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SPOKANE - Rebuilding and retooling Cheney and football blue-blood Gonzaga Prep battled head-to-head for the first quarter of their Sept. 27 Greater Spokane League game at Bullpup Stadium. And when the Blackhawks were possibly about to tie the game in the final moments of the second quarter the first bite of the turnover bug hit with under a minute remaining. "That one really hurt because it was on second down and we were deep in their territory," head coach John Graham wrote...
CHENEY - Experts will tell you never try to outrun a grizzly when out in the wild. The Eastern Washington football team learned that the species from Missoula also has a whale on an arm following Montana's wild 52-49 Big Sky Conference shootout win over the Eagles, Sept. 28 at Roos Field before 8,846. Try as they did, the Eagles were unable to fully recover from the second quarter 21-7 scoring binge in which the Griz retook a lead they never lost. Montana had never won on the...
Eastern Washington emerged from a pair of fights with relative football heavyweights cut, battered physically — and maybe bruised mentally? Last Saturday, Montana survived a furious comeback to return to Missoula with the school’s first-ever win over seven tries on the red turf at Roos Field by a 52-49 score. This comes on the heels of a thorough pummeling 49-16 at Nevada, Sept. 21. “We bounced back from a game we didn’t play so well in last week,” Eastern head coach Aaron Best said in a post-game interview. These two losse...
BOISE, Idaho — Cheney cross country jumped back into competition last week with the start of Greater Spokane League competition as well as an elite race in Boise, Idaho. The Blackhawks GSL opener took place at Mead High School but on a day where serious windstorm was passing through the area and caused its share of havoc. “It was a weird day with delayed races and the JV and varsity girls ran with the varsity boys to beat the sunset after the weather delay,” head coach Derek Slaughter wrote in an email. Cheney boys lost...
Cross Country Eastern travels to Walla Walla CHENEY – This week, the Eagles are set to compete at the Whitman Open in Walla Walla on Saturday, Oct. 5, starting at 10 a.m. The women’s team is ranked 12th in the West Region according to the USTFCCCA Polls—only the second time in EWU history they’ve achieved this ranking, the first being in 2015. A challenging outing at the Gans Creek Classic saw the EWU women finish 13th overall, with Cassidy Walchak-Sloan leading the individuals at 66th place, clocking in at 21:19.3, closely...
FREEMAN — Rylee Russell’s third goal of the game proved to be the winner and helped rally Freeman to a 4-3 soccer victory over Northwest Christian, Sept. 24 at Freeman. In the showdown between unbeaten Northeast 2B league leaders, both entering the game at 4-0, NWC got goals from Claire Eichmann in the seventh minute and Julianna Pope at 13 minutes. Russell’s first goal at 14 minutes cut the gap, but Freeman went to the break trailing 3-1 following Claire Wichman’s goal in the 37th minute. Russell started the Freeman rally s...
SPOKANE – Behind long touchdown runs of 64 and 55 yards from Tristan Huse, plus a 14-yard TD pass, the Blackhawks toppled Ferris 44-6, Sept. 19 at ONE Spokane Stadium. "It was an emotional win, those kids hadn't gotten to experience that in a while," head coach John Graham said. Cheney's last football win prior to this came Oct. 28, 2022 in a 28-20 win vs. Eisenhower at Yakima. The Blackhawks (1-2) took advantage of Saxon turnovers, both fumbles and interceptions, as well a...
Goldfish might be fun and docile pets in the home aquarium, but they turn into monsters when dumped into local lakes. For the second time since 2018 West Medical Lake and its fishery will pay the price, but fishing enthusiasts can reap benefits. Effective immediately, West Medical is open to unlimited fishing for trout through Oct. 13 with no minimum size requirements. All other fish species must be released, according to WDWF. This directive comes in advance of closure of the lake Oct. 14 for a treatment of rotenone to rid...
MEDICAL LAKE - The Cardinals got a pair of touchdown passes from Aiden Suddeth and used a 14-point third quarter to pull away from Davenport on Sept. 21 and claim a 36-16 non-league football victory at Holliday Field. Suddeth connected with Dakotah Phillips for an 80-yard scoring play in the first quarter and Cruz Gomez followed with a 36-yard run in the second quarter to stake the Cardinals (1-2) to a 14-6 lead at the break. After the Gorillas (0-3) took a 16-14 lead early...
