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  • Cheney handles University

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 31, 2024

    SPOKANE – For a change it was Cheney that made the best out of turnovers and it resulted in the Blackhawks' 30-14 Greater Spokane League football win over University in Spokane Valley. In a number of previous games it has been the opponents who have stymied the Blackhawks with critical turnovers. "We took care of the ball on our end, when you do that, you give yourself a chance to win ball games," head coach John Graham wrote in an email. Cheney improved to 2-6 while U...

  • Cheney's victory way out of reach, 0-42

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 31, 2024

    CHENEY - Mead's undefeated co-leaders started strong and scored a dominating 42-0 Greater Spokane League football win over Cheney, Oct. 18 at Tom Oswald Field. "We only had 73 yards of total offense and didn't get a first down until late in the fourth quarter," head coach John Graham wrote in an email. "We couldn't find a way to move the ball." The Panthers, 7-0 and co-leaders with Gonzaga Prep, had just about everything going for them in front of a Cheney Homecoming crowd,...

  • Cheney splits wins

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 31, 2024

    Cheney volleyball split a pair of matches last week, winning in a non league contest and losing in a Greater Spokane League match. With Claire Watkins delivering 17 digs, the Blackhawks swept 2A East Valley in non-league play 25-23, 25-20 and 25-15, Oct. 15. Leah Pettet had 13 assists and Watkins 11 digs in Cheney's 3-0 loss to Mead by scores of 25-14, 25-17 and 25-17. Cheney closed out the regular season with an Oct. 24 home match vs. University and Oct. 29 at Mt....

  • Second chance success

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 31, 2024

    Garret Johnson candidly admits he let a college wrestling career slip away and with it the opportunity to shine as he once did at Medical Lake High School. Johnson's doing his best lately with the second chance he's been given by wrestling - and winning - on the world stage for Team USA. He just returned from a couple of weeks in the Adriatic Sea community of Porec, Croatia. There Johnson won his 130 kg weight class in Freestyle at the Annual Veterans World Championship. In no...

  • Eastern, Whitworth to meet on hardwood Saturday, Oct. 26

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 28, 2024

    CHENEY — Hoops season is officially here. The 2024-25 Eastern Men’s Basketball schedule tips off with an exhibition game at Reese Court against Whitworth at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, offering fans a first glimpse of the revamped roster. Eastern’s women will entertain Eastern Oregon in an exhibition game the following afternoon, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. Under the guidance of new head coach Dan Monson, there’s a strong focus on continuing the momentum from last season that included a 15-3 record, a Big Sky regular season title a...

  • Eastern Washington University Briefs

    Paul Delaney, Valley News Herald|Updated Oct 25, 2024

    Basketball Eastern, Whitworth meet in exhibition CHENEY — Hoops season is officially here. The 2024-25 EWU Men’s Basketball schedule tips off with an exhibition game at Reese Court against Whitworth on Saturday, October 26, at 4 p.m., offering fans a first glimpse of the revamped roster. Eastern’s women will entertain Eastern Oregon in an exhibition game the following afternoon, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. Under the guidance of new head coach Dan Monson, there’s a strong focus on continuing the momentum from last season that included a...

  • Freeman soccer adds three more wins

    Paul Delaney, Valley News Herald|Updated Oct 25, 2024

    FREEMAN ‑ The Freeman soccer machine continued its dominating season with three victories last week and improved to 11-0 in Northeast 2B play and 13-0 overall. Freeman wrapped league wins of 2-1 against Northwest Christian on Oct. 17 and 11-0 against Upper Columbia Academy, Oct. 22, around an 11-0 win over Warden, 11-0 on Oct. 19. In a rematch of an earlier close 4-3 win over the Crusaders back on Sept. 24, the Scotties built a 2-0 lead on goals from Rylee Russell at 18 minutes and Avery Gass in the 54th minute. Freeman o...

  • Aggies spoils Eastern's homecoming

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 24, 2024

    CHENEY — The UC Davis Aggies were bottled up most of entire first quarter of their Oct. 19 at Roos Field, running just 14 plays and gaining 48 yards in four possessions. But everything changed in the second quarter. Within 33 seconds it took for Lan Larison to race 53 yards for the Aggies first touchdown it changed the day. UCD would outscore Eastern 28-6 to build a lead they never lost in a 48-38 Big Sky Conference win in front of a EWU Homecoming crowd of 7,419. While Larison scored just once, the one-time rodeo steer wre...

