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The Eastern Washington women’s basketball team bid farewell to Reese Court until after the New Year following a Dec. 17 contest against the University of Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference. The Eagles, 4-4 prior to Wednesday, split a pair of games last week — winning 69-39 over St. Martin’s Dec. 12 at Reese Court before losing at Boise State 90-72 Dec. 14 — will travel to Gainesville, Fla. and compete in the University of Florida‘s Gator Classic, Dec. 21-22, opening...
FOOTBALL FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal Games Friday, December 12, 2014 (1) New Hampshire 35, (8) Chattanooga 30 Saturday, December 13, 2014 (2) at North Dakota St. 39, (7) Coastal Carolina 32 Sam Houston St. 34, (6) Villanova 31 (5) Illinois State 59, 4) Eastern Wash. 46 Semifinal Games Friday, December 19, 2014 Sam Houston St. at (2) North Dakota St. Saturday, December 20, 2014 (5) Illinois State at (1) New Hampshire BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL Great Northern League Boys Team W L W L Clarkston 0 0 5 0 East Valley 0 0 3 1 Pullman 0 0...
The odds and statistics just didn’t play out. Two members of the No. 17-ranked Washington Huskies who had 3-point shooting statistics that were routine to non-extant at best nailed long-range shots to rally the home team to an 81-77 nonconference men’s basketball victory over Eastern Washington last Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena. Nigel Williams-Goss, a 27.6 percent 3-point shooter connected on his second such basket of the game with 1 minute, 16 seconds to play giving the...
Medical Lake got stellar performances on different nights from two of its veteran team leaders and emerged from their week’s work with a 2-0 record with both games on the road. Last Tuesday, Dec. 9, the Cardinal boys earned a 68-52 nonleague win over Lind-Ritzville/Sprague and a 73-64 Northeast A League win Friday, Dec. 12, at Freeman. Medical Lake (1-0 Northeast A, 2-1 overall) used 26 points from Tellas Johnson, plus double-figure scoring from Jaelon Stith (15 points), D...
Newcomer Storm Fissette, a transfer from Rogers High in Spokane, earned Medical Lake’s lone victory at 220 pounds in the Cardinals’ 78-6 Northeast A League wrestling loss to Freeman, Thursday, Dec. 11. Fissette took 2 minutes, 53 seconds to top his Freeman opponent. On the evening, Freeman earned pins in seven weight categories. Medical Lake participated in the West Valley Tournament Dec. 13 where Ian O’Brien earned pins against Shadle and Lakeside, both at 285 pounds. Trist...
For new Medical Lake girls’ basketball head coach Kyle Lundberg, his milestone initial high school victory could not come soon enough. He had to wait three games into his career but got that memorable “W” last Friday, 39-35 at Freeman in the Northeast A League opener. It completed a 1-1 week for the Cardinals (1-2) who dropped a nonleague contest to Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, 75-43, Tuesday, Dec. 9. “It was a great win,” Lundberg said. And it was made even more special....
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Friday, Dec. 19, EWU at California, Berkeley. Monday, Dec. 22, EWU hosts Lewis-Clark State, 6:05 p.m. Women Sunday, Dec. 21, EWU vs. Georgia Southern at Gainesville, Fla. at Gator Holiday Classic, 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 22, EWU vs. TBD at Gainesville, Fla. Gator Holiday Classic. Time TBD. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Boys Thursday, Dec. 18, Cheney at Clarkston, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, Medical Lake hosts Deer Park, 5:45 p.m. Monday, Dec.... Full story
The Cheney Blackhawks boys’ swimming team began their season, Dec. 11 with a 129-53 loss against 4A Moses Lake. Despite losing in team points, several Cheney swimmers took the top three spots at the meet. Junior Scott Nadeau qualified for state and finished second in both the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes and 6.30 seconds) and 500 freestyle (5:09.81). Sophomore Trevor Babcock took first in the 100 backstroke (1:02.57). He also placed second in the 200 freestyle. Junior Brock Jongeward took third in the 300 freestyle a...
