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BASKETBALL Eastern scores dominating win over Lincoln CHENEY — Eastern Washington ended a two game losing streak and a span of games with two wins in their last 10 with a 107-63 win over Lincoln University of Oakland, Calif. While the offense was obvious it was defense that stood out in the second half, as the Eagles outscored the Oaklanders 48-22. “Offensively, scoring 107 points despite struggling from beyond the arc shows the depth of this team,” head coach Dan Monson said. “We’re in a good place offensively, but we st...
The Cheney boys wrestling team had a pair of statement wins last week. The Blackhawks won their second Greater Spokane League match 41-29 over Central Valley, Dec. 18 and followed that effort with the win at the West Valley Wrestle Rama Dual, Dec. 20 with a 40-38 decision. Trailing 38-34 going into their last match, Cheney’s Alex Kurakin got the pin for the win at 113 pounds. Cheney earned four convincing wins to get to the title match, East Valley 59-17, Freeman 55-21, Ridgeline 56-23 ad host West Valley 62-16. Going 5-0 o...
BASKETBALL Huskies’ second-half surge secures win SEATTLE — Eastern Washington stayed with the University of Washington until just after halftime when the Huskies went on a 13-2 run that sealed an 87-69 non-conference basketball victory, Dec. 10 at Alaska Airlines Arena. The Eagles kept the Big-10 Conference Huskies within reach throughout the entire first half as the lead never got into double-digits. But starting at the 18 minute, 5 second mark of the second half Washington slowly (7-3) put the game out of reach. “We are f...
SPANGLE — Freeman opened with seven consecutive wins and scored a 52-21 NE2B wrestling win at Liberty, Dec. 17. Michael Valente started with a 17-7 win over Liberty’s Coleman Green at 215 pounds. The Scotties’ Quinten Malone pinned Chance Degon in 1 minute, 54 seconds at 113 pounds and Bearret Murphey followed suit with his pin of Riqee Cervantes in 1:39. Quincy Paxton took 1:53 to score his win by another pin over Jeremiah Perry. Four of the other Freeman victories in that opening run were by forfeits at the 285, 106, 120 a...
SPOKANE — The University girls wrestling team dominated a GSL league mix-and-match at Rogers High School on Dec. 12. University amassed 124.5 team points to win the team title. East Valley and Ridgeline tied for 10th with 22.0 points. University was led by champions Olivia Vignere at 120A, Mariah Denney at 130A, Samara Wienstock at 140A and Paitynn Hammond at 170B. Girls finishing second included Lily Cunningham at 110A, Korie Giese at 125C, Kendra Kane at 140A and Helora Agrippa at 155C. East Valley only had two girls in t...
SPOKANE — Eastern Washington Track and Field kicked off its 2024-25 indoor season at the Spokane Invitational, breaking three school records in the process at The Podium powered by STCU. “All you want to do is come out and compete the first meet,” said Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Erin Tucker. Caitlin Simmons — who goes by Egypt — and Maddy Shekhawat stole the spotlight, combining for a remarkable three school records. Simmons broke her own indoor long jump record with a leap of 6.12 meters (20 feet, 1 inch) a...
FEDERAL WAY —The Freeman Scotties won the 2024 Washington State 2B Girls Soccer Championship with a 3-0 victory over Mount Vernon Christian on Nov. 23 at Federal Way Memorial Stadium. The girls completed a dominating season with a 3-0 victory over the Hurricanes to claim the state 2B/1B soccer championship, a first for the program. Junior striker Rylee Russell continued her scoring domination for the Scotties who finished 21-0, scoring twice, including the eventual game winner in the 44th minute that broke a scoreless f...
Freeman girls' soccer celebrate a state 2B championship following their 3-0 win over Mount Vernon Christian. See more on Page 8....
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The rushing engine that drove Eastern Washington to victory a week before ran out of steam, and for the most part so did the passing game. The result was Northern Arizona outscored Eastern 16-3 over the game's 24 minutes to earn a 30-18 Big Sky Conference victory in the Walkup Skydome, Nov. 23. "We hung in there, but it's a 60-minute game, not a 45-minute game at the end of the day," head coach Aaron Best said. The game closed out the season for the...
BASKETBALL: Eagle women winless on Hawaii trip HONOLULU — The Eastern Washington women escaped the rain but not a pair of losses in their trip to play in the Bank of Hawaii Classic. Eastern saw a late tally fall short in a 59-57 loss to St. Mary’s, Nov. 22 and then 67-55 to the host Rainbow Wahine, Nov. 24. Eastern trailed 48-39 after three quarters and the Eagles’ 18-11 edge in the final 15 minutes was not enough. Peyton Howard had a game-high 15 points against the Gaels of the West Coast Conference. Jaecy Eggers follo...
BASKETBALL Eastern men to face Cal Poly CHENEY — Eastern Washington looks to its second home game at Reese Court following a 1-2 start. The Eagles secured their first win of the year with a thrilling 93-86 victory over Seattle at home. The win was particularly meaningful for head coach Dan Monson, as it marked his inaugural victory with Eastern. Andrew Cook was the standout player for the Eagles, leading the team with 25 points. He was supported by Mason Williams (18 points), Sebastian Hartmann (16 points), and Emmett M...
Liberty Lancer's Kendall Denny spikes the ball over the net while playing Freeman during the WIAA District 6 2B Tournament last week at Cheney High School. Liberty loss this match, 0-3. However, they took second in this tourney and advanced to 2B State Tournament in Yakima Valley SunDome....
