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The next time you feel like the world is closing in on you try spending 10 minutes with Bob Hunt. First, however, you'll have to find time in his schedule as a full-time student, working part time, coaching and training to be on the world stage. Oh, Hunt does this all from a wheelchair that has been part of his life for most of the last 33 years and has his eyes on 2024 as a U.S. Paralympian team hopeful. "I mean, when you talk about someone who has found the capability of...
Evan Stinson returned from having missed the last half of the 2022-23 season seemingly non-the-worse for the foot fracture that sidelined him as the Cheney boys opened their season Nov. 30 vs. Ridgeline in a non-league game at home. But his game-high 33 points needed more support at the Blackhawks fell to the Falcons 68-57. A slow start where Ridgeline outscored Cheney 25-12 in the first quarter and then 22-14 in the third created too big of a hole that Cheney's 25-15 final...
Playing shorthanded was only part of what played into the Cheney girls dropping their first basketball game of the season, 67-35 to Greater Spokane League rival, Nov. 30 at home. In the debut of new head coach Meredith Richards, there was just not enough offense, the the Blackhawks were missing a pair of key performers. "Hannah Ward in California for a cross country invite and Mia Ashcroft out with an injury, we just ran out of gas," Richards wrote in an email. Cheney was led...
When Jason Connor stepped away as the Cheney boys’ head wrestling coach following the 2022-23 season, the Blackhawks program did not have to go far to replace him. With over 20 years of experience as an assistant, Brian Skaff was the logical choice. For Connor, whose day job is as a biologist for the Kalispel Tribe, coaching was important, but family and other winter pursuits more so. “I loved doing it but was a challenge with my job being so far away and balance other int...
To say that Cheney girls’ wrestling has come a long way in a year would be the understatement of understatements. When freshman Jalisca Holmgren signed up a year ago she was one of six, but as it turned out she was one of one both when the season started and ended. Holmgren, however, loved her experience — which included a trip to state, a first — so much that she became the program’s pied piper. Today there are 10 girls who have their own coach. “It’s just been cool to see wh...
BASKETBALL Eagles women bounce Boise State CHENEY — The Eastern Washington women did not lest the disappointment of a narrow loss to Gonzaga get in the way of bouncing back and adding to their win column with a 5-2 record. The Eagles had a possible winning 3-point shot deflect away Nov. 29 in an 82-80 loss to the local rival Bulldogs but rolled over Boise State of the Mountain West Conference 64-43 Dec. 3 at Reese Court. Aaliyah Alexander was the team’s top scorer with 14 points against BSU handing them just a second los...
There is, perhaps, an interesting yet purely accidental experiment taking place this winter sports season on the West Plains. Anecdotally speaking and come February, we might see if focusing largely on one sport or stocking a roster with a diverse array of multi-sport athletes delivers more wins? A show of hands when the Cheney boys’ basketball team went through a Q&A Nov. 18 at the school’s media day indicated most, if not all, played the game year-round with a club. Con...
CHENEY – As if the pure idea of trying to navigate the first season as a head coach in charge of a struggling program was not enough in itself, Travis Peevey had another obstacle drop in his path last season. While taking the necessary steps to improve upon the 4-15 record the Blackhawks had during the 2021-22 season, along comes news that one of the key cogs would miss the league season with an injury. Not long after Cheney surpassed the previous season's win total topping We...
MEDICAL LAKE – Consider the off-season for Medical Lake girls' basketball to have been not unlike a game of musical chairs. When the Cardinal's boys coach, Jordan Starr, packed up and left for his childhood home and a job at Selah High, athletics director Dawn Eliassen found replacements close at hand. Girls head coach Brett Ward moved to the boy's bench and a veteran assistant, Yeta Holloway, was put in Ward's spot. For Holloway, who had served on the boy's staff in v...
CHENEY – When Ken Ryan made the decision to jump from the girls’ basketball head coaching job to the athletics director’s chair at Cheney High School, he did not have to go far to find a replacement. It came from the same team bench with his assistant coach Meredith Richards. She has 18 years coaching in various roles ranging from youth to high school. “I’m excited for this year,” Richards said at the Nov. 18 media day at CHS. “We’ve got a bunch of really good people, good hu...
Bob Hunt, a 33-year-old Eastern Washington University student has returned home from five days of competition in Santiago, Chile at the Parapan American Games with a pair of medals. The Spokane resident raced in 100 and 400-meter T53 Wheelchair races. He earned a silver medal in the 100, plus a bronze and personal record in the 400. Aside from wheelchair racing, Bob is also a EWU wheelchair basketball player, a junior wheelchair racing coach and the coach of the ParaSport...
MEDICAL LAKE – To say that new Cardinal boys head basketball coach Brett Ward has some challenges ahead might certainly be an understatement. Not only is he moving benches from leading the Cardinal girls last season, but he inherits a team that won but one game in 2022-23. Ward relapsed Jordan Starr who accepted a similar job in his hometown of Selah, Wash. “Same role, just different team and pretty excited about it,” Ward said. While he will miss the opportunity to have...
CHENEY — In a game of runs, maybe Eastern Washington just ran out of time in their Big Sky Conference regular season ending game with Northern Arizona Nov. 18 at Roos Field. Rallying from a 35-7 deficit with five minutes remaining in the first half and eventually tying the contest at 35-all with 10 minutes, 35 seconds to play, Eastern gave up back-to-back touchdowns in the final 6:47 falling to the Lumberjacks 49-42 on Senior Day. “NAU played well enough, they were ready fro...
