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CHENEY Feb. 29 Fourth-degree assault was reported on the 500 block of First Street. Joshua R. Gowdin, 32, was arrested for third-degree theft/shoplifting on the 100 block of West First Street. Rape was reported to the Eastern Washington University Police at the Red Barn. The incident occurred in September 2014. March 1 Michael L. Smithers, 28, was arrested for third-degree theft/shoplifting on the 100 block of West First Street. Identity theft was reported on the 3000 block of Silverthorne Lane. A white 1997 Subaru Legacy...
This spring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge may conduct prescribed burns. Depending on weather conditions, burning will occur between March and mid-May. Prescribed burning activities should have little to no impact on access to the majority of Refuge public use areas. These burns will accomplish Refuge management objectives for improving wildlife habitat, reducing hazardous accumulations of vegetation and forest debris and decreasing the number of unhealthy and overstocked stands of...
BASKETBALL College Big Sky Conference Standings Men (Final 2016) School Conf. Pct. All Pct. Hm. Aw. Stk. Weber St. 15-3 .833 23-8 0.742 13-1 7-6 W1 Montana 14-4 .778 19-10 .655 12-2 7-8 L1 Idaho 12-6 .667 20-11 .645 11-4 8-6 W3 Idaho State 11-7 .611 16-14 .533 10-3 5-10 L1 No. Dakota 10-8 .556 15-14 .517 10-4 4-9 L2 E. Wash. 10-8 .556 16-14 .533 10-2 5-11 L4 Mont. State 9-9 .500 14-16 .467 8-3 4-12 W2 Port. State 8-10 .444 12-17 .414 8-6 4-11 W3 No. Colo. 7-11 .389 10-20 .333 7-9 3-11 W1 Sac. State 6-12 .333 13-16 .448 10-5...
Jois, McBroom earn All-Big Sky honors It was a 4-for-4 career for Venky Jois, and a 1-for-1 for Austin McBroom. The two Eastern Washington University seniors were selected to the All-Big Sky Conference men’s basketball team announced March 6 as selected by the league’s head coaches. Jois was a first team selection for the second-straight season, while McBroom, a graduate transfer, earned second team accolades in his only season in the program. FIRST TEAM Venky Jois, Sr., E. Washington Joel Bolomboy, Sr., Weber State Eth...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Thursday, March 10 Big Sky Tournament quarterfinals at Reno Events Center, time and teams TBD. Friday, March 11, Big Sky Tournament semifinals at Reno Events Center. Saturday, March 12, Big Sky Tournament championship at Reno Events Center. Women Friday, March 11, Big Sky Tournament semifinals at Reno Events Center. Saturday, March 12, Big Sky Tournament championship at Reno Events Center. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL...
Several local athletes are achieving success beyond the Cheney High School locker rooms, many in track and field along with cross country. CHS 2013 graduate Sanne Holland recently helped her Colorado State women's indoor track and field team win a Mountain West Conference title by finishing eighth in the 3,000-meter run Feb. 26 in Albuquerque, N.M., turning in a time of 9 minutes, 48.42 seconds. According to information from the Rams' website, it was Holland's highest finish...
Over the last year there hasn’t been a bigger star in mixed martial arts star than current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. The Irish champion changed the landscape of the sport when he defeated Chad Mendes to become the UFC interim featherweight champion in July 2015 and knocked out then-titleholder Jose Aldo in 13 seconds, at UFC 194, to unify the 145-pound championship. Unfortunately McGregor’s year began with a loss as Nate Diaz submitted him in the second round of their welterweight fight at UFC 196, last Sat...
Lifelong Spokane resident Morgan Hartanov has done just about everything in the soccer world since he began playing the sport at age 5 except one thing — run a soccer program. He finally gets his chance as he was named Cheney High School’s new boys soccer head coach in January, taking the field with his 2016 Blackhawks team this past week as spring sports practices began Feb. 29. Hartanov replaces Mark Kiver, who stepped down in December 2015 after years with the Blackhawks, beginning as a Cheney player and culminating as...
The question wasn't if, but when, and how Venky Jois might surpass Ron Cox as the all-time leading scorer in Eastern Washington University men's basketball history. Could it be a punishing drive through the paint with elbows flailing and that grin at the finish? Or, perhaps, a thunderous two-hand slam-dunk, the other trademark shot the Australian has delivered quite regularly in his EWU career? As it turned out, the points that moved Jois past Cox, a record that has stood for...
Eastern Washington men’s head basketball coach Jim Hayford insists that despite his team’s four-game losing streak as they enter the Big Sky Tournament in Reno, Nev. he expects they will right the ship and do fine. “Our team believes that they can beat anybody, but they also know they can lose to anybody,” Hayford said. “Because we have some players who have been there, I believe we are going to find another gear when we get to Reno.” Eastern saw both their chances to...
The Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team will head to Reno, Nev. this week for the 2016 Big Sky Conference Basketball Championship with the prize of an NCAA Tournament bid up for grabs between all 12 conference schools. Eastern (19-11, 13-5 Big Sky) entered the league tournament as the No. 2 overall seed and met No. 7 Sacramento State March 9. The Hornets were a 102-89 winner over No. 10 Southern Utah, March 7. The Eagles split the season series with Sacramento State as each team won on the other’s home flo...
