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  • Eastern rallies - again - past Nicholls State

    PAUL DELANEY|Updated Dec 7, 2018

    Dylan Ledbetter's finger popped the filling balloon of Nicholls State last Saturday and the air gushed out of the Colonels. With his team trailing 14-3 and hoping not to be further behind as the first half came to a close, Ledbetter got his hand -perhaps just a finger - on an attempted 37-yard field goal by Lorran Fonseca. Whatever, it was just enough to send the ball caroming onto the red turf where it was first bobbled by Nzuzi Webster and finally scooped up by Kedrick...

  • Eastern rallies - again - past Nicholls State

    PAUL DELANEY|Updated Dec 7, 2018

    Dylan Ledbetter's finger popped the filling balloon of Nicholls State last Saturday and the air gushed out of the Colonels. With his team trailing 14-3 and hoping not to be further behind as the first half came to a close, Ledbetter got his hand -perhaps just a finger - on an attempted 37-yard field goal by Lorran Fonseca. Whatever, it was just enough to send the ball caroming onto the red turf where it was first bobbled by Nzuzi Webster and finally scooped up by Kedrick...

  • Eastern rallies - again - past Nicholls State

    PAUL DELANEY|Updated Dec 7, 2018

    Dylan Ledbetter's finger popped the filling balloon of Nicholls State last Saturday and the air gushed out of the Colonels. With his team trailing 14-3 and hoping not to be further behind as the first half came to a close, Ledbetter got his hand -perhaps just a finger - on an attempted 37-yard field goal by Lorran Fonseca. Whatever, it was just enough to send the ball caroming onto the red turf where it was first bobbled by Nzuzi Webster and finally scooped up by Kedrick...

  • Not missing a beat

    PAUL DELANEY|Updated Dec 7, 2018

    For a team that lost their top two scorers from a year ago, it certainly did not show for the Medical Lake girls basketball team. The Cardinals raced by the 2B Liberty Lancers 47-34 at home on Friday, Nov. 30, and then traveled to Okanogan the following afternoon where they crushed the Caribou Trail 1A Bulldogs 63-30....

  • Solid start

    PAUL DELANEY|Updated Dec 7, 2018

    Speed got the better of size, and nothing seemed to make up for "bus legs" for the Medical Lake boys who earned a split in their opening weekend of nonleague basketball play. The Cardinals opened play at home Friday, Nov. 30, earning a 73-65 win over the perennial 2B powers, Liberty Lancers. Saturday was a 150-mile one-way bumpy bus ride to face Okanogan, losing to the 1A Bulldogs from the Caribou Trail league, 76-68....

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  • EWU's Jim Townsend on ballot for Piesman Trophy

    Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Little did Jim Townsend know that his 62-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Cal Poly in September would be up for an award in December. The Eastern Washington University junior defensive end out of Okanogan, Wash. High School is one of 18 finalists nationally for the Piesman Trophy (rhymes with Heisman), an annual award given by SB Nation to a “lineman who does something special with the ball in his hands.” Fans may vote for up to five of the finalists at: www...

  • Medical Lake boys split with Liberty, Okanogan

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Speed got the better of size, and nothing seemed to make up for “bus legs” for the Medical Lake boys who earned a split in their opening weekend of nonleague basketball play. The Cardinals opened play at home Friday, Nov. 30, earning a 73-65 win over the perennial 2B powers, Liberty Lancers. Saturday was a 150-mile one-way bumpy bus ride to face Okanogan, losing to the 1A Bulldogs from the Caribou Trail league, 76-68. “That Liberty team is just big, 6-8, 6-6, it was hard for o...

  • Cardinal girls charge hard out of starting gate

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    For a team that lost their top two scorers from a year ago, it certainly did not show for the Medical Lake girls basketball team. The Cardinals raced by the 2B Liberty Lancers 47-34 at home on Friday, Nov. 30, and then traveled to Okanogan the following afternoon where they crushed the Caribou Trail 1A Bulldogs 63-30. Medical Lake not only lost senior and second leading scorer Makayla Geiger to graduation but Jayda Nobel, now a junior, transferred to Mt. Spokane from the 23-1...

  • Sports Week

    Updated Dec 6, 2018

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Saturday, Dec. 8, EWU at North Dakota State, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, EWU at Univ. of San Francisco, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, EWU at Stanford, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, EWU hosts South Dakota State, 6:05 p.m. Women Friday, Dec. 7, EWU at Boise State, times TBD. Friday, Dec. 14, EWU vs. Oregon State at Maui Classic, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, EWU vs. UC-Riverside at Maui Classic, 2:30 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL...