MEDICAL LAKE – Even though each cross country course is different, Medical Lake head coach Gene Blankenship can find ways to make comparisons and show his runners continue to make progress each week. Blankenship rewarded his varsity runners with a trip to Tillamook, Oregon to compete in the “Mook Invitational” that drew teams from across the nation. “The times were great, the placements were not,” Blankenship said. “This is a big time meet, I swear, with teams from Michigan, Alaska and Hawaii, some of the top teams in Id...
CHENEY — The Blackhawks girls volleyball team collected its first victory of the season and played their first Greater Spokane League match. The Blackhawks earned a 3-1 win over GSL North Central, Sept. 14 but lost 3-0 to Northeast A Lakeside, Sept. 17 in a pair of non-league matches last week. Cheney also opened Greater Spokane League play with a 3-0 loss at home to Ferris. Led by the 17 kills from Leah Pettet, plus eight digs apiece from Annika Palmer and Delia Keller, the Blackhawks jumped to a 2-0 lead for the win at S...
RICHLAND — The Cheney girls swim team came away with a pair of wins after competition in a multi-team dual meet in Richland on Sept. 21. But the Blackhawk girls certainly know how much they need to improve before state in November. Cheney topped both Chiawana (84-37) and Pasco (84-40) but was overwhelmed by by Mercer Island (134-37). “Mercer Island is the best team in the state,” head coach Jennifer Hochwalt wrote in an email. Notable finishes on the afternoon for Cheney and included a pair of third-place finishes for Jezel...
SPOKANE — Cheney led early, but Ferris scored the game’s final two goals — the second in overtime — to earn a 2-1 win in the opening girls soccer contest of Greater Spokane League play, Sept. 23 at ONE Spokane Stadium. Addison Mink scored for the Blackhawks (0-1 GSL, 2-2 overall) in the 38th minute, but Lexi Simpson tied the game at the 53rd minute and winning goal for the Saxons in the 87th minute. With a goal and a pair of assists from Kayelee Kohlman, Cheney notched its second shutout of the non-league season, 5-0 at home...
Cross Country Eastern competes with split squads COLUMBIA, Mo. —After a week off, the Eagles men’s and women’s cross-country teams are back in action this week. Eastern will split its time at the Gans Creek Invite on Friday, Sept. 27 in Columbia, Mo., and at the Whitman Invite on Saturday, Sept. 28 in Walla Walla. Two weeks ago, the Eastern cross country teams each notched fifth place finishes at the Cougar Classic. For the first time in his career, Noah Hasselblad was named the Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week by the...
CHENEY – The Ridgeline Falcons jumped to a 10-0 first-quarter lead and that proved to be enough of an edge in the end to claim a 31-24 Greater Spokane League football win over Cheney, Sept. 13 at Tom Oswald Field. Carter Ittner scored Cheney's first touchdown of the season early in the second quarter on a pass from Mason Stinson to cut into a 10-0 Ridgeline lead. But the Falcons responded on their next possession for a 17-7 edge. Cheney's 27-yard field goal trimmed the d...
FOOTBALL Cardinals fall at Liberty SPANGLE – Medical Lake remained winless at 0-2 following their 31-6 loss to the 2B Liberty Lancers (1-1) in a non league game. Behind the two touchdowns from Maddox Strobel, Liberty added to a 14-6 third quarter lead, scoring twice. Dakotah Phillips scored the Cardinals touchdown, a 27-yard strike from Aiden Suddeth, early in the third. No other details were available. Medical Lake returns home to meet another Northeast 2B school, D...
SPOKANE - For Cheney cross country "It was a day for the young runners," head coach Derek Slaughter said via email as freshman boys finished second and girls were third. The Blackhawks Andrew (13:25.80) and Carter Ward (13:32.50) finished second and third to Mead's Stejer Franklin at 13:19.30 as Mead won that team title 15-18. Cheney's freshmen girls earned 34 points to champ University's 19 and were led by Abigail Scharosch in a time of 16:32.90, good for third place. Kiera...
