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AIRWAY HEIGHTS - In the year that remembers the 50th season of drag racing at the former Spokane Raceway Park, the renamed Qlispe Raceway will bring back some of the sights and sounds of nitro-methane June 21-22. Owned by the Kalispel Tribe and located adjacent to Northern Quest Resort in Airway Heights, Qlispe's "Nitro Jam" featuring a field that also includes nostalgia funny cars, fuel alters that will offer the smell of nitro in the air and cackle in the ears. A half...
ST. JOHN - Thousands of sprint boat race fans braved what felt like four seasons of weather on Saturday, June 15, to watch the high-speed action at Webb's Slough. A cold wind blew as rain hit the slough early in the day, followed by a break in the weather with blue skies. Throughout most of the day, the temperature hovered in the mid-40s, prompting spectators to don coats and wrap themselves in blankets in the blustery weather. The cold weather brings increased air density,...
CHENEY — The Cheney Summer Hawks AA team ended a brief 2-game losing streak to start their season by winning four of the past five games. Their run started with a 24-9 thumping of Gonzaga Prep June 11, a split with Mt. Spokane, winning 8-2 and losing 14-4, June 12 and 13. A sweep of Pullman, June 15 came by scores of 9-7 and 11-2. A 10-run first inning set the tone in the game played at Prep that only went five innings due to the 10-run rule. T.J. Weindeman was 3-for-3 with five RBIs and a pair of runs scored. Wyatt Broemelin...
SPOKANE — The Cheney A Summer Hawks have certainly started off the season with a bang. Four games to date have all been double-figure offensive shows and a 4-0 record through June 1. Cheney’s season began with a 17-6 win at Shadle Park, May 28 and a 23-4 rout of Ferris May 31 followed by a June 1 doubleheader sweep of West Valley 23-3 and 10-7. Now under the guidance of Cheney Blackhawks coach Rob Beamer, Cheney pounded out 11 hits and scored in every inning against Shadle. Kort Schmitt’s 3-for-3 day at the plate was tops...
CHENEY-Baseball is certainly a unique game with no clock and the dimensions of the field often different in every park. And probably like most sports, the outcomes from one day to another, can be as different as night and day. That concept was certainly not lost on West Plains Cannons' head coach Austin Sharp last week. During an unusually quiet week in an otherwise busy time for AAA American Legion play, the Cannons had just two games, winning both, but in decidedly...
LIND - Thousands of fans turned out Saturday, June 8, to witness the destruction of farm equipment during the 35th annual Lind Lion's Club Combine Derby. Weekend festivities also also featured a car show, parade through town, a barbecue in the park, car racing, and pickup and grain truck races, including an Australian Pursuit and powder puff races. The weekend was capped off with a live performance Fred Bauer band in the arena. The Combine Derby is a demolition-style derby, ex...
CHENEY — The following are local athletes who earned distinction in spring sports by being voted to All-Greater Spokane League or All Northeast A League teams. Baseball Cheney First team: Quinn Hubbs Second team: Carter McPherson Honorable mention: Tate Hueschkel Brayden Martin Clayton Wood Medical Lake First team: Ian Thompson Andrew Roberts Second team: A.J. Michaud Taylor Oliver Fastpitch Cheney First team: Mia Ashcroft Honorable mention: Sedona Ericson Maddy Hurley Millie Beito Adrian George Medical Lake First team: I...
A couple of months ago I was asked by several eighth-grade boys that I had the opportunity to coach the last two falls and winters if I would give the promotion address for their class. These are 14 year olds, so I told them that if they were serious I would certainly do it. Well, it turns out they were serious. I also had the opportunity to substitute teach for these classes when they were in sixth and seventh grades, so I got to know most of the girls, as well. I have to tell you that it is an honor to be asked because it...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University volleyball is back at Reese Court this fall as the team released its schedule. Head Coach Jon Haruguchi announced the 2024 slate, with the regular season starting on August 30 on the road. Eastern has nine home matches for the upcoming season, with seven against Big Sky opponents. The Eagles will play an exhibition game on Aug. 24 at Central Washington. Eastern’s first regular season matches are in Orem, Utah in a two-day tournament hosted by Utah Valley on Aug. 30-31 and also including...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington women’s soccer announced its full 2024 schedule as head coach Missy Strasburg begins her fourth year leading the Eagles. In preseason, Eastern hosts Washington (Aug. 5) and Thompson Rivers (Aug. 8) for a pair of exhibition matches at EWU Soccer Field. Eastern Washington University has an extended road trip to begin the fall schedule, with the first official game at Troy on Aug. 15. The team next travels for games at Kennesaw St. (Aug. 18), South Dakota (Aug. 25) and Southern Utah (Aug. 29). Eas...
RATHDRUM, Idaho — The lessons learned by the Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs single-A American Legion team are better now than down the road come playoff time for Coach Lance Michaud. That’s why his team’s 1-2 week is not all that bad following a 4-3 Northern Lakes Mountaineers win over the Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs in Rathdrum on June 6. That was followed by a split in a road trip to Trail, B.C. against the Trail Orioles winning 16-3 before losing 7-3, June 8. All were league games where the Dirt Dawgs currently stand 4-2. The North...
LC powers over Cheney A’s CHENEY — A nine-run third inning for Lewis and Clark proved to be the difference as the Cheney Summer Hawks A team lost 13-3, June 6. The loss was the first for Cheney after a 4-0 start. Cheney was limited to just four hits and got its only runs in their final at bat in the fifth inning of a 10-run rule shortened game. Trey Sloan, Kody Beamer, Kyle Resienaur and Connor Whitman each collected a hit for Cheney. Beamer led Cheney Summer Hawks A 2024 with one RBI. Cheney traveled to Medical Lake to fac...
