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On the heels of one of the best seasons in program history, the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team accepted a bid to the WNIT and played Pac-12 member Washington State March 18 in Pullman. EWU (20-11) appeared in the WNIT for the second time in three years and the third time overall under 14-year head coach Wendy Schuller. The Eagles’ first appearance came following the 2009-10 season when they won the Big Sky Conference regular season title. Eastern returned to the tournament three years later fol...
BASKETBALL COLLEGE Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Poll Final regular season 2015 Pos./Team W-L Votes Prv. Conference 1. Gonzaga (31) 30-2 775 2 West Coast 2. Northern Iowa 30-3 744 4 Missouri Valley 3. Wichita State 28-4 714 1 Missouri Valley 4. Stephen F. Austin 27-4 684 5 Southland 5. Murray State 27-5 681 3 Ohio Valley 6. BYU 24-8 616 6 West Coast 7. Valparaiso 27-5 556 7 Horizon 8. Wofford 27-6 528 8 Southern 9. UC Davis 24-5 519 10 Big West 10. Green Bay 24-7 471 11 Horizon 11. Harvard 21-7 433 9 Ivy League 12. Yale 22-9...
Medical Lake head softball coach Tim Blakely is pretty amped up for the 2015 season. And at least for now it has nothing to do with his team’s qualifying for the state playoffs and seeing the bulk of those players return this season. “I’m excited to be out on dirt the first day of spring practice,” the second-year coach said. “In the past it’s been two to three weeks we’ve been inside,” Blakely said. Ten of the 14 players on a team that finished 17-10 and lost a pair of one-r...
Perhaps the beard Cory Wagner grew during basketball season is proof of Medical Lake baseball coach Kerry Kelly’s observation made a few days ago about his team’s experience. “Even though we’re still a young team on paper, we’re not young any more,” Kelly said. And that’s what makes Kelly look forward to starting his fourth season leading the program and improving on a 12-9 finish in 2014 and another berth in the state playoffs. It’s been a good run for Kelly who inherited a...
Cheney High School 2013 graduate Sanne Holland ran the anchor league for the Colorado State University women's track and field distance medley team that placed second behind league champion New Mexico at the Mountain West Conference indoor championships Feb. 28. The Rams' time of 11 minutes, 49.54 seconds was the fifth fastest event time in MWC history, earning the distance team an all-conference selection. Holland also turned in a time of 9:43.67 in the 3,000-meter run at...
The Cheney High baseball team kicked off its season March 14 in Sunnyside with wins over the Grizzlies, 6-5, and the Prosser Mustangs, 9-5. During the game against Prosser, Chance Gleave hit a 2-RBI double to get the Blackhawks on the board in the first inning. The Mustangs answered with three runs in the bottom of the first. Cheney jumped ahead 6-3 after scoring four runs in the second, including a 2-RBI single from Cameron Wiseman and an RBI double from Kyle Jones. Cheney scored three runs in the top of the fifth on a 2-RBI...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Thursday, March 19, EWU vs. Georgetown at Portland, 7 p.m. Women TBA HIGH SCHOOL Baseball Thursday, March 19, Medical Lake hosts Kellogg, 4 p.m. Friday, March 20, Cheney at Freeman, 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Cheney at Pullman, 4 p.m. Medical Lake hosts Newport, 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, Medical Lake hosts St. Maries, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Cheney at Clarkston (2), noon and 2 p.m. Medical Lake at Colville (2),... Full story
Cheney High School softball head coach Gary Blake thought he would get about nine players back from last year’s squad that finished 12-11, earned a No. 4 league playoff seed and came within one win of a chance to play for a berth to state. Instead, six returned, with two others missing the season to recover from off-season surgeries and another electing to play club ball only. Despite that, the Lady Blackhawks are in a position to reload for another good run at returning to the post season — and perhaps going deeper. Fiv...
Cheney High distance runners Kameron Galm (front) and Steaven Zachman pace each other in the 2-mile run at last Wednesday's jamboree with visiting Riverside and Freeman....
The Cheney High boy’s tennis team began its season on a high note March 13 after they went 3-0 at a jamboree in Moses Lake with wins over the Chiefs, 4-3, Ellensburg 5-2 and Othello, 4-3. Britton Williams, who spent most of last season playing singles and doubles, fared well at the No. 3 singles, winning all three of his matches. He shutout Ethan Shields (6-0) then went on to win close matches over Ein Taylor (6-4) and Davis Hernandez (6-5, 7-2). In other singles action, Ryan Smedley, a senior playing on varsity for the f...
