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CHENEY -- Eastern Washington University has announced it has partnered with the Spokane Regional Health District and the National Guard to hold a vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. -- 4 p.m. Monday, May 3, at the Pence Union Building's NCF. The clinic is open to everyone age 16 and older. The Health District will be providing the Pfizer vaccine to participants. Priority registration is available to EWU community members through Wednesday evening and participants must sign up in...
REPUBLIC — A former candidate for governor has announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives. Loren Culp, who was the Republican nominee running against incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee in the last election, will be running against 4th Congressional District Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside. Culp, 60, filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission April 21, allowing him to begin fundraising for the congressional bid. Read more about Culp's run for Congress i...
CHENEY — Blackhawks track and field head coach Derek Slaughter has always had confidence in the skills and abilities of his athletes and has never expressed apprehension about facing teams from larger schools. That includes Cheney’s first foray in its return to the Greater Spokane League as a 3A school. That took place April 16, with the Blackhawk boys edging 4A Gonzaga Prep 73-71 in action at Tom Oswald Field. While losing 94.5 – 46.5 to the Bullpups, Cheney’s young girls team was competitive despite missing a number...
CHENEY - After a productive 2020-21 six-game campaign, Eastern Washington University quarterback Eric Barriere is among the 16 finalists for the Stats Perform FCS Walter Payton Award, which is presented to the national offensive player of the year in college football's NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. Through six games this season, Barriere is ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in total offense (fourth, 387.3 per game), passing offense...
CHENEY April 12 Third-degree theft was reported on the zero hundred block of North 3rd Street. Packages were reported stolen from a porch. Second-degree assault was reported on the 900 block of 1st Street. Third-degree theft was reported on the 100 block of Oakland Street. A bicycle was reported stolen. Child abuse/neglect was reported on the 300 block of Holladay Drive. The sudden death of a 67-year-old male was reported on the 3200 block of Harvest Bluff Drive. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the zero...
IRVING, Texas — Four seniors from the 2020-21 Eastern Washington University football team have been recognized by The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) as members of the 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society. Eagles recognized include linebacker Jack Sendelbach, linebacker Ty Graham, defensive end Jusstis Warren and offensive center Conner Crist. Sendelbach and Warren are sixth-year seniors for the Eagles after graduating from Blanchet High school in Seattle and Lincoln High School respectively high schoo...
MEDICAL LAKE — Medical Lake’s boys’ and girls’ tennis teams both earned victories over Freeman April 17. The boys won 4-1 and girls 3-2 both at Freeman. While boys lost their No. 1 singles match as Tristan Francis was defeated 4-6, 2-6 by Freeman’s Ben Chadduck, the rest of the afternoon belonged to Medical Lake. “It was a tough match for Tristan, but he learned a lot,” head coach Brian Telez wrote in an email. “After the match we had a good chance to discuss new strategies...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Cheney High School’s men’s and women’s cross country teams wrapped up their first year as a 3A member of the revamped 4A/3A/2A Greater Spokane League with the Culminating Varsity Championships April 3 at Central Valley High School. The Blackhawk men finished seventh overall out of eight schools in 4A/3A with 172 points while the women were sixth out of eight with 156 points. Sophomore Samantha Habegger led Cheney with a 19th-place finish in 20 minutes, 50.60 seconds on the 5,000-meter course. Senior Marion...
MEDICAL LAKE — If last Saturday’s first meet is any indicator, the girls track and field season at Medical Lake could be fun — and successful. The Cardinal girls raced, threw and jumped its way to pair of impressive victories in an April 15 Northeast A League triple dual meet at home breezing past perennial power Deer Park 84-38 and then Colville 86-43. The Cardinal boys were beaten by Deer Park 65-53 and tied Colville 54-54. Mayah Eberhart swept top finishes in the 100 and 40...
CHENEY - Ty Graham returned to his hometown for days like this Saturday when his Eastern Washington football team takes on North Dakota State in Fargo during round one of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. But the former Idaho Vandal - and before that Cheney Blackhawk - will have to do his work not on the field at the Fargodome, but rather on the sidelines as an inspirational leader following a season-ending injury vs. his former team, the Vandals, on April 10....
CHENEY — No sooner has one sports season ended than a second has begun as Blackhawks traditional spring sports teams swung into action last week. Baseball The Blackhawks (0-2) are looking for their first win in their return to the Greater Spokane League as a 3A school — but then they haven’t played at home yet either, as of press time, April 20. Cheney dropped its first two games of the season, 10-7 at Ferris, April 15 and 9-3 at Lewis and Clark, April 16. Isaac Nesbitt led Ch...
MISSOULA, Mont. – The Eastern Washington University women’s tennis team clinched the Big Sky Conference North Division championship with a 5-2 match win over hosts University of Montana on April 18. With the win, the Eagles qualified for the conference tournament for the third-straight season and hold an undefeated conference record at 4-0 with an even 8-8 overall record. “What an incredible moment to experience with this team,” Eagles head coach Dustin Hinson said. “We had a lot of close matches and we had to come up big in...
CHENEY — The foe in Eastern Washington’s round one of the Football Championship Subdivision’s spring season tournament is quite familiar. Having to gather together all the gear for a road playoff game in the Fargodome on Saturday, April 24 against the North Dakota State Bison? Maybe only head coach Aaron Best has memories of the last time the Eagles played away from Roos Field in postseason? Not including championship games in 2010 and 2018, Eastern’s last 17 games in the pla...