Northeast 2B regular season champion Freeman met Goldendale in the opening round of play in the state 2B tournament Nov. 13 at Yakima's Sundome. The Scotties were riding a five-match winning streak, all by 3-0 scores as they closed out league play before entering post season at the District-6 tournament. The road to Yakima began Nov. 5 with a home court win against Newport by scores of 25-12, 25-11, 25-14 where Dakota Daines led with 18 assists and 11 assists from Lexie...
CHENEY, Wash. — Eastern Washington rebounded from a first set loss to win three in a row (18-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-20) and defeat Northern Arizona in a Big Sky Conference match, Oct. 26 at Reese Court giving the Eagles a home court split last week. Bri Gunderson recorded 21 kills along with ten blocks to lead the Eagles who improved to 6-3 in conference play, 10-9 overall. On Oct. 25, Eastern was swept by Northern Colorado, 3-0, (25-23, 27-25, 26-24). Kalista Lukovich led Eastern with 15 kills and hitting .333. On the d...
SPOKANE VALLEY – The University High School Titans fell to the Cheney Blackhawks 30-14 in their Greater Spokane League football matchup on Oct. 25, struggling to capitalize on key plays while turnovers and missed scoring chances hampered their performance. University, now at 1-7, showed flashes of momentum, but Cheney's ability to convert Titan turnovers into points ultimately defined the game. A bad snap on a University punt in the first quarter set up Cheney's second t...
Freeman's girls' soccer team this year might be compared to the various crops that grow yearly in the field surrounding the community and school. They routinely grow and some years have better yields than others. That being said, consider what has sprouted in 2024 is certainly a bumper crop. The Scotties have rolled through their Northeast 2B season with an undefeated record of 11-0 and 14-0 overall through games of Oct. 24. They are the top-rated 1A team in the state...
MOSCOW, Idaho (Oct. 26) — Sporting events are rarely decided on a play here or there. Eastern Washington, however, might look back at Saturday’s 38-28 Big Sky Conference football loss at Idaho and wonder how things might have played out had it not been for a pair of notable instances inside the Kibbie Dome? What if the Vandals had not stopped the Eagles on the opening drive of the second half at the 1-yard line for a potential go ahead score? Idaho instead went 98 yards for a touchdown and a 24-13 lead, the first of bac...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Valley Christian High School's girls cross country team celebrated a strong performance at the District 6 1B Championships, finishing first overall. Led by Melissa Walker, who secured a second-place finish in the varsity girls' 5000-meter race with a time of 20:12.90, the team scored a total of 38 points. Garfield-Palouse followed closely behind with 43 points, while Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame and Republic finished with 66 and 74 points, respectively....
Boys 3A Rank 1. Mercer Island 2. Mount Spokane 3. Seattle Prep 4. Central Kitsap 5. Shorewood 6. Cheney 7. Gig Harbor 8. Hermiston 9. Bishop Blanchet 10. Central Valley Others: Franklin, North Central, Bellarmine Prep, Walla Walla Boys 1A Rank 1. Cedar Park Christian 2. Bush 3.South Whidbey 4. La Center 5. Vashon Island 6. King’s 7. Meridian 8. East Jefferson 9. Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 10. Klahowya Others: Medical Lake, Colville Girls 1A Rank 1. Cedar Park Christian 2. Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 3. Klahowya 4. Montesano 5...
Basketball Eastern, Whitworth meet in exhibition CHENEY — Hoops season is officially here. The 2024-25 EWU Men’s Basketball schedule tips off with an exhibition game at Reese Court against Whitworth on Saturday, October 26, at 4 p.m., offering fans a first glimpse of the revamped roster. Eastern’s women will entertain Eastern Oregon in an exhibition game the following afternoon, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. Under the guidance of new head coach Dan Monson, there’s a strong focus on continuing the momentum from last season that included a...
FREEMAN ‑ The Freeman soccer machine continued its dominating season with three victories last week and improved to 11-0 in Northeast 2B play and 13-0 overall. Freeman wrapped league wins of 2-1 against Northwest Christian on Oct. 17 and 11-0 against Upper Columbia Academy, Oct. 22, around an 11-0 win over Warden, 11-0 on Oct. 19. In a rematch of an earlier close 4-3 win over the Crusaders back on Sept. 24, the Scotties built a 2-0 lead on goals from Rylee Russell at 18 minutes and Avery Gass in the 54th minute. Freeman o...
This interception by Central Valley's Jake Young at the end of the first half stopped a potential Cheney scoring drive....
Considering what happened the last time he took to the field, Cheney did a notable job of stopping record-setting Central Valley running back Beau Butner last Friday. But the Bears had too many other weapons to do damage in a 34-6 Greater Spokane League football victory, Oct. 11 at Tom Oswald Field. Butner ran for a new GSL record 367 yards - plus six touchdowns - in CV's 66-35 win over rival Ridgeline on Oct. 4. But the Blackhawks limited him to a third of that with 121...
FREEMAN — The Freeman Scotties and Rylee Russell continued to burn up the Northeast 2B league in soccer scoring an 11-0 win over Newport at Freeman. In that contest, Russell scored six times, giving her 31 goals, the most in the state and across all classifications according to coach Dave Ellis. Nora Gass opened scoring at the 2-minute mark and Russell followed with five consecutive goals between the sixth and 19th minute. Freeman (7-0 NE2B, 10-0 overall) had an 8-0 halftime lead with goals from Phyllis Prosser and Emily J...
FREEMAN – The Freeman Scotties put on a competitive showing at their third league meet on Tuesday, securing second place in both the boys’ and girls’ cross country races on their home course. Valley Christian swept the meet, taking first in both divisions with 33 points in the girls’ race and 21 points in the boys’ race. Leading the way for Freeman’s girls were freshman Emma Dryer, who finished fifth in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 22:37.30. Close behind, senior Ava Mounts took seventh place, clocking in at 23:10.00. S...
