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Medical Lake's fast start failed to hold up in their outing at Cheney last Saturday for the schools 'annual Golden Feather basketball game. After taking a quick 6-0 lead that had Cheney reeling just briefly, the Cardinals were unable to sustain the pace and lost the nonleague contest 69-53 when the Blackhawks' offense shifted into high gear in the second half. Medical Lake did hit the road earlier in the week and won a crucial Northeast A League victory, 58-51 at Chewelah...
The Golden Feather game was more like a greased pig for the Medical Lake girls last Saturday in a 44-35 loss at Cheney in the schools' fourth annual Golden Feather Spirit Game. A sloppy turnover-plagued first quarter proved to be the difference in the nonleague encounter as Cheney (3-9) outscored Medical Lake 12-0 in the first eight minutes and never trailed, though the Lady Hawks got brief challenges. While pride was on the line Saturday in the West Plains rivalry, a more...
The Cheney boys’ swimming team traveled to Yakima to compete against the Hanford/Richland Falcons swimming team, Jan. 18. Cheney lost to Hanford 126-53 and Richland 140-42. Several swimmers competed in races they have not swam as much in earlier in the season. Scott Nadeau clocked in at 1 minute, 59.24 seconds in the 200 freestyle and came in third. Nadeau also competed in the 500 freestyle, coming in at 5:24.96 Caleb Prophet finished at 2:38.41 for the 200 individual medley. Xavier Meyer clocked a 27.94 in the 50 f...
The Cheney Blackhawks wrestling team continued to roll through the season with a dual meet and a tournament this past week. The team first competed in a dual meet against the Pullman Greyhounds in a league contest, Jan. 15. The Blackhawks beat the Greyhounds 61-12. In the first match of the night, Cheney’s Braden Wirth, competing at 113 pounds, pinned Joe Harris with 22 seconds left in the third round. In the second bout, Cheney’s Andrew Jenkins moved up to 120 pounds to face Cole Dahmen. After close first and second rou...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Thursday, Jan. 23, EWU hosts Southern Utah, 6:05 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, EWU at Portland State, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, EWU hosts North Dakota, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, EWU hosts Northern Colorado, 2:05 p.m. Women Saturday, Jan. 25, EWU at Southern Utah, 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, EWU at North Dakota, 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, EWU at Northern Colorado, 1 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Boys Friday, Jan. 24, Cheney hosts Clarkston, 5:45 p.m. Medical Lake at Kettle Falls, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25,...
The bounce the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team hoped they would have from a rare sweep of the Montana schools the week before never happened for the Eagles in their trip to the southern reaches of the Big Sky Conference. Losses to Northern Arizona 84-65 last Thursday and 75-64 at Sacramento State, Saturday, leave Eastern in a familiar place, jumbled with six of the league’s teams in the battles for one of seven conference tournament berths. Eastern will play twice thi...
First the offense went wild, then the defense clamped down and the result for the Eastern Washington women's basketball team was a Big Sky Conference sweep of a pair of home games last week at Reese Court. With three Eagles scoring at least 20 points in the same game, Eastern recovered from a slow start to breeze past Northern Arizona, 92-68 last Thursday night. Then Saturday afternoon, the Eagles slowed things down and patiently took apart high-flying, big scoring Sacramento...
There was quite a football game played last Sunday afternoon in Seattle. Remember? The Seahawks’ come-from-way-behind 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship sends Seattle to Super Bowl XLVIII is the team’s first visit to the “Big Game” since 2006. Of course you might not recall, or even care about how the game turned in so many ways, considering all the attention the controversy that centered around Stanford grad Richard Sherman and the postgam...
A solid second half performance last Saturday night against visiting Medical Lake helped the Cheney High boys' basketball team break their 10-game losing streak. The Blackhawks out scored the Cardinals 41-23 in the final 16 minutes en route to a 69-53 win in the annual Golden Feather spirit game. Cheney's success came down to their ability to pull off a series of scoring runs down the stretch. Trailing by two at the break, the Blackhawks opened the third with a 14-2 run keyed...