As season openers go, there were good things and bad things coming out of the Cheney High School boys' soccer game last Friday against Ferris at Spokane's Joe Albi Stadium. The bad was the Blackhawks lost, with Ferris getting a pair of second-half goals from Curt McCune en route to a 4-0 win. The Saxons out shot Cheney 11-2, with Blackhawks goalkeeper Austin Walker making four saves while Trevor Walker had one. The good news for Cheney head coach Mark Kiver is that his team...
Cheney High School boys soccer head coach Mark Kiver sees this year’s team as a puzzle — the 500 or 1,000 piece variety. Open the box and dump the pieces out. Turn them over. Begin putting small sections together — a corner here, a portion of the bottom there, maybe a group that looks like it could be that barn in the box cover picture. “You know where they go, but you can’t put the whole thing together yet,” Kiver said. That’s his 2015 Blackhawks. A lot of good pieces to choose from, but how they fit together will be a wor...
As season openers go, there were good things and bad things coming out of the Cheney High School boys’ soccer game last Friday against Ferris at Spokane’s Joe Albi Stadium. The bad was the Blackhawks lost, with Ferris getting a pair of second-half goals from Curt McCune en route to a 4-0 win. The Saxons out shot Cheney 11-2, with Blackhawks goalkeeper Austin Walker making four saves while Trevor Walker had one. The good news for Cheney head coach Mark Kiver is that his team played aggressively and physically, moving the bal...
Another basketball team with a solid pedigree stands in Eastern Washington’s way in their second trip to the NCAA tournament. The No. 13-seeded Eagles face the No. 4 Georgetown Hoyas tonight (March 19) at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. The game between the Eagles and Hoyas will start at 6:57 p.m. and will be broadcast on truTV. It may also be heard live via radio on 700-AM ESPN with Larry Weir providing the play-by-play. But Sports Illustrated is not all that impressed with the visitors from Washington, D.C. The m...
For the longest time athletics at Eastern Washington University, and before that Eastern Washington State College, and in any number of renditions of the school's name throughout history, have resided largely in the shadows on the collegiate landscape. Be it from down south in Pullman, or on Boone Avenue in Spokane, the Savages and Eagles were often athletics afterthoughts. No longer is that the case and the most recent example was the Eagles stealing a little of that March...
Exam week came a few days early for the Eastern Washington University men's basketball team and they aced all three of their huge tests. While other students - including the Eagle basketball players - were engaged in "finals" for winter quarter classes earlier this week, Eastern found different ways to win three games in the Big Sky Conference tournament and earn their passing grade. The reward: Eastern's first NCAA Tournament berth in 11 years following wins over Idaho,...
Richard Allen Crippen was born in Spokane, Wash. June 27, 1969. On March 6, 2015, Rick joined his mother, Jody Crippen in heaven. He fought oral cancer for over a year. He grew up in Cheney and was a graduate of Cheney High School in 1988. Rick is survived by his father, Bill Crippen; his older brother and sister-in-law, Willie and Sarah Crippen and his younger brother and sister-in-law, Shawn and Heather Crippen; three nieces, Rashelle, Rebekka and Haylie and nephew,... Full story
Kristine Ann Nixon, age 67, of Cheney, passed away Saturday, Feb. 21 at home in the care of hospice and her family. She was born May 28, 1947 to Sidney and Dorothy Kvalheim. She married Doug Nixon on Aug. 22, 1969 and he survives. Also surviving is her daughter Sarah Nixon and grandson Christian Ramirez of Cheney; son Michael Nixon, daughter-in-law Tiffany Nixon, along with their two children Thorin and Halle of Libby, Mont.; one sister, Trina Nyhus of Westport, Wash., and one... Full story
Christopher Lee Frizzell, age 34, passed away March 7, 2015 in Tacoma, Wash. Christopher was born Oct. 22, 1980 in Hahn, Germany. He was a loving son, father, brother, uncle and friend. His infectious laugh, impish grin and heart full of love will be greatly missed. We will think of you always when we look to the sky and your memory will bring a tear to our eye, a tear of sorrow that you were taken to soon. We love you Chris, you will always be with us. Chris is survived by... Full story
