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CHENEY Dec. 19 A rape was reported to the police station. The incident occurred in 1999. Dec. 20 A runaway juvenile was reported on the 100 block of West First Street. The female was picked up and returned to her home in the 16000 block of Lance Hill Road. Dec. 21 Third-degree theft was reported on the 300 block of A Street. A package of food was taken from a front porch. Dakota J. Cates, 20 was arrested for fourth-degree assault/domestic violence on the 300 block of J Street. Anthony C. Chicatelli, 39, was arrested on the...
One might say Youngstown State borrowed the pages of different teams in sending Eastern Washington down to yet another bitter defeat in the semifinal round of the Football Championship Subdivision Dec. 17 at frigid Roos Field. The Penguins' 40-38 victory on a 5-yard pass play - a one-handed catch by tight end Kevin Rader from quarterback Hunter Wells with one second left - put YSU in the title game Jan. 7 at Frisco, Texas against James Madison. This story tied among staff voti...
After four years of stellar performances, senior Sarah Reiter ended her career with the Eastern Washington University cross country team with a top-100 finish at the 2016 NCAA Division I Championships, Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Ind. Her efforts earned Reiter the nod as the No. 4 EWU sports story in 2016 staff voting. Reiter, a Renton, Wash., native, was the only individual from Eastern competing. She ran the 6,000-meter course in a time of 20 minutes, 46.6 seconds, placing 86th...
The man who has continued the building and architectural success of his predecessors, Beau Baldwin, is to remain on the job as Eastern Washington's head football coach for the foreseeable future. This story tied with EWU's playoff run as the No. 3 story among staff voting. While details had not yet been finalized, school and athletic department officials were in the process of offering Baldwin another five-year extension on his contract. Prior to Eastern's quarterfinal round g...
Eastern Washington’s womens’ basketball team will tip off Big Sky Conference play at home, Saturday, Dec. 31 versus the University of Idaho, hoping not only to start off league play with a win, but to end a three-game losing streak. The Eagles and Vandals tip-off is set for 2:05 p.m. at Reese Court. Eastern comes off a road trip to New Orleans, La. where they took part in the Tulane Classic, Dec. 21-22 where they lost the opener to the host Green Wave, 63-51 before falling in the consolation game to Drake University 93-...
The Eastern Washington University men's basketball team has done a splendid job to build their resume. Now they have to get the job done in the Big Sky Conference. The Eagles open league play this week at Idaho on Friday, Dec. 30 at 7:05 p.m. in what is expected to be another entertaining game in the rivalry between schools located less than 100 miles apart. The Eagles enter with an 8-5 record while Idaho is 5-6. Idaho returned to the Big Sky in the 2014-15 season, and five...
Medical Lake earned another Spirit Game victory over Cheney, 64-58 in overtime, which helped secure another win in the spirit competition between the two schools....
Medical Lake players, cheerleaders and fans celebrate following a 55-51 boy's basketball win over La Salle that sent the Cardinals to the 1A state tournament in Yakima for the first time since 2005 when they won the title. (Below): Medical Lake earned another Spirit Game victory over Cheney, 64-58 in overtime, which helped secure another win in the spirit competition between the two schools....
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Friday, Dec. 30, EWU at Idaho, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, EWU host Montana State, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, EWU hots Montana, 1:05 p.m. Women Saturday, Dec. 31, EWU hosts Idaho, 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, EWU at Montana State, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, EWU at Montana, 1:05 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Boys Thursday, Dec. 29, Cheney vs. Lake Roosevelt at West Valley H.S., 10:30 a.m. Medical Lake vs. St. George’s, at West Valley H.S. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, Cheney at Pullman, 7 p.m. Medical Lake hosts N...
BASKETBALL BOYS Great Northern League League Overall Team W L W L Clarkston 2 0 5 2 West Valley 2 1 5 4 Pullman 1 1 7 2 East Valley 1 2 5 5 Cheney 0 2 4 3 Northeast A League League Overall Team W L W L Freeman 3 0 7 0 Medical Lake 3 0 6 1 Newport 2 1 5 3 Lakeside, 9-Mile 2 1 3 4 Colville 1 2 3 4 Deer Park 1 2 2 5 Chewelah 0 3 3 4 Riverside 0 3 2 6 MEN Big Sky Conference School Conf All Hm Aw Stk Portland State 0-0 7-4 4-0 3-4 W4 East. Wash. 0-0 8-5 7-0 1-5 L3 North Dakota 0-0 5-5 3-1 1-3 L3 Idaho 0-0 5-6 4-1 1-5 L1 Weber...
