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NINE MILE FALLS – Medical Lake sophomore runner Kaylee Dennler won yet another Northeast A League individual race Oct. 11 at Lakeside but her team fell short. Dennler clocked a 20 minute, 18.3 second time too record win by less than 2 seconds over Lakeside's Tea Simonson (20:20.8) leading a 3-4-5 finish for the Eagles who won the team title 24-32. Medical Lake topped Freeman 17-39. She was followed by Kaitlyn Wiley (21:21/5th), Hazel Grubaugh (21:54/7th)and Mya Gardner (...
It has been 11 seasons since Medical Lake defeated Lakeside. It was Sept. 28, 2012 to be exact, by a 20-7 count and took place in Suncrest under head coach Wes Hobbs. Micah Tappero led the way scoring two touchdowns. Since then, in 11 games the Eagles have outscored the Cardinals 534 to 146, an average of 49-13, including last week's 50-2 win at Medical Lake's Homecoming celebration. And early-on it was very evident the streak with Lakeside — and the Cardinals overall w...
SPOKANE – Cheney cross country teams finished with split decisions in a Greater Spokane League meet at Ferris High School on Oct. 11. "The girls got a quality win against U-Hi," Coach Derek Slaughter said, referencing the Blackhawks' 27-30 win. "We used our 6-7 runners who are freshman to win against a good U-Hi team." Lewis and Clark collected the other half of the competition, 23-32. Hannah Ward's 19:57.07 time was good for fourth and was the top Cheney finisher. Cheney's bo...
CHENEY – The Blackhawks' slow pitch softball team's strong finish to the 2023 season ended Friday, Oct. 13, in a one-game tiebreaker playoff loss, 11-5, to Ferris. Cheney, which had won four-of-five games to land in a tie in Greater Spokane League standings with the Saxons for the final playoff spot, had numerous times when they left runners in scoring position. Ferris did not, using a pair of three-run innings in the sixth and seventh to pull away after Cheney had closed t...
Cheney cross country might have had a “bye week” from Greater Spokane League competition, but the Blackhawk runners hardly sat around and relaxed. Athletes were scattered over a pair of notable races including the Nike Hole-In-The- Wall Invite in Lakewood, Wash. and the Pasco Big Cross on Saturday, Oct. 7. Among the 26 teams assembled at Hole-In-The-Wall were the 10th and 16th ranked teams in the nation, reported head coach Derek Slaughter. “The boys ran valiantly movin...
The Cheney High School Marching Band sounded off during the halftime show at the Homecoming game on Oct. 6 More photos on page A5....
CHENEY -- With the luxury of having a top-notch facility in town at Eastern Washington University, Cheney High School offers swimming as a varsity sport when no others in the immediate area have. It has afforded not only Cheney students, but others from area schools the opportunity to compete. Coach Jennifer Hochwalt's roster has 13 swimmers from Cheney, but the team's numbers swell to about 20 when co-op athletes from other area schools are added. Attending Mead High School,...
MEDICAL LAKE -Running its lone race at home this season proved to be beneficial for Medical Lake Cross Country as the Cardinal boys and girls both ran to victory. The boys defeated Riverside 25-31 and Deer Park 15-47, while the girls topped Riverside 19-37 and Deer Park 20-35. The girls were, perhaps, the most dominant with a 1-2-3 finish, led again by Kaylee Dennler in 20 minutes, 53 seconds followed by Hazel Grubuagh (21:59), Kaitlyn Wiley (20:17) and Autumn Trout...
CHENEY - Playing a scoreless first quarter in their Homecoming football game Oct. 6 against Ridgeline was short-lived for the Cheney Blackhawks. The Falcons (4-2 GSL, 4-2 overall) exploded for 37 points in the second quarter en route to a 46-6 win at Tom Oswald Field. The teams traded possessions through the first quarter, but Ridgeline scored on the first play of the second quarter with the first of three Brayden Allen touchdowns. An interception on Cheney's first play from...
CHENEY - Winning three of their last four games, Cheney slow pitch softball has worked itself back into playoff contention. Cheney (4-7) is tied with Ferris following a 7-6 victory Oct. 9 over the Saxons. The Blackhawks hosted East Valley (3-7) on Oct. 10 in the GSL finale with all kinds of post-season implications. Should Cheney and Ferris‚ who played Gonzaga Prep, remain tied, there would be a tiebreaker Oct. 12 for the sixth and final seed. The Cheney resurgence has been k...
CHENEY - Cross country might look back on last week in years to come with fondness. "We had great wins this week," head coach Derek Slaughter reported via email as the Blackhawks defeated North Central (28-29), won 22-37 against Mead for the first time ever and then Ferris by 17-44 in a Greater Spokane League meet at Mead. Cheney had three runners finish in the top-10 in boys. Calvin Hilton's 16 minute, 21.3 second time over 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) landed him second to North...
