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Eastern Washington scored a 3-1 Big Sky Conference volleyball victory over Montana State Sept. 24 in Bozeman that gave them a sweep of opening-week play. The Eagles opened with a similar 3-1 victory Sept. 22 in Missoula and the weekend effort left them with a 7-4 overall record. “I’m really proud of how we are growing in the right areas,” head coach Michael King said. The Eagles head into their first home matches, over a month into the season, tonight versus Northern Colorado and Friday against North Dakota. Both start at 6...
He has the stadium named after him. Now Michael Roos will have another place of permanence at Eastern Washington University when he is inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the Eagles’ football game Saturday, Oct. 1 with the University of California at Davis. The Eagles enter their game against the 1-3 Aggies on a roll, having improved to 3-1 (1-0 in Big Sky) following a 50-35 victory last Saturday over Big Sky Conference preseason favorite, Northern Ariz...
What else could be expected when the teams that many thought would battle it out for the Big Sky Conference soccer championship met for the only time this season? How about play overtime and have your go-to player deliver big? That was the case last Sunday, Sept. 25, when Eastern Washington and the University of Idaho met on the EWU soccer field and the Eagles came away with a 2-1 overtime win with Chloe Williams scoring the deciding goal. Coupled with a 3-0 victory Friday...
Sarah Reiter earns Big Sky athlete award for cross country Eastern Washington University senior Sarah Reiter added another Big Sky Conference Athlete of the Week award to her shelf as she was given the honor for the second time this season, the league office announced Sept. 27. This past weekend, Reiter was the top Big Sky finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota, taking seventh place. She ran the 6,000-meter course in a time of 22 minutes, 1.3 seconds, averaging 5:55 minutes per mile. She competed in a field of...
Not much is going right for the Medical Lake Cardinals on the football field who saw their season record sink to 0-4 overall, 0-3 in Northeast A League play, suffering a second consecutive shutout, 50-0 at Newport last Friday. “We played a team we could have beat and didn’t compete,” head coach Mo Owen said in the wake of a second straight shutout. “I don’t know what to tell you at this point.” Grizzlies’ quarterback Koa Pancho rushed for a game-high 127 yards on just six c...
Medical Lake High School will induct the ninth class into its Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies that take place both at Friday’s football game with Riverside, and at a banquet Saturday, Oct. 1 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church. New in 2016 are Alan Scott Gilbreth, class of 1964, Jim Dicus, a 1971 graduate and 1986 grad, Troy Clute. Gilbreth was a three-year letterman in football, basketball and baseball. He played on the 1964 Cardinal basketball team that played in the sta...
Medical Lake volleyball suffered through a winless week in Northeast A League play dropping 3-0 decisions to Deer Park and Chewelah. The Cardinals (0-6 NEA, 0-7 overall) lost at home to the Stags 11-25, 16-25, 17-25, who improved to 4-2 in both league and overall play. “This was the best team effort I have seen all season,” Medical Lake head coach Todd Harr said. “The girls fought hard for every point and although we were not able to win any games, the girls’ attitude and effo...
Medical Lake’s cross country teams took on the cream of the crop last Saturday, Sept. 24 in the Nike Pre-Nationals at Portland Meadows Race track and came away with big finishes. The Cardinals boys collected the team championship in Division 2. The girls were fifth in Division 3 in an event that attracted some 4,700 runners. “It was amazing,” head coach Gene Blankenship said. The boys topped Valley Catholic from Beaverton, Ore, 178-184. The girls trailed champion Beave...
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Friday, Sept. 30, EWU at Washington Invitational, Seattle. Friday, Sept. 30, EWU at Missoula Invitational, Missoula, Mont. Saturday, Oct. 1, EWU at Sacramento State Capital Cross Challenge,Sacramento, Calif. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Oct. 1, EWU hosts UC Davis 1:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, EWU hosts Northern Colorado 1:05 p.m. COLLEGE SOCCER Friday, Sept. 30, EWU at Portland State 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, EWU at Sacramento State 12 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, EWU hosts Weber State, noon. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Thursda...
