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CHENEY – All three West Plains high school teams took a hit in the win column this past weekend in the season opener games. Cheney, Medical Lake and Liberty all three loss their games. Cheney Blackhawks couldn't nail a single point as the Lewis and Clark Tigers shut them out in a 26-0 opening game last Friday evening in Spokane. The Blackhawks' offense struggled to gain momentum, unable to break through Lewis and Clark's defense. Despite a strong effort from the Cheney's d...
Too bad Rod Serling of Twilight Zone fame passed away in 1975 or he might have been the perfect guest for the coin toss at Eastern Washington’s football game with Drake last Saturday at Roos Field. Had Serling been present as he approached his 100the birthday in December to witness the strange occurrences in the Eagles 35-32 overtime loss to the Bulldogs from Des Moines, Iowa it just might have fueled a football themed episode of the 'Zone? No, not to the memorable level of a...
There’s a great deal of factors driving the Cheney boys’ cross country team into and through the 2024 season. But the biggest just might be the senior class wants to go out as the group history will remember. "We have the largest senior class in Cheney high school cross country history, 17 senior boys alone and with that comes some expectations," head boys coach Derek Slaughter said during the school's media day, Aug. 29. That group was part of the team in 2023 that seemed to not perform up to personal expectations with a sev...
CHENEY – There’s a great deal of factors driving the Cheney boys’ cross country team into and through the 2024 season. But the biggest just might be the senior class wants to go out as the group history will remember. “We have the largest senior class in Cheney high school cross country history, 17 senior boys alone and with that comes some expectations,” head boys coach Derek Slaughter said during the school’s media day, Aug. 29. That group was part of the team in 2023 that seemed to not perform up to personal expectation...
CHENEY - Eastern Washington opened the 2024 football season with an important win 42-27 on the scoreboard against Monmouth, Aug. 29 at Roos Field. But along the way the Eagles scored other minor victories as they seek to put behind them rare back-to-back seasons of losing records. Consider that Eastern: • was 5-for-5 in converting possessions in the red-zone (20 yards in) into touchdowns. • held a significant edge of nearly 15 minutes in time of possession. • delivered a pai...
CROSS COUNTRY Eastern teams second XC opener CHENEY — The Eastern Washington cross country team opened their season on Aug. 30 in Cheney, hosting the Clash of the Inland Northwest meet including runners from Gonzaga, Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College, Carleton, Spokane Community College, Whitworth and Whitman College. The Eagles finished second on the women’s side in a 4K (2.49 mile) with a score of 51 and second on the men’s side with 54 in a 6K (3.73 mile) event. Gonzaga finished first in both races at the event, the wom...
CHENEY – Football begins travels down the trail led by former college coach John Graham on the local big stage at ONE Spokane Stadium. Graham, a former assistant coach at both Central and Eastern Washington, was hired in February, replacing Bobby Byrd. The Blackhawks seek to rebound from a winless (0-8 GSL, 0-10 overall) 2023 season when they open the 2024 Greater Spokane League season vs. Lewis and Clark, 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at ONE Spokane Stadium. The Tigers beat Cheney 44-0 last year at Tom Oswald field on the way to a...
CHENEY – Just four days after the offense stole the spotlight, the defense took center stage in Eastern Washington's final official scrimmage on Aug. 21 at Roos Field. The Eagles were preparing for their season opener on Aug. 29 against the Monmouth Hawks from New Jersey and the Colonial Athletic Conference. "The defense came out strong for the first two-thirds of the scrimmage and did what they needed to do," said head coach Aaron Best. "They brought a little more energy toda...
ST. JOHN - The Jolly Rogers racing team made a great showing at the Webb's Slough sprint boat races on Saturday, Aug. 24, winning two of the three classes. In the Modified class, driver T.J. Burrows and navigator Keith Brownsberger won the division. The duo beat out the team Slippery Pickle of Jesse Denton and Terry Lamb, which took second. Third place was Cheney-based Pour Decisions team of Jason Perkins nd Kyle Belles. Fourth place was Checkmate, with driver Frank Toftemark...
CHENEY — After a five-year hiatus, Eastern Washington University will honor six former student-athletes on Oct. 19 as the 20th class of inductees into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame taking place in conjunction with EWU’s football game versus UC Davis at Roos Field. Rodney Stuckey, a two-time honorable mention NCAA Division I All-America selection for the Eagle men’s basketball team (2004-07), will be among those inducted. After setting a myriad of Eastern scoring records, he went on to a 10-year career in the National Bas...
The local West Plains high school football fields over the past few years might best be considered fallow. That means having been “plowed and left unseeded for a season or more.” In other words, wins have not at all been plentiful. Consider that over the past five seasons, Cheney has but one winning season. That came in 2019, the Blackhawks’ final campaign in the 2A Great Northern League and prior to their elevation to 3A play in the Greater Spokane League with former coach Bobby Byrd. The drought has been much longer over...
