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Cheney’s North Sixth Street Preservation project took a step towards moving off the drawing board and into actual asphalt and concrete with City Council approval Tuesday night of a Local Agency Agreement Supplement with the state’s Department of Transportation. The agreement was needed in order to allocate $305,600 of $325,000 in federal funding received for the project by the city under the Surface Transportation Program for construction and construction engineering of the project. Public Works Director Todd Ableman tol...
It’s not often Medical Lake co-head track coach Gene Blankenship has to walk back a prediction, but he did. The veteran coach has been correct in seeing the future enough to predict his cross country team would win the 1A state title last fall. And he’s been accurate in a number of other instances. But he missed when he thought his Cardinal boys would fall to Riverside in the final Northeast A League track meet held last Wednesday in Medical Lake. The boys toppled the vis...
The Medical Lake Cardinals’ softball team made the best of limited offense in winning two of three games to finish out the 2014 Northeast A League regular season in third place. First, the Cards got a stellar performance from a pair of pitchers — Jordan Soliday and Shelby Pavao — who combined for a no-hitter in a 15-0 crushing of Chewelah last Tuesday at home on Senior Night. Then last Saturday Medical Lake (12-6 NEA, 14-6 overall), Soliday’s pitching and the Cheever...
BASEBALL Great Northern League (Through 5-10-14) League All Games Team W L W L East Valley 13 4 14 5 Cheney 11 7 11 7 Colville 11 7 11 7 West Valley 10 8 10 9 Clarkston 9 9 11 9 Pullman 6 12 6 13 Deer Park 2 15 4 15 Northeast A League (Final 2014) League All Games Team W L W L Freeman 18 0 18 1 Lakeside 9-Mile 11 7 11 9 Medical Lake 10 8 12 8 Riverside 9 9 9 11 Kettle Falls 8 10 9 10 Newport 5 13 6 14 Chewelah 2 16 2 16 SOCCER: Great Northern League (FINAL 2014) League All Games Team W L T W L T Pts Cheney 12 0 0 13 1 1 36 Pu...
The Cheney High boys’ and girls’ golf teams finished their regular season, May 6, in the fourth Great Northern League (GNL) tournament. The girls fell back to third place in team scores with 536. Head coach Gerald Morton said the team was hoping to clinch the top spot in the GNL, but Clarkston - who has led the league in the past three matches - is “just too strong.” He added that lack of experience and knowledge playing on the course was another issue for the team. “Not knowing what is right over the hill or around th...
Cheney’s final regular season games left Lady Hawks softball head coach Gary Blake longing for the beginning of the season when his team’s defense had him experiencing nirvana. After starting the season with a .970 fielding percentage through the first five games, the Lady Hawks fumbled their way through their final Great Northern League games, committing 24 errors over 17 innings in lopsided losses to Colville and in game two of a doubleheader at Pullman. Cheney did manage a lopsided win of their own, capitalizing on nin...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school websites to confirm.) BASEBALL Thursday, May 15, Great Northern district playoffs, teams and locations TBD. Saturday, May 17, Great Northern district playoffs at East Valley H.S. Spokane, times TBD. 1A Bi-Districts at Wenatchee Valley College, teams, times TBA. Saturday, May 24, 1A baseball state championship quarterfinal rounds at various sites, times TBA. GOLF Boys Monday, May 19, Cheney at District Tournament MeadowWood 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, State 1A Bi-Districts,...
McDowell softball accolade Savannah State sophomore and Cheney High grad Mandy McDowell was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced May 5. McDowell earns her second weekly pitching award this year. McDowell pitched SSU to an important victory and improved her record 14-7 this season with a 4.95 ERA. She leads the MEAC, and is nationally ranked, in strikeouts with 166. — Former Eagles Pulu, Bronson, Larry are off to NFL rookie camps A trio of former Eastern Washington U...
Annette Carlson and Cassidy Hagel earned the number one seed in the girls’ doubles draw in this weekend’s district tennis competition set to begin Friday at 2 p.m. at Mead High School. In addition, Alyssa Fitzgerald and Annika Gahan will compete in girls’ singles. Mary Lewan and Katelynn Houger will go in girls’ doubles. Austin Brown and Trevor Nilles play in boys’ singles. John Pineda and Dakota Houger and Alex Neder and Tyler Krivolavy will pair in boys’ doubles. Th...
While the Cheney High School boys' tennis team fell to the Pullman Greyhounds 6-1 in their last home dual of the season, doubles partners Mason Van Stone and Ryan Axtell gained some success on their path to districts. Van Stone and Axtell scored their first Great Northern League (GNL) win at No. 1 doubles, after they beat Pullman's Miles Saul and Jake Weirich, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 in a match that lasted over two hours. Van Stone and Axtell struggled in the beginning of the first...
Eastern Washington University sports teams have won their share of conference championships — and even a national title in football back in 2010 — over the many decades teams have competed in intercollegiate sports. But forgotten sometimes by the followers and fans of the Eagles is the fact that athletes who entertain them over the course of the school year are students first and athletes second. So while football has had its share of heartbreaking defeats deep into the pla...