  • Cheney XC win sets up GSL showdown

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 24, 2024

    Cheney put all seven boy’s runners inside the top-10 and raced to a comfortable Greater Spokane League cross country victories, Oct. 16. Cheney eased past Ferris 18-45 and Ridgeline, 15-50. “(It was a) great day overall, only a few PRs on the chilly night, but lots of great efforts,” head coach Derek Slaughter wrote in an email. Samuel Hilton led the Blackhawks’ dome action with a 16 minute 46.24 second time, just six seconds ahead of Cameron Frenk’s 16:52.33. Ferris’s Parker Lemmon (16:58.41) broke up a potential C...

  • Sports Briefs

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 24, 2024

    Cross Country Men first, women third LEWISTON, Idaho — The Eastern Washington cross country teams had a strong showing at the Lewis Clark State Invitational, with the men finishing first with 38 points and the women finished third with 69 points. The men were led by Evan Peters, finishing fourth with a time of 24 minutes, 18 seconds, followed by Marcus Lemon and Noah Hasselblad in sixth and seventh. Other scorers for the Eagles included Austin Steed in tenth and Owen Higgins in 11. The women were led by Cassidy W...

  • Eastern wraps conference play at Northern Colorado

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 24, 2024

    CHENEY — Eastern Washington will take a strong finish in which they have three wins and as many ties in their last seven games, and will head to Greeley, Colo., for their season finale against Northern Colorado (3-13-1, 1-4-1) Oct. 24. The Eagles have back-to-back wins, 2-0, Oct.17 at Idaho State and 2-1 vs. Weber State at home, Oct. 20. Eastern (8-5-4, 3-1-3) gave their seniors something to smile about in their victory over Weber State. After an early Wildcats goal, the Eagles came back thanks to goals from senior Charity F...

  • Sports Briefs

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 18, 2024

    Awards Hall of Fame breakfast scheduled for Oct. 19 CHENEY — Eastern Washington University will honor six former student-athletes on Oct. 19 as the 20th class of inductees into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame taking place in conjunction with EWU’s football game versus UC Davis at Roos Field. Breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. in the Pence Union Building with the induction ceremony at 8:45 a.m. The inductees of the 20th class of the EWU Athletics Hall of Fame include: Rod...

  • Men's golf returns to Eastern as varsity sport

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 18, 2024

    CHENEY — Eastern Washington University Athletics announced the return of men’s golf as a varsity program. The team will begin competition during the 2025-26 academic year. The Eagle men’s team made their debut at the NAIA level in the 1960s before playing in NCAA Division II in the 80s. After a 10-year hiatus from 1982 to 1992, the men’s program returned with the addition of the women’s team and went on to play through the 2001-02 academic year.  “As a regional comprehensive...

  • Eastern ends losing streak at Sac State, 35-28

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 18, 2024

    “It was a bizarre 60-minute ballgame, cut into 30-minute pieces.” — Coach Aaron Best SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eastern Washington found just the right medicine to end their four-game football losing streak Oct. 12. A trip to Sacramento and Hornets’ Stadium. Coming out of halftime and trailing 21-14, Eastern scored back-to-back touchdowns and 21 consecutive points rallying for a 35-28 Big Sky Conference victory over No. 18 Sacramento State in a place where they have a lifetime...

  • Cardinals sweep opener

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 18, 2024

    MEDICAL LAKE - In its race to return teams to the state 1A cross country championships four weeks from now in Pasco, Medical Lake put its best feet forward, Oct. 9 at Colville. Behind its usual cast of contenders, the Cardinal boys edged the hosts 27-28 on the boy's side but had less drama in the girls 22-33 win. A final kick from the Cards No. 5 runner, Aiden Murillo, allowed him to score the deciding points. Murillo who clocked an 18 minute, 38 second finish, was just ahead...

  • Central Valley defeats Cheney

    Paul Delaney, Valley News Herald|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    This interception by Central Valley's Jake Young at the end of the first half stopped a potential Cheney scoring drive....

  • Central Valley tops Cheney 34-6

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    Considering what happened the last time he took to the field, Cheney did a notable job of stopping record-setting Central Valley running back Beau Butner last Friday. But the Bears had too many other weapons to do damage in a 34-6 Greater Spokane League football victory, Oct. 11 at Tom Oswald Field. Butner ran for a new GSL record 367 yards - plus six touchdowns - in CV's 66-35 win over rival Ridgeline on Oct. 4. But the Blackhawks limited him to a third of that with 121...