CHENEY – The Ferris Saxons (3-0) continued their dominant start to the season with a 3-0 victory over the Cheney Blackhawks (1-1) in a non-league soccer matchup on Sept. 11 at Oswald Field. Ranked as the top team in Washington state, Ferris took control early, showcasing their cohesive team play and relentless offense. The Saxons applied consistent pressure throughout the match, breaking through Cheney’s defense to score three unanswered goals. Meanwhile, Ferris’ back-line remained rock solid, keeping the Blackhawks score...
MEDICAL LAKE – High school cross country coach Gene Blankenship had a hunch his girls team had some potential this season. Their efforts at the Runners’ Soul race in Hermiston, Oregon, Sept. 14 certainly validated things following a shocking team championship where the Cardinals topped a host of much bigger schools. Medical Lake got a No. 4 overall finish from Kaylee Dennler in 20 minutes, 53.98 seconds and a crucial battle won by the Cards’ No. 5 finisher, Katelyn Hoffer (23:38.38, 38th overall) to edge 4A Kamiakin 72-73...
CHENEY – Graduation took a heavy toll on Cheney girls’ soccer this past spring. And despite losing 10 program players and a handful of starters, head coach Nels Radke is optimistic the things can improve from 2023’s sixth-place Greater Spokane League finish. The Blackhawks finished 3-6 in GSL play, 6-8 overall. “I was very interested in finding out how our team is going to be this year because we lost so many players from last year,” said Radke who enters his 13th season leading the program. Despite the loss in numbers f...
HAMMOND, LA — Eastern Washington’s football team has lived by how it has both used the ground game on offense and defended opponents rushing efforts. The Eagles found out how it was to be on the other side of things Saturday evening during a 28-24 non-conference loss to Southeastern Louisiana in muggy Hammond on the turf at Strawberry Stadium. A 23-yard touchdown run from Harlan Dixon in the opening moments of the fourth quarter vaulted SLU into a lead they would protect for the next 14 minutes, 46 seconds to win their fir...
SOCCER Eastern plays twice at home CHENEY — EWU soccer (4-3-1) will host the two of their final three matches of non-conference play this week. The Eagles will host UNLV (2-3-1) Thursday, September 19 at 4 pm, and then will host Boise State (6-1-0) Sunday, September 22 at 1 pm. Both matches will be streaming live on ESPN+ The Eagles are coming off of a 4-1 home win over San Jose State, and a 4-2 defeat on the road against San Diego State. Junior forward Chloe Pattison continued her hot streak recording two goals in both m...
There’s a great deal of factors driving the Cheney boys’ cross country team into and through the 2024 season. But the biggest just might be the senior class wants to go out as the group history will remember. "We have the largest senior class in Cheney high school cross country history, 17 senior boys alone and with that comes some expectations," head boys coach Derek Slaughter said during the school's media day, Aug. 29. That group was part of the team in 2023 that seemed to not perform up to personal expectations with a sev...
After just one meet, Medical Lake cross country head coach Gene Blankenship is ready to go out on a limb when looking forward to the 2024 season. But over his multi-decade career as a hall-of-fame running coach, the 82-year-old has earned the right to make bold predictions. His teams participated in the Timberlake Farragut Invitational, Sept. 7 and were among the top finishers in the 1A ranks of the multi-class event. The Cardinals finished 20th in the boys amongst 30 schools and over 200 individuals and 13th in girls with...
CROSS COUNTRY Cheney boys fourth at Farragut Farragut, Idaho — Despite no Sam or Calvin Hilton, the Cheney boys finished fourth in the Timberlake Farragut Invitational, Sept. 7. The Blackhawks, behind the efforts of Cameron Frenk and his 10th-place finish in a time of 16 minutes, 18.06 seconds, earned 141 points behind Coeur d’Alene (41) in team standings. Maximus Cervi-Skinner from Coeur d’Alene was the top individual at 15:12.68. Brayden Martin (29/17:02.06), Holland Hurd (31/17:05.26) and Liam Frantzich (35/1...
