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PASCO - The Medical Lake girls cross country team finished fourth in the state 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 4 at Sun Willows Golf Course. It's a spot lower than their 2022 finish. Meanwhile, the boys equaled their ninth-place from a year ago. But that did not deter Coach Gene Blankenship from being pleased with what transpired in a crazy season that began under the pall of the tragedy and devastation of the Gray Fire, Aug. 18. "I was pretty pleased, I was hoping the girls could get...
SPOKANE – The Liberty (Spangle) Lancers were able to top the Brewster Bears in four sets during the 2B volleyball crossover at Mead High School on Saturday. In a highly competitive matchup, the Lancers took the first set 25-22 in a back-and-forth game. Liberty was also able to take the second set 25-15, creating some breathing room. The Bears wouldn't back down, and battled back to take the third set 25-20. The Lancers were now up 2-1, and refused to let the Bears catch up. B...
CHENEY — The Walla Walla Blue Devils made the most of their two-and-one-half hour, 140-mile journey to Tom Oswald Field, Nov. 2. In a cross-over football game between a pair of winless programs played on a soggy field and with fog making visibility a challenge, Walla Walla went home with a 42-13 win largely fueled by its passing attack. The Blue Devils (1-9) from the Mid-Columbia Conference got a six-touchdown performance from quarterback Rayden Reibel as he completed 1...
LEAVENWORTH - Medical Lake football brought some sunshine into a dull and dreary day Saturday, Nov. 4. The Cardinals (1-9) snapped a 24-game losing streak and rewarded second-year head coach Nick Puzycki with his first victory, 22-6, in a season-ending crossover game against the Cascade Kodiaks (0-10). "Oh, yeah, definitely," was the Cardinal coach's reply when asked if a big weight had been lifted. "The guys played well." The Cardinals made the best of the moment following...
FOOTBALL Johnson named Co-Defensive Player of Week CHENEY — Eastern Washington defensive end Da’Marcus Johnson was named Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 6. Johnson made the first of several game-changing defensive plays for the Eagles on Saturday against the Cal Poly Mustangs, sacking quarterback Sam Huard and stripping the ball to secure the one of three Eastern takeaways in their 48-13 win. The Fresno State transfer added another forced fumble late in the game, tacking on 5 tackles and a quarterback hur...
For the most part, cross country success comes when seven athletes’ skills mesh with the right coaching and follow race strategy. It’s one of those rare competitions, like golf, where low score wins. And since 2010 here on the West Plains, distance running at Medical Lake High School has been the focal point of sports success come fall. On Friday, Oct. 27 the the Cardinals made it 12 consecutive seasons qualifying a team to the upcoming WIAA state championships in Pasco, the...
PASCO – Medical Lake's boys and girls cross country teams will resume their chase of the Lakeside Eagles, and others, Nov. 4, at the WIAA state championships at Sun Willows Gold Course. The Cardinals claimed second place finishes Oct. 27 at the Chewelah Golf and Country Club in the District 7 championships, earning one of two team berths this Saturday. "(They are) totally exceeding expectations," head coach Gene Blankenship said after Medical Lake was edged by Lakeside 5...
FEDERAL WAY – Blackhawks swimmers not only claimed the 2023 3A District team championship but will also send a host of competitors to the state meet in Federal Way from Nov. 9-11. The Blackhawks earned 347 points to top Walla Walla (288) and Kennewick (220) and send seven individuals in search of state titles. Lauren Howe made it three district titles in a row, not once but twice with wins in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle. Bethany Bleam, Kate Kissell, Sophie Schaefer and H...
PASCO – Cheney’s boys are off to the WIAA 3A state cross country championships in Pasco on Nov. 4 where they resume their rivalry with Mt. Spokane, and the rest of the state. The No. 10-ranked Blackhawks have qualified as a team for the first time since ??? following a second place finish to the Wildcats at the Oct. 28 District 8 championships at Wandermere Golf Course in north Spokane. Mt. Spokane, with their top runner Kade Brownell clocking a 15 minute, 35.21 second time fo...
