished with a 9-4 run. Subsequent games saw Medical Lake start slow and never r...
FREEMAN – Kaylee Dennler won the girls individual race, but Freeman pushed across just enough runners in the Top 5 to win the final Northeast A League cross country race, 28-32 at Freeman High School on Oct. 19. Freeman’s boys put four runners in the Top 5 and scored 22 points to Riverside’s 42 and Medical Lake’s 66. Both boys and girls won 15-50 over Newport which did not field the required seven runners. Dennler’s 21 minute, 45 second time was nearly a minute ahead of...
CHENEY - This time it was Eastern Washington's turn to win late. Jared Taylor completed an 18-play, 84-yard drive that chewed up 8 minutes, 40 seconds off the clock, scoring on a 3-yard run with 1:37 to play to lead the Eagles past Weber State 31-23, capping Homecoming week Oct. 21 at Roos Field. The score expanded a slim 1-point Eastern lead and made sure there was no revisiting the result of the Idaho State game - a 42-41 loss on a field goal with under a minute to play -...
CHENEY – The cross country team got one final tune-up before district competition by cruising past Ferris, Gonzaga Prep and Ridgeline in a Greater Spokane League meet at home Oct. 17. The Blackhawks’ boys had five of the Top 6 finishers and put six runners in the Top 10, scoring 18 points to 68 for Ferris, Prep’s 74 and Ridgeline’s 81. Ferris’ 28 points outdistanced Cheney (52), Ridgeline (68) and Prep (73) on the girls’ side over the 5,000-meter course. “Both the guys and gir...
POCATELLO —Eastern Washington raced to a big lead Saturday, Oct. 14 in Pocatello, but it was Idaho State’s slow and steady finish that led the the Bengals 42-41 Big Sky Conference football win at Holt Arena. Eastern had a 35-7 lead with 1 minute, 15 seconds to play in thew first half, but Idaho State went on to outscore the Eagles 35-6 to win in the series for the first time since 2005. “There were so many opportunities where we could’ve stopped the momentum, but we just di...
Eastern's Mikey Lucas attempts a shot despite some solid defense....
MEDICAL LAKE – The Cardinal girls soccer team concludes what will likely be more of a forgettable than memorable season Oct. 19 at home vs. Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) for Senior Day. The game takes place under the lights of Holliday Field at 6 p.m. It is an understatement to say this has been a long season for the winless (0-16) Cardinals, but for large parts of the season that have played entire matches shorthand. “We have had a few games with 11 to start,” head coach Dan C...