  • Freeman soccer continues to roll

    Paul Delaney, Valley News Herald|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    FREEMAN — The Freeman Scotties and Rylee Russell continued to burn up the Northeast 2B league in soccer scoring an 11-0 win over Newport at Freeman. In that contest, Russell scored six times, giving her 31 goals, the most in the state and across all classifications according to coach Dave Ellis. Nora Gass opened scoring at the 2-minute mark and Russell followed with five consecutive goals between the sixth and 19th minute. Freeman (7-0 NE2B, 10-0 overall) had an 8-0 halftime lead with goals from Phyllis Prosser and Emily J...

  • Central Valley tops Cheney

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    CHENEY - Considering what happened the last time he took to the field, Cheney did a notable job of stopping record-setting Central Valley running back Beau Butner last Friday. But the Bears had too many other weapons in their 34-6 Greater Spokane League football victory over the Blackhawks, Oct. 11 at Tom Oswald Field. Butner ran for a new GSL record 367 yards - plus six touchdowns - in CV's 66-35 win over rival Ridgeline on Oct. 4. But the Blackhawks limited him to a third...

  • Crunch time for Cheney runners

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    It was a quiet past week for Cheney cross country with the “storm” ahead with the finish of the Greater Spokane League’s regular season. The Blackhawk teams had a “bye” week of sorts prior to meets in the next two weeks that engage the GSL contenders. The Blackhawks traveled to a meet at Ferris which also featured Ridgeline on Oct. 16 and on Oct. 22 face Mt. Spokane and Lewis and Clark in Spokane. “The crew is getting healthier and working on their last training block of the year really trying to push to another level...

  • Freeman XC Places Second

    Paul Delaney, Valley News Herald|Updated Oct 14, 2024

    Freeman High School's cross country team leads the pack during a recent meet, showcasing their stamina and determination. Runners from several local schools, including Spokane Valley, competed on a brisk fall day, with athletes pushing through the challenging course to achieve personal and team goals....

  • Eastern basketball opens Oct 16

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 11, 2024

    CHENEY — It’s October and that means basketball season is almost here. And for the second consecutive season, Eastern Washington will host Eagle MadNest on Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. EWU men’s and women’s basketball will be joined by wheelchair basketball at Reese Court. Eagle MadNest is a high-energy celebration to kick off the basketball season on the brand new Reese Court floor. The night includes team introductions, games, giveaways, skills competition, 3-point contest and the dunk contest to close out the eve...

  • Sports Briefs

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 9, 2024

    Football Eastern off to Sacramento CHENEY – Now out of the bye week, Eastern is refocused as they enter the heart of its Big Sky schedule. EWU will be in Sacramento to face the No. 18/20 ranked Hornets with kickoff at 6 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Catch the action live on 700 ESPN and the Varsity App with voices of the Eagles, Larry Weir and Paul Sorensen. Eastern is 1-4 and 0-1 in conference through six weeks of the season. Sac. St. is also coming off a bye with a 2-3 overall record and 0-1 in c...

  • Scores

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 9, 2024

    Slow Pitch Oct. 1, Deer Park 7, Cheney 4 Oct. 3, Mt. Spokane 18, Cheney 1 Oct. 7, Lewis and Clark 19, Cheney 6 Volleyball Oct. 1, West Valley 3, Medical Lake 0 Oct. 1, Lind-Ritzville-Sprague 3, Liberty 2 Oct. 2, Medical Lake 3, Chewelah 0 Oct. 3, Liberty 3, Colfax 2 Oct. 5, Omak 3, Medical Lake 0 Oct. 5, Liberty 3, Rosalia 2...

  • Hall of Fame induction set

    Paul Delaney, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 9, 2024

    CHENEY — After a five-year hiatus, Eastern Washington University will honor six former student-athletes on Oct. 19 as the 20th class of inductees into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame taking place in conjunction with EWU's football game versus UC Davis at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. Breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. in the Pence Union Building with the induction ceremony at 8:45 AM. Tickets for the event are now available for $35 per attendee. The inductees of the 20th class of the EWU Athletics Hall of Fame include: Rodney S...

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