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On a day when most observers figured that Cooper Kupp would once again grab the headlines, as he deservedly does with regularity, Shaq Hill beat him to the ink. Where Kupp has ruled the record books almost since first donning No. 10 in 2013, Hill, a senior from Stockton, Calif. put himself into that conversation -albeit maybe only briefly - with his four touchdown catches that propelled Eastern Washington University to yet another come-from-behind win, 49-31 over Northern...
The Eastern Washington University volleyball team hit .287 on Saturday, Oct. 8, to pick up a 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-21) victory over Southern Utah in Big Sky Conference play, completing a sweep of their Homecoming week matches at Reese Court. The Eagles opened the weekend by stunning defending conference champion Northern Arizona Oct. 6, 3-1 on scores of 25-23, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21. In the opening contest against NAU, Eastern rode the momentum of Ashley Seiler and Ka’iulani Ahuna as each had a match-best 18 kills. Both had a d...
Gubrud, Hill are honored with awards Rewriting history at every turn, sophomore quarterback Gage Gubrud has been selected as the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week after helping guide the fourth-ranked Eastern Washington University football team to a 49-31 victory over Northern Colorado Oct. 8. Shaq Hill, the target of four of Gubrud’s touchdown passes, earned Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honors from College Sports Madness. The four TDs tied an EWU school record. Gubrud also received honorable mention f...
Another record is in the books for Eastern Washington’s Chloe Williams, as she took sole possession of the school’s all-time career goals record with a score in the 18th minute of a 3-0 shutout over visiting Weber State on Sunday, Oct. 9. Eastern improved to 10-1-2 (13 points) and 4-0-1 in the Big Sky Conference, while Weber State drops to 5-7-1 and 3-3 in the BSC. Eastern trails Idaho (5-1-0, 15 points). Eastern is now unbeaten in its last nine games with seven wins and a pair of ties. In the second half, Williams was onc...
Medical Lake was handed its fourth consecutive shutout loss getting blasted by Colville 62-0 last Friday, Oct. 7 night in a Northeast A League football game in Colville. It was the sixth loss in as many games this season for the Cardinals. Medical Lake (0-4 NEA, 0-6 overall) was held to a minus 2 yards of total offense and just one first down. “We didn’t play with any emotion or effort,” head coach Mo Owen said. “We just need to learn what it takes to compete.” After a s...
Medical Lake head soccer coach Zane Higgins insists that the Northeast A League is tough from top to bottom. And following last week’s split in league play, a 6-2 win at home over Newport, and a 3-2 shootout loss at Riverside, there’s plenty of evidence with which to back that up. “Every team in this league is tough and they were playing us tough in the first half,” Higgins said. In fact the Grizzlies, who reside in the basement of the Northeast A League (0-8, 0-9 overall), ma...
Medical Lake’s volleyball team remained winless following a pair of 3-0 straight-set losses to Newport and Riverside last week in Northeast A League play. In their 25-22, 25-8, 25-8 loss to Newport (5-5 NEA, 6-5 overall), the Cardinals showed some life in the first set, but wilted after that. “In practice, we have been working on starting fast and it showed in this match,” head coach Todd Harr said. “We came out firing and played well throughout the first set.” In the secon...
Medical Lake had the opportunity to make hay in the fading sunshine during last Wednesday’s Northeast A League cross country meet with a thin roster of runners from Newport. But not wanting to run all over an undermanned team, Cardinals’ head coach Gene Blankenship found this race to be the perfect time to offer both rewards and rest to some of his runners. The state’s No. 6 ranked 1A team, Medical Lake, still rolled to a 15-47 win in the boys’ race and the girls also earned...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Oct. 15, EWU at Inland NW Classic in Lewiston, Idaho COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Oct. 15, EWU bye, Saturday, Sept. 22, EWU at Montana State, 11 a.m. COLLEGE SOCCER Friday, Oct. 14, EWU at Southern Utah 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, EWU at Northern Arizona 12 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, EWU hosts Northern Colorado 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, EWU at North Dakota 1 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Thursday, Oct. 13, EWU at Idaho State,...
