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Saturday was the 1st local tournament for the Medical Lake Mat Maulers. They were extremely grateful for the chance to enjoy an extra hour of sleep before having to hit the mats at Shadle Park High School. The extra rest might have proved to be a good thing as Medical Lake wrestlers took home 21 medals, including golds from Anthony Aguilera (age 10), Elijah Aguilera (9), Gavin Chaffee (8), Ethan Davis (10), and Isiah Giles (8). A complete list of the reported medal winners can be found in the West plains Scoreboard. Next up...
A new-found offensive side of the game has emerged early for the Medical Lake High School softball team, and new head coach Tim Blakely. The Cardinals’ bats were certainly lively in a sweep last week of three games, two of which to start the Northeast A League season. Last Thursday in their lone nonleague game of the season versus Davenport, Medical Lake got a nine-run fourth to break open a close contest and cruise past the Gorillas, 11-1. Then Saturday afternoon they kept th...
Medical Lake head baseball coach Kerry Kelly challenged his team last Saturday to get 25 hits in a doubleheader in the opening day of Northeast A League play with Newport. His Cardinals answered the challenge, and more, in sweeping the Grizzlies 13-3 and 13-5, pounding out 29 hits. "It was a great start, we had anticipated we had a chance to get out of the gates quick and we took advantage of it," Kelly said. Following a 9-0 nonleague win to open the season Thursday at home ag...
The Cheney High boys’ track and field team got its first taste of competition last Saturday at the West Valley Invitational in Millwood. Junior Brett Wyborney was the only Blackhawk placing in the top 10, finishing ninth in the discus with a throw of 117 feet, 2 inches. The 4x400-meter relay team had the best finish for Cheney overall, placing sixth in 3 minutes, 46.25 seconds while the 4x100 team finished 10th....
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school websites to confirm.) BASEBALL Saturday, March 29, Cheney hosts East Valley (2), noon. Thursday, April 3, Cheney at West Valley, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5 Medical Lake at Chewelah (2) 11 a.m. SOCCER Thursday, March 27, Cheney at East Valley, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 29, Cheney hosts West Valley, noon. Medical Lake hosts Clarkston, noon. Medical Lake hosts Clarkston, noon. Tuesday, April 1, Cheney at Clarkston, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 3, Cheney at Pullman, 4 p.m. Medical Lake...
The Cheney Blackhawks baseball team went 1-1 in a Great Northern League doubleheader at home against Clarkston, March 22. Despite weather conditions keeping them indoors for most of the first week of the season, the players are getting out into the field and settling into their roles. Some of the returning players include pitchers Sawyer Sims and Kyle Jones. Tanner “Bubba” Smith, who played shortstop last year, has moved to second base. This season Mike Cagle, who made the transition from assistant to head coach, leads the Bl...
The Cheney girls’ golf team took second place at the first Great Northern League match of the season, March 24, in Clarkston. The Blackhawks finished with a score of 568 —16 strokes behind first-place Clarkston. In individual scores, Cheney’s Cheyenne Marchand came in third with a 102 while her teammate Steffi Cunningham clinched fourth with a 104. Clarkston’s Grace Frazier placed first after shooting an 84. Shyann Morton hit 111 while Tessa Heiydt shot 130. Jaceya Prophet and Gabbi Tibbitts recorded scores of 137 and 149...
The Cheney boys' tennis team played at full strength this past week as they went 3-0 in competition. In their first dual of the season, March 19, the Blackhawks defeated Shadle Park 6-1. Mason Van Stone stepped up to No. 1 singles to beat Shadle Park's Dillon Milliron, 6-2, 6-4. In his debut at No. 4 singles, Shogo Starr beat the Highlander's Nate Boucher, 6-0, 6-4. Ryan Axtell dropped down to No. 2 singles, where he defeated Shadle Park's Ian Stein, 6-3, 6-4. Head coach...
Cheney High School softball head coach Gary Blake has something he hasn't had in quite a while in his 2014 Lady Hawks team - a team heavily laden with upper classmen and experience. Ten of Cheney's 11 players return from last year's club - nine juniors and seniors - that went 10-11 overall and fifth at 8-10 in the Great Northern League, losing in the playoff's opening round to East Valley. Of those 10, three are seniors with three years varsity experience: Amy Anderson,...
The sixth-seeded Vanguard, Calif. Lions captured its first-ever NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship with a 70-65 win over No. 8-seeded Emmanuel, Ga.,Tuesday, March 25 in the championship game of the 2014 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Championship Most Valuable Player Preston Wynne led the way for Vanguard with 20 points and six rebounds, while all-tournament honoree junior guard Chris Gorman...
Since 2009, the Cheney High boys' soccer team has entered the season with a target on its back as one of the region's premier programs - the team to beat. The only change this year is that target now carries a title, thanks to the Blackhawks win over Tyee last year to claim their first 2A state title in their fifth trip in the last six years to the championship match. Other than that, head coach Mark Kiver said it is business as usual. "Every year it's always a matter of...
Despite being the smallest of the top four schools, with seven competitors, the Cheney High girls' track and field team missed a second-place finish at last year's 2A state meet by half a point. Five of those seven have moved on, four due to graduation, so it would be understandable for Blackhawks' head coach Tom Stralser to view the coming 2014 campaign as a rebuilding year. If one thought that way, one would be wrong. "I'm pleasantly surprised," Stralser said Monday after...
The Medical Lake Dollars for Scholars foundation was founded in 2001. Through donations from several local organizations and businesses, they have raised over $90,000 for their Permanent Endowment Fund and awarded $413,000 in scholarship money....
We live in a nation rich with energy resources. Just look to our own backyard — the hydroelectric dams on the Snake and Columbia River systems fuel the Pacific Northwest with some of the cleanest and most affordable electricity around. But today, we see a world ripe with complex relationships entangled by the Obama administration’s own resistance to develop American-made energy. With recent events in Ukraine, it is clear that now, more than ever, America must look to become the world’s energy leader. Oil and gas trade make...
I’ve been enjoying the new version of the popular 1980s series “Cosmos.” It’s wonderful to watch a science show that presents discovery and provides historical context at the same time, keeping things in perspective. Science’s advances and discoveries impact us each day, each hour and each second of our lives. They cannot be ignored. It’s also nice to watch a science show that actually attempts to explain science. Not what science has revealed, but the process it went through to reveal it. That was one of the things I appreci...
There are going to be several changes happening throughout the West Plains in the next several years and one of them revolves around the matter of solid waste. The city of Spokane has transferred control of the regional solid waste system and transfer stations to Spokane County, who will take the reins starting in November. The county wants to get into the business of solid waste because as the regional government, they feel qualified to run it, and they sent out requests for proposals (RFP) for businesses to oversee the...
Friends of Turnbull Fundraiser Friends of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting their Eighth Annual Dinner and Auction. This event is the group’s primary fundraising event and will be hosted at the Wren Pierson Community Center March 29. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the silent auction and music. The Bistro at Williams Lake will provide dinner at 6:30 p.m. with a live auction to follow. Tickets are $35, and childcare can be provided for $9 per child (ages 0-10 years) when registered with Cheney Parks and R...