OLYMPIA – Smile, you’re on body camera. Beginning in September, 152 state Department of Fish and Wildlife law enforcement officers will be wearing body cameras to improve accountability and transparency, according to department officials. Game wardens who are commissioned law enforcement officers will be wearing the cameras, as will others with law enforcement certification. The cameras cost $915,000, officials said, noting the money was allocated by the Legislature during the 2023-25 supplemental operating budget pro...
CHEERLEADING EWU cheerleaders present kid’s camp CHENEY — Eastern Washington’s cheerleaders are presenting another edition of their kids cheer camp that culminates with a performance at an EWU football game. On Friday, Sept. 6 participants will learn motions to cheers, jumps, stunts, and a dance, which will be performed the following day, Sept. 7 at the EWU Football Game. They will receive real cheerleading pom poms, a EWU Cheer t-shirt, and admission into the game. Cost of the camp is $60. Admission for family members of par...
SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has filed multiple emergency rules to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer across the state. Washington’s first case of chronic wasting disease was reported in July in an adult female white-tailed deer found dead in the Fairwood area. The fatal disease has been documented in wild or captive cervids (deer, elk, moose and caribou) in 34 other states and four Canadian provinces. “With the spread of CWD across the country and recent detections in adjac...
SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced new rules ahead of the fall deer and elk hunting seasons. Effective Sept. 1 in game management units 124, 127 and 130, it is unlawful to hunt for deer, elk and moose using any type of bait placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, scattered or otherwise used for the purpose of attracting deer, elk or moose with the intent to hunt them; or natural or synthetic scents that contain or are derived from cervid urine and glandular extracts. Hunters in the same game un...
CHENEY — Kickoff the 2024 college football season with for Eastern Washington on Thursday, Aug. 29 with a 6 p.m. kickoff (gates open at 4:30 PM) as they host Monmouth at Roos Field. With school not in session and students not yet back, Eastern is offering ticket specials in the north endzone bleachers. Staring two hours before kickoff and free to attend is the Numerica RedZone Tailgate located in parking lot P16 behind the east bleachers on Washington Street. Stop by and enjoy free food and drinks, inflatables for the kids (...
CHENEY - Tonight will mark the beginning of the 2024 season for Eastern Washington football, as they face off against Monmouth under the lights at Roos Field. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Returning Stars Eastern returns 16 starters from the 2023 season, evenly split between offense and defense. Despite losing six starters, the Eagles bring back key players like Efton Chism III, Michael Wortham, and Visperas, who earned All-Big Sky honors in 2023. They are joined by Wyatt Hansen,...
Dave Belles from Spangle and Cheney's Jason Perkins first got the notion to go sprint boat racing simply as faces in the crowd at Webb's Slough in St. John three years ago. "Halfway through, they said this boat was for sale," Belles recalled. "We looked at each other and were like, we're gonna' buy it." While the seller wanted $20,000 for the operation, Belles said his number was closer to 12K and the pair returned for more spectating. "I'm gonna' go back down, see if I can...
CHENEY - The 2024 football season for Eastern Washington University kicked off with a promising start, as the Eagles held their first of two scrimmages on August 15 at Roos Field. The 70-play event served as a dress rehearsal ahead of the regular season, earning positive feedback from head coach Aaron Best. "What we've shown so far is promising, though not unexpected for the staff," Best remarked after the scrimmage. "We're rotating quarterbacks and personnel, so it's not as...
FOOTBALL Eagles will have six games broadcast on television CHENEY - The regular season is nearly here for Eastern Washington football and the local broadcast schedule is set. SWX will broadcast six Eastern football games, with five home matchups and one on the road. The Eagles have five or their six home games airing on SWX, including the first two games against Monmouth (Aug. 29) at 6 p.m. and Drake (Sept. 7) at 4 p.m. Eastern's road trip south to play Idaho on Oct. 26 wil...
CHENEY – While the idea of a remodeled or rebuilt Roos Field is firmly on the back burner at Eastern Washington University, it certainly has not cooled the need for improvements to the fan experience. A step towards that will take place this football season with the introduction of the Bud Light Endzone Club Suites located in the scoreboard end of Roos. Composed of a series of temporary structures so as not to interfere or damage the existing running track at the stadium, t...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University is busy on the football field preparing for the 2024 season with workouts every day of the week, except Mondays. Fall camp consists of 20 practices including two scrimmages, with practices beginning at 9:15 a.m. and going to 11:15, approximately. The Eagles will practice at EWU Sports and Recreation Fields until Aug. 11 and then move to Roos Field for the remainder of camp. Two scrimmages will be held on Sunday, Aug. 18 at 1 p.m., with the second on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. All of...
