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A small fire at Eastern Washington University knocked out phone communications to the Cheney Police Department and other city departments and services early Monday evening, Aug. 31. Police Chief John Hensley said a contractor was cutting concrete in a utility tunnel on Eastern's campus when flying sparks ignited a small fire. The fire burned through insulation in communications wiring in the tunnel and severed the fiber optic cable serving the city. Cheney Police are currently in contact with the Spokane County Sheriff's...
After an impressive weekend between the pipes, junior goalkeeper Mallory Taylor has been named the Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday, Aug. 25. Taylor, a transfer from Hastings College, made her Eastern debut this past weekend as the Eagles opened their 2015 campaign with back-to-back 2-1 victories at UTEP and New Mexico State. The Nova Scotia native made six saves against the Miners last Friday, Aug. 21, before stopping seven shots versus the Aggies on Sunday, Aug. 23....
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE FOOTBALL EWU practice Thursday, Aug. 27 – 9:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28 – 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 – Scrimmage, approximately 9:45 a.m., Roos Field. Sunday, Aug. 30 – Off. Monday, Aug. 31, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 4 p.m. Regular Season Saturday, Sept. 5 – EWU at Oregon, 5 p.m. COLLEGE SOCCER Friday, Aug. 28, EWU hosts Cal State Bakersfield, 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, EWU vs. UC Da...
Off to its best start in school history, the Eastern Washington University soccer team will play its first home game of the 2015 regular season this Friday, Aug. 28, against California State-Bakersfield at 4 p.m. The Eagles earned a pair of road wins, 2-1 over the University of Texas El Paso, Aug. 21 and in double overtime, 2-1 against New Mexico State, Aug. 23. In the opener against UTEP, Eastern got goals from sophomore Chloe Williams in the 33rd minute and the winner from freshman Devan Talley in the 81st minute. “We used...
It wasn't the kind of second year back in Cheney Wade Benson envisioned. A diagnosis of throat cancer can tend to change one's focus in life a great deal. Fresh from a season off the bench - but hardly away from the game - Benson is healthy and raring to get things started as he's back in charge of his Eastern Washington University volleyball team. The Eagles begin play this weekend at the Molten Classic in Berkley, Calif. where they face Seattle University Friday, Aug. 28,...
Eastern Washington's first football scrimmage of fall camp last Saturday seemed to bring out the best on both sides of the ball. On offense the Eagles racked up 329 yards through the air, but the defense surrendered just 361 yards of total offense, allowing a net 32 yards on the ground in 33 rushing plays. "I thought there were plays being made on both sides of the ball," Eagle head coach Beau Baldwin said. Most notable on the offensive side was the effort of redshirt...
A trip to the Lone Star State and tilts against six teams that appeared in last year’s NCAA Championship highlight the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball 2015-16 schedule, as announced by head coach Wendy Schuller on Aug. 18. EWU’s 2015-16 slate boasts nine contests against programs that won at least 20 games a season ago, and four meetings versus teams that claimed their respective conference’s regular season title last year. Schuller, who is entering her 15th season on the sideline in Cheney, has never b...
Eastern Washington’s first football scrimmage of fall camp last Saturday seemed to bring out the best on both sides of the ball. On offense the Eagles racked up 329 yards through the air, but the defense surrendered just 361 yards of total offense, allowing a net 32 yards on the ground in 33 rushing plays. “I thought there were plays being made on both sides of the ball,” Eagle head coach Beau Baldwin said. Most notable on the offensive side was the effort of redshirt freshman wide receiver Simba Webster whose 55-yard touch...
Never in recent local auto racing history has such a crop of young local up-and-coming talent existed. And the group of three drivers — Medical Lake’s Braeden Havens, 21, Newman Lake’s Blake Williams, 20, and hopefully Nicole Behar, an 18-year-old out of Otis Orchards — will converge on the half-mile oval at Spokane County Raceway Saturday night, Aug. 29 and mix it up with some of the the best drivers in the Northwest in the Tri-Track super late model I-90 Challenge. Gates o...
Stephen C. Hiatt, 50, passed away in his sleep on Aug. 19, 2015 at his home in Medical Lake. He was born Jan. 30, 1965 in Stuttgart, Ark. He attended Hernando High School and enlisted in the Air Force in 1994. Stephen served 10 years in the Air Force and worked as a long haul truck driver for 17. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and NASCAR. Stephen is survived by his wife, Carolyn Hiatt; children, Cassandra, Katie and Carl his mother, Kathleen Hiatt; sisters, Debbie Hignite and... Full story
Rosemary Schafer Thomas, age 85, Medical Lake, Wash., passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015 at her home. She was born on March 9, 1930, in Medical Lake, the daughter of the late John Schafer and Stella Croswell Schafer. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her sisters: Alice Hughes and Ethel Phillips, son in-law Harold Miracle and granddaughter Jaclyn Thomas. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Hubert Thomas; daughters Diana (Ted) Dewey of Reardan, Wash.;... Full story
