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See a photo gallery from the event here. In their run towards a showdown with Freeman and a shot at earning a tie for first place in the Northeast A League, the Medical Lake boys' basketball team had a door abruptly slammed in their faces. That happened on their home court last Friday night where in between wins at Riverside (3-7 NEA, 6-6 overall), 60-40 on Jan. 17 and 55-42 at Deer Park, the Cardinals were upset 47-45 last Friday by Chewelah (3-7, 6-8). "You know, I don't...
The Medical Lake girl's basketball team won three Northeast A League basketball games last week, including 46-37 against Chewelah, to run their record to a perfect 10-0 in league play. The Cardinals now have a 12-game winning streak. The Medical Lake boys won two out of three games, that one setback coming Jan. 20 against Chewelah, 47-45. Read the full story here.... Full story
See a photo gallery from the event here. Question: What do you do when your team essentially gets taken to the proverbial woodshed for a thrashing in two out of three games? Answer: You talk about that third game. That was Cheney High School boys basketball coach Gregg Smith's take on last week's Great Northern League play. The Blackhawks began with a 57–52 win at East Valley, and finished with a pair of 40-plus point losses to Pullman and at Clarkston, the fifth and third-ran...
See a photo gallery from the event here. A challenging week for the Cheney High School girls basketball team - and likely all Cheney squads - ended with a 1-2 record in Great Northern League play. The Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, plus two days missed from weather-related school cancellations, left the Lady Blackhawks with only one practice for three games. Cheney dropped a pair of games, 49-39 at league-leading East Valley on Jan. 17 and a hard-fought 68-61 decision a...
CHENEY Jan. 17 Taking motor vehicle without the owner’s permission was reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. The vehicle was recovered on Jan. 21 in Airway Heights. A cellphone was found on the zero hundred block of First Street. A phone was found and turned into the Police Department. Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 300 block of North Sixth Street. There was damage to a fence. Third-degree theft was reported on the 100 block of West First Street. There was shoplifting. Jan. 18 A b...
It didn't take long, and Eastern Washington didn't have to go far to find the person to follow ultra-successful former head football coach Beau Baldwin. The Eagles' offensive line coach, and a former student athlete, Aaron Best, was introduced Jan. 23 as the program's new head coach - its 21st in program history - in the same room where only a week earlier, Baldwin announced his surprise departure to become the offensive coordinator at the University of California-Berkeley....
The Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team returns home to face both Montana schools. Eastern takes on Montana, tonight (Thursday, Jan. 26) at 6 p.m., before hosting Montana State Saturday at 2 p.m. in Big Sky Conference action. Behind the double-double from Ashley Payne, who scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds, the Eagles collected a 67-66 win at Southern Utah on Jan. 21. Eastern began its road trip in the high altitude of Flagstaff, Ariz. where they shot just 26.8 percent from the field in a 56-47 loss to N...
Eastern Washington University men’s basketball player Jacob Wiley was awarded National Mid-Major Player of the Week honors, as well as Big Sky Conference Player of the Week, from College Sports Madness. He was also chosen by the league office as Big Sky Conference Player of the Week for the second week in a row after scoring 51 more points in EWU’s home sweep last week. In victories over Northern Arizona (84-62) and Southern Utah (83-68), Wiley made 67.7 percent of his shots from the field (21 of 31) and 9 of 10 free thr...
Earning a crucial Reese Court sweep last weekend with wins over Northern Arizona, 83-68, and then a win over Southern Utah, 84-62, the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team is back on the road in Montana this weekend. The Eagles play at Montana tonight, (Thursday, Jan. 26) at 6 p.m. and then at Montana State on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern beat the Bobcats 82-64 in Cheney on Jan. 5, then two days later suffered its first and only loss at Reese Court by a 65-59 score versus the Grizzlies. Eastern enters action t...
BASKETBALL BOYS Great Northern League League Overall Team W L W L Pullman 4 3 11 4 West Valley 3 4 8 7 East Valley 3 5 8 8 Cheney 1 7 8 8 Hawks Box Cheney 11 18 12 19 – 57 East Valley 16 5 23 8 – 52 Cook 7 Hardt 4, Johnson 8, Beck 4, VerStrate 10, West 8, Worthem 4, Ehrenberg 6, Reiter 6. Pullman 16 23 19 9 – 67 Cheney 8 4 6 8 – 26 Cook 1, Hardt 6, Johnson 2, Beck 10, VerStrate 5, West 2, Worthem 5, Reiter 5. Cheney 7 9 4 10 – 30 Clarkston 22 14 22 14 – 72 Cook 7, Hardt 5, Johnson 4, Beck 2, VerStrate 0, West 2, Worthem 8,...