The Cheney High wrestling team began Great Northern League competition with a 45-31 win against Pullman, Dec. 20. Two days later they had several wrestlers place in the Tri-County Tournament at Central Valley. Head coach Brad Rasmussen said the Pullman dual went “as we expected.” He noted standout performances from Andrew Rushing, who he said scored a “big pin for us,” as well as Josh Corean and Saul Bautista. “Pullman has been making strides in their program and we knew we were going to be in a battle,” Rasmussen said. “Our...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Braden Wirth led a group of Medical Lake wrestlers at the Tri County Tournament held Dec. 22 with a first place finish and an undefeated record of 5-0 at 160 pounds. Wirth won the championship bout over Liberty’s Glen Johnson on a fall in a time of 4 minutes. Wirth won three other matches by falls, topping Nathan Bushman from Hanford, Karsen Envold of East Valley-Spokane, as well as Elijah McCann from Ferris. He also scored a 9-4 win over Jason Crawford of Mead. Weston Thomas at 120 pounds f...
A Google search for quotes pertaining to “expectations” will deliver many thousands from which to pick. The one attributed to Bill Watterson, the mind and hand behind the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes,” seemed to hit home. “I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations,” Watterson said. But for years, perhaps decades now, the expectations for Eastern Washington University football would never have been a good thing for Watterson. Just when did that occur?...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The significant changes in leadership of three Medical Lake High School sports with the search for three new head coaches was voted by Cheney Free Press staff as the No. 6 local sports story of 2016. Arnold Brown, Medical Lake's head basketball coach for the past 13 seasons did not have his contract renewed. District officials offered no specifics on the move reported in the May 5 edition. In addition it was also announced that head football...
Then Medical Lake boy’s basketball coach Arnold Brown was pretty quick to offer an explanation on why his team made a quick exit from the state 1A tournament last week at the Yakima Sun Dome. “The whole tournament was third-quarter blues for us,” Brown said after losses to Kings Way Christian, 47-45 March 3 and Zillah 71-57 the following day. The Cardinals finished seventh when all the balls stopped bouncing and was voted the No. 5 local sports story in 2016. In each game...
It's hard enough winning one state title in any sport. Cheney High School's Isaiah Rigo has accomplished that feat in cross country - times three. The junior won his third straight title in the wheelchair competition Nov. 5 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, and in the process set himself up to be that rarity of rarities in high school sports: a four-time champion. For that, Rigo is the Cheney Free Press's No. 4 selection in the top-five high school sports stories of 2016....
StageWest Community Theatre is holding open auditions for “Miracle on South Division Street,” written by Tom Dudzick and directed by Kay Byron Pacheco. Meet the Nowaks of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Since then the neighborhood has looked upon the Nowaks and the commemorative shrine as a beacon of hope and faith amidst the urban rubble. Now daughter Ruth plans on wri...
In 1880, when Cheney was barely a year old, residents held a Christmas ball upstairs in Calloway’s building at First and F Street. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Members of the Cheney Chipsters show off some of the wooden vehicles they made for a July 14 story. The Chipsters donate the vehicles to a number of area organizations, including the recent Christmas Gifts for Cheney Kids....
Cheney Care Center resident Flossie Dickey celebrated her 110th birthday by being made an honorary airman at Fairchild Air Force Base, surrounded by family and TV cameras. Dickey, who became a national and international sensation with her deadpan, one-word answers and love of whiskey, passed away on Nov. 23....
Harry "Sonny" Perry Calhoun, 85, of Medical Lake, passed away Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 in Spokane. Harry was born Dec. 22, 1930 in Millvale, Penn., to Harry Oliver Calhoun and Nellie Agnes (Rogers) Calhoun. He was a 1948 graduate of the Fairview-Karns City High School, and attended Pennsylvania State University before entering the U.S. Air Force in 1952. Harry married Janet Lee Horchler on April 18, 1953 at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Harry served in the... Full story
