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It may not count in the conference standings, but Sept. 19 will be an intriguing day in the Big Sky Conference football race. Eastern Washington University and Montana State are the split-vote favorites to win the conference title in 2015, and will play each other in a non-conference game at Roos Field on Sept. 19. The three-time defending conference champion Eagles were selected to win the conference title by the media, while the conference’s head coaches picked Montana State. The picks were released July 20 at the Big S...
Four Eastern Washington University football players – led by offensive MVP Cooper Kupp – have been selected to the 2015 Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference Team, announced July 19 by the conference. Kupp, a consensus All-American his first two seasons in the program, was named to the team and as the offensive MVP. He was EWU’s player representative at the Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff in Park City, Utah, with head coach Beau Baldwin also attending. Senior offensive guard Aaron Neary, senior offensive tackl...
During Medical Lake's 2015 Tennis-A-Thon July 15-16, a special doubles match took place between members of the Medical Lake School District and local government officials. Pictured above are Cardinal athletics director Chris Spring, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, Medical Lake Superintendent of Schools Tim Ames and Medical Lake Mayor John Higgins. "Tim and I won by a nose," reported Spring. The event raised several thousand dollars for local chariti...
Although it doesn’t lead to the most exciting evenings, I can’t pass up a chance to watch free mixed martial arts or boxing events. Last weekend, UFC featured a Titan Fighting Championships event on its Fight Pass network. The card — which lasted a good five-and-a half hours — featured 12 bouts, four of those title matches. One of the better fights featured Tim Elliott, a former UFC fighter, who broke a two-fight skid to win the vacant Titan FC flyweight championship. The post-fight celebration wasn’t anything I hadn’t se...
In the end and despite a number of high points, the Spokane Blue Devils AAA American Legion baseball team will consider their 2015 season one where they just might have underachieved. The Blue Devils season came to an end in the playoffs for the Spokane league losing 14-5 to the Northstars, beating the N.E. 49ers 10-0 in a July 13 doubleheader but being eliminated 10-0 by the Cannons July 14 in the double-elimination tournament. “I’m sure everyone would say this. We all had...
The Cheney Summerhawks 17U baseball team returned to its home field last week with a 12-11 win over Cashmere, July 14, in a game that went into extra innings, followed by a 20-7 loss to Northwest Premier, July 15. Cheney was set to play Omak, July 16, however the game was never officially scheduled. The Summerhawks’ offense struggled against Cashmere early in the game. After being down 9-1 in the fifth inning, Cheney got their bats going to score two runs. “Cashmere is a good fundamental team, they’re very respe...
Five years after winning the award for the first time, Eastern Washington University has again won the Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup presented by Red Lion Hotels for the 2014-15 school year, the league office announced July 19. The Eagles won a tiebreaker over runner-up Montana State, while two-time defending champion Northern Arizona was third. The Presidents’ Cup is unique in collegiate athletics in that it honors the dedication to the academic side of the student-athlete experience. Overall athletic success is com...
Time has admittedly flown by for Eastern Washington University's athletic director Bill Chaves. Chaves recently passed his eight-year mark on the job and it's been a most memorable run punctuated by some of the biggest successes in the athletic history of the school. "We've had some really unique and tremendous things happen over the course of those eight years," Chaves said. "It's been rewarding; I'm excited to see what happens in the next eight years." That second eight...
After struggling in the beginning of their season, the Cheney Summerhawks 15U baseball team is on a hot streak. After losses against Northwest Premier, 6-3, July 14, and the Hurricanes, 10-7, July 15, Cheney swept the Red Storm in a two-day, three-game series, 14-0, July 16, and 11-1, 12-0, July 19, and notched a victory over the Joes, 9-1 on Monday. Cheney kept it a one-run ballgame until the fifth ining when Premier scored twice to ice the game. At the plate, Jacob Lauber...
Fifty years ago in 1965, the new Interstate 90 freeway bypassed Four Lakes, Cheney, and Tyler. The freeway was a mixed blessing. Businesses certainly felt the loss as fewer travelers came through town, and residents were attracted with easy access to stores in Spokane. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