Airway Heights’ Chris Murphy claimed the top spot in Week 2 of the of the 2016 Cheney Free Press football contest, earning a $50 merchant’s gift certificate, missing two games. Robin Wiener, also from Airway Heights, was runner-up in a tiebreaker and won a $20 Owl Drug gift certificate as she also missed two games. Winners must come to the Free Press office at 1616 W. First St. in Cheney to pick up their prizes. Be sure to try to beat the Free Press experts by playing this week. See the entry form on page 4....
The Cheney Blackhawks football team had another rough week after their 10-6 Great Northern League loss to Clarkston, Oct. 7. Head coach Bobby Byrd described the game as a “great defensive battle” between the co-defending league champions on rainy night. “I’m proud of the way our defense played,” Byrd said. “Holding a team like Clarkston to 10 points (is not easy) and it really was two big plays that helped them.” After a scoreless first quarter, quarterback A.J. Davis got the Bantams on the scoreboard in the second frame...
Cheney High girls’ soccer coach Nels Radtke predicted that the Oct. 3 Great Northern League rematch between his team and West Valley would be different than the first encounter (Sept. 15) where they shutout the Eagles, 3-0 — and he was right. The Lady Blackhawks lost to West Valley at home, 3-2. “We just didn’t show up to play that day,” Radtke said. “From the start, we weren’t really in it. But I told the girls ‘it’s better to have this type of game in the regular season than in the playoffs when it counts.’ Hopefull...
Cheney High School's girls swimming team continued its success in the pool with three wins last week. The Blackhawks hit the road for wins over Prosser, 114-51, and Grandview, 101-41 at Prosser. Results were not available at press time. Cheney returned home to face Selah at Eastern Washington University's pool, winning all 11 events to down the Vikings 121-48 and extend their season record to 4-1. Makenzie Norman, Alexis Schmidt and Melissa Johnson led Cheney with two...
Cheney High's boys and girls cross country teams came up on the short end of the scoring last Wednesday against the visiting Pullman Greyhounds. The Blackhawk boys were edged 28-29 while the girls varsity fell 23-34, both teams experiencing their first loss in Great Northern League action. Drake Johnson led the boys, finishing first with a time of 17 minutes, 1.21 seconds. Freshman Bas Holland picked off several runners midway through the course at Eastern Washington...
The Cheney High volleyball team finally shook the monkey off their backs that is Great Northern League rival West Valley. The Blackhawks (6-1 GNL, 8-1 overall) defeated the Eagles, 3-1, Oct. 3, avenging a Sept. 15 loss and cementing the top spot in the league. They ended the week with a fourth-place finish in the silver bracket of the 23rd annual Linda Sheridan Volleyball Classic, Oct. 8. Cheney’s win over West Valley (25-23, 24-26, 25-22 and 25-19) did not come easy. After the Blackhawks won a close first set, they d...
StageWest Community Theatre had an interesting weekend of performances. First, the group’s current production of “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church” competed with Eastern Washington University’s Homecoming weekend, so consequently, Friday and Saturday night audiences were a little slim. On Sunday the audience got to see live theater in complete action as the stage lights went out during the first act and the cast and crew improvised to finish the act. Technicians could not fix the problem during...
Cheney United Methodist Church The Inland District Superintendent, the Rev. Gregg Sealey, will be preaching this Sunday. He will be preaching on the storms that come into our lives and how we as a church can face them through faith in Christ. There will also be a special communion service. Pastor Alissa Bertsch Johnson and associate pastor Pat Sleeth will assist with the service. At 9 a.m. there is a multi-age Sunday school class for children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. A grief support group is also available... Full story
County libraries closed Oct. 21 for training All Spokane County Library District facilities will be closed on Friday, Oct. 21, for an all-staff training. The library district’s online services remain available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Regular hours resume Saturday, Oct. 22. State archives to hold open house in Cheney The Eastern Regional Branch of the state archives is holding an open house on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The branch is located in Cheney at 960 Washington St. Staff will host tours of the...
Annis June Stevenson was born Jan. 5, 1936 in Kingston, Jamaica. She lived and worked in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where she met and later married James Stevenson. They were married 53 years until her passing on Sept. 17, 2016. They were stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base and years later settled in nearby Medical Lake. She worked at the Fairchild Bowling Lanes until her retirement and then worked at food services for Eastern Washington University. While at EWU, she... Full story