It was a painful beginning, and ending for head coach Josh Edmondson and his Medical Lake wrestling team last week as the Cardinals lost a heartbreaking 34-33 Northeast A League dual meet with Lakeside, Jan. 19. Medical Lake also earned a home win over Chewelah, 48-30 on Jan. 17 and close out league dual activity tonight, Jan. 26 on the road at Riverside. Despite the near-miss, Edmondson is, however, content to take away some victories, beginning with rebounding from being...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Thursday, Jan. 26, EWU at Montana, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, EWU at Montana State,1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, EWU hosts Sacramento State, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, EWU hosts Portland State, 1:05 p.m. Women Thursday, Jan. 26, EWU at Montana, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, EWU at Montana State, 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, EWU hosts Sacramento State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, EWU hosts Portland State, 2 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBA...
The Cheney High School boys swimming team was particularly impacted by the lack of school last week, thanks mainly to two weather-related postponements on top of a Monday holiday. The Blachawks’ home meet last Thursday with Grandview and Prosser was canceled and will not be made up, head coach Jennifer Hochwalt said, due to the proximity of district competition Feb. 2–4 and scheduling conflicts. The postponement also played a part in Cheney’s 115-55 loss to visiting Pullman on Saturday. “They (Cheney) only had two practic...
Eastern Washington University’s 2017 National Signing Day Breakfast and Broadcast will take place Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 7 - 8:30 a.m. in the Kalispel Room at Northern Quest Resort and Casino. The live broadcast, featuring Eastern coaches as special guests, will air on SWX and will be simulcast on WatchBigSky.com. The broadcast will be hosted by SWX’s Sam Adams and the voice of the Eagles, Larry Weir, and will be held in the same room as the breakfast, allowing attendees to be part of the live show. Registration for the bre...
The Medical Lake girls' basketball team edged ever closer to a Northeast A League regular season title with a three-game sweep of league foes last week. With wins at Riverside, 49-41 on Jan. 17, Chewelah, 46-37, Jan. 20 at home, and a road victory breeze last Saturday 52-26 where they doubled up on Colville, the Cardinals won their 12th consecutive game. Medical Lake is a perfect 10-0 in the NEA (14-2 overall) and still maintains a two-game lead with four games remaining in...
Eastern Washington University students headed over to Tawanka Hall for Einstein Bros. Bagels' grand opening, Jan. 19 to get some coffee and food before their next class. Einstein Bros.' menu includes bagel sandwiches for breakfast and lunch....
At separate Jan. 17 meetings, the Airway Heights and Medical Lake city councils approved a five-year interlocal agreement of the Combined Communications Center (CCC) contract. The Cheney City Council approved the agreement at its Jan. 24 meeting. All three municipalities’ fire departments are a part of the Combined Communications Center (CCC) board as are Spokane County Fire Districts 3 and 10. The CCC was formed in the mid-1990s to merge the four fire and emergency medical services dispatch centers within Spokane County i...
Souper Bowl of Caring supports Feed Cheney Organizers at Feed Cheney are asking local residents to support them on Sunday, Feb. 5 That’s when the Souper Bowl of Caring, a national fundraiser to raise awareness and donations for food for hungry people, takes place. The Souper Bowl of Caring coincides with the National Football League’s Super Bowl game, and began in 1990 as a way to remind people while they watch the Super Bowl that many people don’t have even a bowl of soup to eat. The Souper Bowl of Caring is Feed Chene...
Cheney Public Works crews have been busy piling up snow and removing it from city streets, such as in the photo above on Presley Drive across from Salnave Elementary School on Monday....
Cheney's 2016 Officer of the Year, Capt. Rick Beghtol, has an insight into how Spokane's West Central Community Center partly came into being. Beghtol, who moved to the Spokane neighborhood also known as "Felony Flats" from Colorado when he was nine years old, said one of his brother's friends accidentally started a fire that burned down the mechanic's shop on the current property. After that, the property sat vacant until the early 1980s when funding enabled the building of t...
One of the questions regarding Spokane Transit Authority's West Plains Transit Center, is how will it affect the bus routes that run through Medical Lake? At a Jan. 19 Re*Imagine Medical Lake meeting, Don Skillingstad, project manager for STA, gave a presentation that provided some of those answers. Skillingstad explained that the transit center, which will be located off Exit 272 on Interstate 90, will provide an improved connectivity between the cities of Airway Heights, Che...
Cheney needs more power - and is in the market to purchase it. The Light Department is forecasting the need for more power in 2019 beyond what it currently buys from the Bonneville Power Administration, a byproduct of development taking place in the city, especially residential. Therefore, the City Council gave its approval to Light Director Steve Boorman to purchase an additional megawatt of what is called Tier 2 power from Northern Wasco County Public Utility District near...