CHENEY – High school basketball player Evan Stinson's college dream has come true. The senior officially signed his letter-of-intent on Nov. 13 to play at Washington State University where he hopes to make as early an impact as possible for the Cougs as a small forward. Stinson was being courted by the likes of Eastern Washington, Montana and Montana State, San Francisco and Utah State, but WSU was an odds-on favorite for a variety of reasons, one outside of basketball. S...
CHENEY – It’s certainly an understatement when Cheney High head football coach Bobby Byrd admits the 2023 season was “A very tough year.” Going winless in 10 games will do that, especially when there was no indication such a result might happen. “In my mind, the staff’s mind and the players’ minds, (we were) having what we thought was a pretty good summer,” Byrd said in a recent interview. With the experience the team returned on paper, the Blackhawks definitely looked better...
CHENEY – Despite having a defending state champion return to the team, Cheney swim coach Jennifer Hochwalt is taking a cautious approach to the 2024 boys' season. "We're gonna see what the season brings," Hochwalt said as she'd had just a few days to evaluate her team since its first turnout. Cheney graduated what Hochwalt termed "Several solid swimmers," but she welcomes back junior Alma Smith who claimed the state 3A diving title. "After graduating our class last year, I t...
One of a boatload of songs made famous by Johnny Cash was “I’ve Been Everywhere.” In staccato auctioneer fashion, Cash rattled off places like Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Boston, Charleston, Dayton and Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg and so on… And not unlike the world of sports play-by-play guy Larry Weir, the voice of Eastern Washington University basketball and football, he has broadcast games from just about everywhere. He has called...
Cheney Blackhawk senior basketball player Even Stinson made it all official Nov. 13 by signing a letter of intent to play in college next season with Washington State University. Stinson originally announced he would attend WSU in August....
YAKIMA – The Liberty (Spangle) girls volleyball team made a respectable showing in the state 2B tournament Nov. 8-9 in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Coming in as the No. 13 seed, the Lancers shocked No. 4-ranked Goldendale in their state-opener, sweeping the Timberwolves, 3-0. Set scores were 25-13, 26-24, 25-18. With the win, the Lancers advanced to the quarterfinals to face league rival and No. 5-ranked Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The Broncos had dominated the Lancers all s...
BOISE, Idaho -- Cheney boys cross country runners – racing as the 509ers – returned from the NXR Northwest Regional Championships with a notable finish Nov. 11 at Eagle Island State Park. With No. 1 runner Calvin Hilton choosing to run in the Men’s 5,000 Meters Championship, that left others to compete in the field of more than 1,400 runners in the Men’s 5,000 Meters Open race. Hilton finished 32nd with a time of 15:42.60. The fastest time, 14:49.60, was from top individual Na...
BOZEMAN, Mont. — On their initial defensive series Eastern Washington forced Montana State to punt — a good start it appeared? But after that the No. 5 Bobcats scored on their next six possessions of the first half rolling past the Eagles 57-14 in a Big Sky Conference football game in Bozeman, Nov. 11. As they built a 41-0 lead, Montana State (6-1 Big Sky, 8-2 overall) did so largely in big play fashion, scoring on plays of 68, 51, 63 and 43 yards. But Eastern also lost the...
CHENEY – The old saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” certainly applies to the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team following their third consecutive loss to open their season. Playing a rugged schedule of “Power-5” conference schools, the defending Big Sky Conference champions suffered a third straight loss Nov. 12 to the Cincinnati Bearcats, 85-73 on the road. Earlier in the week the Eagles were beaten 75-64 by Ole Miss in Oxford, Nov. 10 and opened their schedule with a 101-66 loss at Pac-12 Utah,...
CHENEY – Following a road trip through Utah last week, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team seems to be living up to pre-season expectations. The Eagles opened their 2023-24 season with wins over former Big Sky rival Southern Utah 86-77 on Nov. 8 and then the Mountain West’s Utah State, 75-39, Nov. 10. Eastern was picked to win the regular season title in the Big Sky by coaches in their pre-seasons poll and then second in a vote of the media. With a dominating second quarter Eastern pulled away from Utah State...
BASKETBALL Eggers, Grossman join Women’s basketball CHENEY — The season has begun for Eastern Washington women’s basketball, but the team continues to build for the future. Head Coach Joddie Gleason announced the signing of Jaecy Eggers and Kourtney Grossman on Nov. 7. The two will suit up for Eastern for the 2024-25 season. “We are excited to welcome two new Eagles to the family,” head coach Joddie Gleason said. “Both Jaecy and Kourtney hail from winning programs, are competitive, and work extremely hard.” Eggers arrive...
CHENEY - When it rained it poured, literally and figuratively in Eastern Washington's Big Sky Conference football game Nov. 4 against Cal Poly. On a day where Cheney experienced over a half inch of rain, the Eagles scored in bursts, rolling over the Mustangs 48-13, led by former Eagles' head coach Paul Wulff. It took just a handful of touches of the ball by Eastern to build a 14-0 lead in the first 2 minutes, 44 seconds. Michael Wortham returned the opening kickoff 86 yards...