CHENEY - One of the fastest growing youth sports in the country has taken root – somewhat that is - on the West Plains with Spokane Stealth lacrosse. Three members of the team that recently competed in the state tournament are from local high schools and include Cheney's Megan Stapleton, Halle Palmer, Brooklyn Gerry out of Medical Lake plus Rosalia's Keely Fournier-Moonen. The Stealth are one of three girls' teams in the Spokane area and draw from the geographic area south o...
AWARDS Hickey elected to Hall of Fame CLEVELAND, Ohio — The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced its Hall of Fame class and former Eastern Washington University Associate Vice President/Athletic Director Lynn Hickey is among the 2024 inductees. Hickey is one of eight new members to the Hall of Fame and the group will be honored at the 59th Annual NACDA Affiliates Convention at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. on June 10. The NACDA announced its 2024 earlier this month. Hickey w...
There are several cogs in the machine that propels baseball’s recent success in the area, most notable the West Plains Little League. But a new addition arrived in 2020 that has helped fill the middle school gap, that being the Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs. The idea of a program that reaches primarily ages 13 to 15 jumped into founder Lance Michaud’s mind after he arrived in Medical Lake with the U.S. Air Force in 2019. A former college player, Michaud landed at Fairchild as its Food Superintendent and was surprised at what he...
LIND — The town will roar to life this weekend as the annual Lind Grand Parade and Combine Derby return to town. The action begins Friday with car and pickup truck racing. Locals and visitors alike with “run what they brung” to Lion’s Club Arena on state Highway 21. Racing is set to begin at 6 p.m. As of press time, racers were still able to get registered for the event by calling Eric Lund at 509-677-3432. Expect racers from across Whitman, Franklin, Adams, Lincoln, Spokane and other counties to be among the field. Saturda...
CHENEY — The West Plains Cannons rebounded from their first loss of the young season and maintained a hot start winning three of four games last week. The Cannons improved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in Spokane AAA league play with a 7-2 win over the Spokane Bandits, May 28. They followed that with three non-league games, a 5-4 loss to the Coeur d’Alene Lumberman, May 30 and a doubleheader sweep of the Spokane Rawlings Tigers 8-1 and 14-0. Lakeside’s Cy Reeves was dominant on the mound ringing up 11 strikeouts and giving up three...
COLVILLE — Cheney’s AA American Legion Summer Hawks baseball team opened 2024 play June 1 against Colville with a pair of losses in a doubleheader. In a game that remained scoreless through six innings, Colville earned a 3-2 win in the opener and got the sweep with a 10-7 decision in the nightcap. Colville broke the deadlock with a 3-run bottom of the sixth, but Cheney battled back scoring a pair of runs in the top of the seventh in the game in Colville. Leadoff batter Dawes Hanson was hit by a pitch and Nolan McKinnon wal...
West Plains Cannons' head Coach Austin Sharp was initially somewhat worried about knitting together the various pieces of his roster from several different schools for his AAA American Legion Baseball team. After four games the parts seem to be blending well and holding together just fine. A 6-2 Memorial Day win over the Spokane Bandits at Hart Field moved the team to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in Spokane ALB standings. "I think the offense will come as everybody gets comfortable...
CHENEY - Sativa Transue earned the honor graduating from Cheney High School when she was voted as the student with the most contagious laugh. At age 25, a domestic violence incident silenced Transue in 2021, but she continues to be remembered by those who are part of the Eastern Washington University Exercise Science program. The third annual Sativa Transue Memorial 5k will be at 9 a.m. at Saturday, June 8, starting at Roos Field. The event raises funds to support local domest...
BASKETBALL Merritt passes away at 43 TACOMA — A heart attack at age 43 has claimed the life last week of former Eastern Washington University basketball standout Brandon Merritt. Merritt, a hard-nosed player, was an integral part of the Eagles’ 2004 team that was the program’s first trip to the NCAA tournament. His work in the Big Sky Conference tournament led to him being named the tournament MVP. Before coming to Eastern, Merritt graduated from Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma and Tacoma Community College. Funeral services will be...
CHENEY - Boys tennis coach Daniel Estock is truly passionate about the sport and wants to do what he can to sprinkle some of that enthusiasm around the community this summer. For the months of June and July, the Salnave Tennis Courts will be open on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. for any member of the community to come play tennis. Not a tennis player you say? Estock will do his best to fix that, no matter your age. There will be at least one coach there to welcome you, give...
TACOMA — Following their appearance at the state 3A state championships last weekend in Tacoma, Blackhawks track and field athletes appear to have a bright future according to he’d coach Derek Slaughter. Cheney had podium appearances from four boys and three girls prompting Slaughter to observe in an email, “This year turned out to be a better year for the Blackhawks at state.” Senior Eugene Hennequin had the Blackhawks’ highest finish with a third in the long jump. His 23-foot, 1.25-inch effort trailed the 24-1.25 of Josiah...
YAKIMA — Medical Lake track and field may not have earned any individual titles but they returned from the state 1A meet in Yakima with something else. An experience for team members who could possibly return in 2025 but did not qualify in 2024. “I took them because I want them to have state experience so that we be ready for next year,” head coach Gene Blankenship said. The Cardinals took five athletes to Eisenhower High School where senior Chiche Okemgbo landed the lone podium appearance with her third place in the shot...