  • Lady Blackhawks trounce Rogers

    John McCallum, Managing Editor|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Cheney High School’s girls basketball game with visiting Rogers of the Greater Spokane League was close for a while — until the jump ball to start the non-league contest took place. The Lady Blackhawks shutout the Pirates 27-0 in the first quarter, and again in the fourth period, 10-0, to cruise to a lopsided 75-8 win in their season opener last Tuesday. All nine varsity players got into the scorebook, with junior Maggie Smith and sophomore Emma Evans leading the way with 16 points each. No other information was ava...

  • Blackhawks turnovers lead to opening loss to Rogers

    John McCallum, Managing Editor|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Cheney commits 17 miscues in 64-54 non-league setback Fueled by the 3-point shooting of senior forward Gavyn Betholf, the visiting Rogers Pirates used a 16-8 second quarter run to open a 36-21 halftime margin en route to sending Cheney High School to a 64-54 defeat in the Blackhawks season opener last Wednesday. For Blackhawks third-year head coach Gregg Smith, the tale of the tape wasn’t in shooting, but in ball control. Specifically, 17 Cheney turnovers that came at inopportune times, although a stat one might expect in a...

  • Seattle completes long, strange trip to National Hockey League

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Know who the first U.S.-based team was to win hockey’s coveted Stanley Cup? New York, Boston, Chicago or Detroit? Nope! The Seattle Metropolitans captured the “Cup” over 100 years ago at the culmination of the 1916-17 season, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1 in a series played entirely in Seattle. And two years later the “Mets” hosted Cup play again, only to have the worldwide flu pandemic cancel play. The National Hockey League board of governors met on Dec. 4...

  • Cheney wrestlers kick off season with big win over Deer Park

    SHANNEN TALBOT, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    The Cheney High School varsity wrestling team racked up its first win of the season on Friday, Nov. 30, edging out Deer Park 31-30 in non-league action for the first time in several years. The Blackhawks came out on top in about half the weight classes, taking the lead in the 106-pound and 170-pound classes due to forfeit. Cheney sophomore Luke Ruby defeated his Deer Park opponent by major decision 14-4, at 126 pounds. Sophomore Dylan Straley kept the Blackhawk’s momentum going, winning his match by decision 3-1 at 145 pounds...

  • Big Sky co-champs meet again in FCS quarterfinals

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Used to be that the Football Championship Subdivision playoff committee sent all kinds of teams to Cheney that you had to Google to know where they were from. Southeast Missouri, Wagner and Jacksonville State come to mind. Now, in an effort to cut costs, they bracket as many teams as possible by geography. Thus, next up for Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals is UC Davis who wound up in a three-way tie for the 2018 Big Sky title. “We won’t take anything for granted and...

  • Eastern rallies - again - past Nicholls State

    PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Dylan Ledbetter’s finger popped the filling balloon of Nicholls State last Saturday and the air gushed out of the Colonels. With his team trailing 14-3 and hoping not to be further behind as the first half came to a close, Ledbetter got his hand —perhaps just a finger — on an attempted 37-yard field goal by Lorran Fonseca. Whatever, it was just enough to send the ball caroming onto the red turf where it was first bobbled by Nzuzi Webster and finally scooped up by Kedri...

  • Reading dedication

    Lori Brown|Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Cheney-area resident Lorraine McMillan will be 91 on Feb 3, and according to her granddaughter Lori Brown still really enjoys reading the Cheney Free Press. “She has lived her entire life here on Granite Lake Road,” Brown said in submitting the photo. “She is still very busy and happy, and full of zest....

  • West Plains Police News

    Updated Dec 6, 2018

    CHENEY Nov. 26 Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 700 block of West First Street. Coin boxes in an apartment complex’s laundry room were damaged. Nov. 27 Anthony J. King, 23, was arrested on the 1000 block of Betz Road for second-degree rape. Investigation is continuing. Third-degree theft was reported on the 2300 block of University Lane. Tools and several cellphones were taken from a vehicle. A collision between a vehicle and another parked vehicle was reported on the 900 block of Second Street. Police s...

  • What's happening on the West Plains

    Updated Dec 6, 2018

    Cheney • Dec. 7, StageWest Theatre presents “It’s a Wonderful Life”, 639 Elm Street, $12, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. • Dec. 7, “A Carol for Tiny Tim,”Cheney High School, $10, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. • Dec. 7, Picture with Santa and Toy, Nazarene Church, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. • Dec. 8, EWU Football Quarterfinal 2018, Roo’s Field, 1 p.m. • Dec. 8, Holiday Craft and Vendor Show, Cheney High School, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Dec. 9, Holiday Craft and Vendor Show, Cheney High School, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Dec. 12, Disability Support Services Informational Session, E...