Cheney High’s cross country teams began their Great Northern League schedules on a positive note by knocking off squads from Clarkston at a dual meet last Wednesday, Sept. 21. The Bantams only fielded two runners in the girls race so no complete scoring was recorded. Cheney head coach Derek Slaughter said this allowed the Blackhawks to rest several varsity runners battling some injuries and illnesses. Jolene Whiteley led the field with a top time of 21 minutes, 49.02 seconds. She was followed by Jessica Vietzke in second (...
The Cheney High girls’ soccer team wrapped up the first half of its regular season with a 3-0 shutout over Idaho’s Lakeland (Sept. 20) and a 1-0 loss to Great Northern League rival East Valley. The loss puts the Lady Blackhawks (3-1 GNL, 9 points, 7-1 overall) in second place in the league standings behind the Knights (4-0, 12 points, 5-2). However, Cheney is in a different — and better — position than at this time last year, when they had only one victory under their belt and were winless in GNL play. “To be 7-1 at this p...
The hand shake — not to be confused with a good firm, friendly handshake — was evident one day at lunch about 15 years ago. This was a barely noticeable shaking, but one that made me wonder, was something wrong? And sure enough, what I observed was the early stages of Parkinson’s Disease. It’s an affliction that dogged Don Wilbur for years since and finally led to his death on Sept. 17 at Hospice House in Spokane at age 76. Some may recall that prior to coming to Cheney...
The Cheney High volleyball team returned in full force this past week with 3-0 sweeps over Greater Spokane League's Rogers, Sept. 20, and Great Northern League rival East Valley the next day. In their match against Rogers (25-21, 25-18 and 25-11), setter Peyton Stark, who had been out of action with an ankle injury, returned to the court and led the match with 22 assists and seven aces. "It was nice to have the full team back this week," head coach Heather Zorrozua said. "The...
The Cheney High football team wrapped up their nonleague schedule last Friday with a 28-14 win over 4A Columbia Basin Big Nine League’s Eisenhower, of Yakima. Head coach Bobby Byrd said he was proud of how his team responded and performed one week after Cheney’s 21-0 loss to Post Falls. “The kids did everything we asked them to do,” Byrd said. “It was nice to get after a bigger and tougher opponent and come out with a ‘W.’” Andrew Witt got things going for the Blackhawks with an interception with 5:25 left in the second quar...
Maybe the magic with Medical Lake's soccer team, besides Makayla Geiger, is playing with a short roster? While head coach Zane Higgins might not want to have that as his strategy on a regular basis, he will certainly take the results it provided last week. The Cardinals won a crucial Northeast A League contest over Deer Park, 1-0, Sept. 20 and followed that with a nonleague win the following day, 7-4 over 2B Northwest Christian. In the process the Cardinals (4-1 NEA, 5-3 overa...
The HEART (Happy Equine Acres Rescue & Therapy) Rescue Horse Drill team traveled with 12 horses south to Sacramento, Calif., last week to ride and compete at Cowboy Dressage World Finals. While there, Relational Riding Academy students Rose Ruotsalainen and Mary Hartmeier rode their horses Spindoll and HEART rescue horse Binga to world finals awards. Throughout the four-day competition, 11-year-old Ruotsalainen consistently outperformed other junior riders to bring home the...
In 1903, Albert A. Ames opened a photography studio in Cheney. The A.A. Ames Studio served Cheney for 16 years. The museum collection includes a number of early town, school and family portraits (above) taken by Ames. Learn more about our area's history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Former Homecoming queen to crown 2016 winner Fans and followers, and the rest of the community, of the Cheney High School Blackhawks are invited to this Friday night’s Homecoming football game for a special treat. Former Cheney High Homecoming queen Katie (McKeehan) Van Blokland will be on hand to crown this year’s queen during halftime of the game between the Blackhawks and East Valley Knights. Van Blokland was Homecoming queen in 1966 and is flying in especially for the occasion. Miss Cheney Rodeo 2017 sought for 50th anniv...
1 Years Ago Sept. 28, 2006 Medical Lake’s comprehensive plan was amended, passing by all but one member of the City Council, for a zone change to a 5-acre, light industrial-zoned parcel located in Fox Ridge that will add more housing to the subdivision. Cheney’s Justin Hale connected on a 53-yard field goal at Post Falls on Sept. 15, resulting in The Seattle Times contacting him for his efforts for not only the long field goal, but also going 3 for 3 in field goals against the Trojans. As a result, Hale was named the Was...