At this point in the Great Northern League boys' soccer season it's survive and advance - both of which the Cheney Blackhawks did with a 4-0 win Tuesday over East Valley. Cheney got all they would need in the 14th minute on Ian Schimandle's goal, but they also caught a break in the process when Knights' goalkeeper, senior Adam Bromley received a red card and was disqualified. Micah Weller took the penalty kick, which was blocked by Bromley's replacement, but the ball bounced...
The Cheney high baseball team had a debt to pay Tuesday night as they played the No. 6 ranked Pullman Greyhounds in the first round of the Great Northern League playoffs. Last year Pullman, who was the No. 6 seed, eliminated Cheney in the first round. This time the Blackhawks dug deep and pulled out another victory, defeating the Hounds, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the GNL playoffs. Cheney grabbed the lead early with two runs in the first inning. In the fifth, the...
The Cheney boys and girls track and field teams had little difficulty downing an undermanned Clarkston squad in the Blackhawks first and final Great Northern League home meet of the season last Thursday. The girls breezed to a 108-34 win while the boys notched their first victory of the season with a 90-53 win over the Bantams. A number of Blackhawks won their events with season-best marks. For the boys it was Caleb Deshazo in the 100-meter dash (11.80 seconds), Carson Kerr...
Lt. Col. Jason Pape, Department Chair for the Military Science Department at Eastern Washington University, presents special ROTC coins to Fighting Eagle Battalion seniors, cadet John Meir and cadet battalion commander Kelly Joiner at last Thursday's 2014 awards ceremony at Showalter Hall....
A Spokane man was pronounced dead following a two-vehicle collision, Saturday, May 10. According to the Washington State Patrol, a 2013 Ford F150 pickup truck, driven by Frank C. Watson, 71, of St. John, Wash., was stopped northbound on Craig Road at State Route 902. A 2004 Harley Davidson XL 1200, ridden by Thomas P. Bacon, 59, of Spokane, was westbound on State Route 902 approaching Craig Road. The pickup proceeded into the intersection in front of the motorcycle, which struck the truck. Watson and his passenger, Billy J....
It was business as usual for the Medical Lake’s Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Facility. Built in 2000, the facility collects waste and water from the Medical Lake, Lakeland Village and Eastern State Hospital. The plant filters suspended solids, biodegradable organics, pathogenic bacteria, nutrients from the wastewater and purifies the water before sending it back into the environment. A portion of the discharge is treated to Class A-plus reclaimed water standards — drinking water quality — and pumped back into West Medical L...
Cheney’s new car club, “Stars, Stripes, Boots and Spurs,” is holding its first car show Sunday, May 18, at J & M Collision Center, 2218 First St. in Cheney from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be music, Toby’s barbecue and a variety of vendors. Trophies will be awarded in Works In Progress, Customs, Classic, Vans, Motorcycles and a People’s Choice categories. For more information contact Jay McNall, (509) 230-6850 or Tony Blount (509) 855-2618. The show benefits the Cheney Junior Rodeo and Time of Remembrance organizat...
Medical Lake Middle School's marching band performs Pat Benatar's 1980s hit "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" during the 63rd annual Junior Lilac Parade last Saturday....
OLYMPIA – It may still be somewhat wet, but the wildfire season, which officially began April 15 as specified by state law, has already put Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) crews to work on over 20 forest fires reported this year on lands protected by DNR. Department officials remind people that the risk of wildfires can change rapidly during the spring when warmer, dryer weather occurs with increasing frequency. Wildfires can damage natural resources, destroy homes, and threaten the safety of the p...
Craig Wells ties lures together in preparation for the fly-fishing demonstration during the Department of Fish and Wildlifes’s presentation on fish in Eastern Washington at last Saturday’s Love Your Lake event at Medical Lake’s Waterfront Park....
There will be a change coming the city of Medical Lake, at least in terms of how they do business. During the May 6 City Council meeting, City Administrator Doug Ross brought forth an ordinance that would establish new business hours for the city. Under the ordinance, business hours for the city would run Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting June 1. City Hall’s current business hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with five employees who work three shifts. Ross explained that if someone is absent due to illness o...
Asked what compelled her to return to the political arena, Cheney-area resident and former Spokane County Commissioner Bonnie Mager cited a comment from Washington Sen. Patty Murray that “it’s better to be in the middle of things than yelling at the TV.” Mager announced April 30 she is running for the District 3 seat on the county’s Board of Commissioners currently occupied by Al French — who unseated her by 2,700 votes out of 173,000 cast in a contentious 2010 election. Mager ran as a Democrat then, but is running as an ind...
Members of the Cheney Middle School marching band perform Led Zepplin's "The Immigrant Song" while marching in last Saturday's Junior Lilac Parade in Spokane.The theme of this year's 63rd edition of the Junior Lilac Parade was the Expo-related "Encore of '74."...
Airway Heights residents may want to double check to make sure their vehicles are secure before leaving them unattended. In the city’s newsletter, the Police Department reported an increase in vehicle prowls and thefts around Airway Heights. Police Chief Lee Bennett has brought up the issue at past City Council meetings. According to Sgt. Robert Swan of the Airway Heights Police Department, the current number of vehicle prowls for the year is 40, which are up from last year’s number around this time. The city had a total of...