The Cheney Lady Blackhawks girls’ basketball team ran their non-league, pre-season record to 2-3 with a split of hard court action last week. The girls had little trouble knocking off former Great Northern League opponent Deer Park on the road Tuesday, Dec. 9, 59-17, but struggled with consistency in a 58-26 loss at Idaho 3A Timberlake Friday, Dec. 12. Second-year head coach Shannon Root said the Lady Blackhawks played a good game against the 0-5 Stags, now members of the Northeast A League. Cheney played as a unit and m...
What was supposed to be a busy week for the Cheney High wrestling team turned into a short one. The Blackhawks were scheduled to face Colville, Dec. 9, in a nonleague dual match and then compete in the Inland Empire Classic tournament, Dec. 12-13, at Central Valley High School. According to head coach Brad Rasmussen, Colville’s athletics director called Jim Missel, assistant principal for athletics at Cheney High School and canceled the dual. As for the Inland Empire Classic, Rasmussen said several of the wrestlers were t...
After the first five games of the 2013-2014 season, the Cheney High boys basketball team was still looking for its second win. One year later, things are different for the 3-2 Blackhawks. “Realistically, we’re about a quarter and a half from being 5-0,” second-year head coach Chris Dunn said Sunday evening. Cheney put together a two-game winning streak last week with road victories over former Great Northern League foe Deer Park and Timberlake High School of Idaho 3A classification’s Intermountain League. The Blackha...
Despite missing a significant percent of his season due to injury, Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams still impressed Walter Payton Award voters. Just not quite enough, however, as for the second consecutive year Adams wound up as the runner-up for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision's top offensive player, this time to Villanova's John Robertson in a ceremony Dec. 15 in Philadelphia. "I wasn't surprised because I missed those four games, but it is just an...
Right from the start, something didn't look right last Saturday at Roos Field. Sitting in our season ticket seats for the Eastern Washington - Illinois State FCS quarterfinal playoff game, I felt something seemed a little out of whack, askew and even funky - not Earth, Wind and Fire funky - as the Eagles took the field. There didn't seem to be the same intensity and fire I have grown accustomed to seeing. Not that it was physically evident. Players were sprinting out of the...
Eastern Washington's latest journey to Frisco, Texas, was put off yet another year. Behind the punishing and virtually unstoppable running game of Marshaun Coprich who rushed for 258 yards, the carefully executed passing game of Tre Roberson and a decided 3-0 win in the turnover battle, the Illinois State Redbirds scored a 59-46 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoff win over the Eagles (11-3) last Saturday at Roos Field. And the score was not at all as close as the...
Peggy June Sims passed away Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 while under the loving care of hospice with family and friends around her. She was born March 5, 1944 in Sedro Woolley, Wash. to Walter and Amelia Sims. Peggy was raised on family farms located in the Cheney and the West Plains area. She attended school first in Cheney and later graduated from Reardan High School. Peggy attended Eastern Washington University, receiving her bachelor's of arts degree. Peggy remained in Spokane whe... Full story
Carol L. (Wittig) Gross passed away Nov. 17, 2014 in Cheney at the age of 95. Mrs. Gross was born July 10, 1919 in Mansfield, Wash.,to Frederick and Grace (Short) Wittig, and was a graduate of Mansfield High School, class of 1937. She is survived by her daughters; Carolyn Eggett, Patricia (Danny) Murphy, Mary (William) Fritz, Janet (Gary) Koegler and Christine (Gene) LaDouceur, plus seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, Arthur Bechtol and Willard Gross;... Full story
When I was 4 years old I knew exactly what I wanted for Christmas and it was not a doll. I wanted my daddy to buy me a train. It would have a red engine and my little dolls would ride in the boxcars where they would see all the sights. My mother tried to discourage the idea about a train. She said, “Stop that silly nonsense.” We were in the living room at home and since I had become good at arguing, mother and I were having a time of it. My sister, Jeannie, at the age of 5, suddenly poked her head in the door, skipped ove...
Cheney Community Church We welcome you to worship with us during the Advent season this coming Sunday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m. The Children’s Christmas program will be presented. Everyone is excited to tell the story of Jesus’ first advent through drama and music. Nursery care is provided each week during the worship time. The Youth in Action group for middle school and high school youth meets each Sunday at 8:55 a.m. There is a prayer time for adults at 9 a.m. The Primetimers group (55-plus) will gather at the church, Fri...