By As a youngster growing up in Spokane and later student at Lewis and Clark High School, Steve Webb fondly remembers the now flattened earth that once was Joe Albi Stadium. It is then, perhaps, appropriate that the company Webb once patched together with used pieces of artificial grass — Coast to Coast Turf — can now count the newly opened One Spokane Stadium as its most recent projects. “I know we’re just very excited to be part of this (stadium project) being born and rai...
SPOKANE – In a showdown of top contenders in Greater Spokane League cross country between Mount Spokane and Cheney, the home-standing Wildcats had the exact recipe for success in a Sept. 20 meet. A 1-2 finish by the Wildcats was all that was needed to counter most any Blackhawks scenario in a 27-29 win. Kade Brownell’s 16:06.21 time for Mount Spokane led a 1-2 Wildcats’ finish with Parker Westermann next at 16:07.85. Calvin Hilton (16:14.76) was third with Cameron Frenk (16:48...
MEDICAL LAKE – There were cowboy hats, ball caps, Levis and boots. Plenty of gray hair, but a sprinkling of young people in Future Farmers of America jackets, too. Some used walkers or canes and cowboy music with sad fiddles played as several hundred people came to Medical Lake High School gymnasium Saturday, Sept. 23. They were all friends or just acquaintances of Carl Grub the area rancher who died at age 86 on Aug. 18 as result of the Gray Road Fire that ravaged Medical L...
The Cheney School District with its nearly 400 square miles is one of the largest in the state of Washington. But for several months the past few years in the fall it's gotten quite a bit larger - nearly double - thanks to the welcoming a pair of soccer players to the Cheney High school soccer program. Without a place to play soccer at their home school - Liberty High in Spangle - Ellie Fisk and Grace Grumbly have been able to connect with the sport they've embraced since kind...
KETTLE FALLS – Little by little the pieces are beginning to fit together for Medical Lake cross country in 2023. With a rebuild in progress following graduation, the Cardinals are showing improvement each week, Coach Gene Blankenship said. That was most evident Sept. 23 where Medical Lake collected the girls team title at the Can-Am Invite. The Cardinals had a winning team low of 41 points to top Selah with 67 in second. Rounding out the Top 5 are Colville, 91; Deer Park, 1...
DAVIS, Calif. — Special teams blocked a field goal to preserve the lead late in the fourth quarter and Marlon Jones, Jr. delivered his second interception return for a touchdown in as many games. Those two plays proved critical as Eastern Washington recorded a 27-24 victory over University of California-Davis on the opening week of Big Sky Conference play. With less than 3 minutes to play, the Aggies moved the ball into Eastern territory but stalled at the 14-yard-line, s...
Blackhawks junior Mia Ashcroft is tagged out at homeplate in the Sept. 25 game against the Central Valley Bears. The score of the game was not reported. ....
CHENEY – The girls soccer team saw its two-game winning streak snapped Sept. 25 in a 5-1 loss in a Greater Spokane League match at Gonzaga Prep. The league leading Bullpups (3-0 GSL/5-1 overall) built a 4-0 lead before Kylee Hahn connected in the 50th minute for the Blackhawks (1-2/3-4). The Blackhawks won earlier in the week in Greater Spokane League play, 4-0, over Central Valley on Sept. 20. And keeper Clara Browne strung together a second consecutive shutout in a Sept. 2...
LEWISTON, Idaho – The Medical Lake girls cross country team finished third and the boys fifth in their divisions at the Les MacDowell Invite hosted by Asotin High School. The Cardinal girls have attracted statewide attention with a No. 5 ranking among 1A schools in the state coaches’ poll. “We just saw real good improvement (over the first meet at Hermiston, Ore.), Coach Gene Blankenship said. “We’ve still got some work to do to get back to state.” In girls varsity, Lo...
CHENEY - Conventional wisdom suggested that in order to earn its first win of the season the Eastern Washington football team needed to start fast. The Eagles did exactly the opposite, struggling with scoring in the first half, but finishing with a flurry to rally past 19th-ranked Southeast Louisiana 40-29 at sunny and warm Roos Field, Sept. 16. Eastern (1-2) scored twice in the final 1 minute, 34 seconds to erase a 29-26 Lions (0-3) lead with a Tuna Altahir 1-yard touchdown...
CHENEY – The difference between Cheney football's 3-7 finish in 2022 and earning a couple of additional victories was not a lot. A half-dozen additional touchdowns, perhaps? That's what Blackhawks head coach Bobby Byrd said is driving his team into 2023. "We've, for the most part, had the ability to start pretty well but now it's just finish, finish, finish," Byrd said. And that, he said, comes down to mental focus, better conditioning, and your discipline. This was on d...
CHENEY – If there’s one good thing about fall and slow pitch softball at Cheney High School, head coach Gary Blake knows he’ll not have to contend with soggy fields. His challenge comes in getting the right numbers to field two teams. Original turnout stood at 23 but 26 to 30 is the number he strives to reach. Rather than having kids on the bench not seeing playing time, those numbers afford stocking a JV team. With numerous activities tugging at students, Blake dispels the id...