ROSLYN – Former Eastern Washington University assistant football coach Tom Missel, passed away Oct. 21, 2023, at his home. He was 62. A celebration of Missel's life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Harold Weis Memorial Building, 300 W. Idaho Ave. Born Dec. 12, 1960, in Aberdeen, Missel was a defensive coach for three seasons (2000-2002), including two as assistant head coach under Paul Wulff. Prior to that, he was at Western Washington for nine years (1991-1999). A...
CROSS COUNTRY Liberty’s Hanegan qualifies for state cross country meet at Sun Willows CHEWELAH – At least one Liberty runner has earned a spot in the state cross country meet following the regional championships Oct. 28 at Chewelah Golf Course. Junior Mitchell Hanegan will be among the state competitors Saturday, Nov. 4, at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. He punched his ticket to state with a 15th place finish in the 1B/2B Regional meet, completing the 5,000-meter course in 18:12.88. As a team, the Liberty boys fin...
CHENEY — The final road trip of the regular season is this week for Eastern Washington with two more conference matchups. The Eagles take on Sacramento State for the second time this season after falling at home to the Hornets, 3-1. The team then takes on Portland State for the second time, looking for the season sweep following a 3-1 win over the Vikings in October. Eastern split games at home last week, sweeping Weber State on Thursday, Oct. 26, before losing to Idaho State, 3-1, on Saturday, Oct. 28....
CROSS COUNTRY Eastern finishes fifth in Big Sky MISSOULA, Mont. — The Eastern Washington Cross Country team wrapped up its 2023 season with matching fifth-place finishes at the Big Sky Championships on a snowy Friday morning. The Eagle women finished with 145 points, edging Sacramento State’s 154, while the men earned 156 points to come in ahead of the host Montana Grizzlies at 176. Top-ranked Northern Arizona won both races. In the women’s 5K, the Eagles were led by Kaylin Sheley and Lilly Fetzer, who crossed the line toget...
CHENEY — Once again, the start was promising for Cheney football, but the finish was much like it has been all season in a 24-7 non-league loss to Eisenhower on Oct. 27 at Tom Oswald Field. Sam Coffin connected with Kordell Laher for a 20-yard touchdown play in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. But the Cadets (3-6) took command and led 14-7 at halftime before salting away the win with 10 fourth quarter points. “The first quarter looked promising,” head coach Bobby Byrd wrote...
Eastern Eagles celebrate Homecoming. Photos by Paul Delaney and Roger Harnack...
MEDICAL LAKE – The girls volleyball team hung with Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), one of the top teams in the Northeast A League, for the opening game. But following that 25-19 setback the fire slowly cooled as the Eagles (10-2 NEA, 11-3 overall) swept the Cardinals (3-9, 3-14) on Senior Night, Oct. 19 with wins of 25-13 and 25-8. In the opening game the Cardinals got within 16-15 before the Eagles finished with a 9-4 run. Subsequent games saw Medical Lake start slow and never r...
Jackrabbits run past Cardinals QUINCY – The Jackrabbits rolled up 408 yards rushing on 54 plays and ran past Medical Lake 43-0 in a non-league football game here Oct. 27. Quincy (5-3) broke a scoreless first-quarter tie with 22 second-quarter points against winless Medical Lake. Of Medical Lake's 132 total yards, Cylas Puzycki rushed for 44 and Josh Henry had 31 on three receptions. The Cardinals close out the season Oct. 27 with their Northeast A League finale at Freeman (...
CLARKSTON - Cheney and Medical Lake swimmers were among those competing Friday, Oct. 20, in a girls meet at the Asotin Family Aquatic Center. Seven schools were represented at the meet – Pullman, Cheney, Clarkston, Lewis and Clark, Medical Lake, East Valley (Spokane Valley) and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse. Pullman won the meet with 322 points, followed by Cheney with 278 and Clarkston third with 145. The Lewis and Clark, East Valley (Spokane Valley), Medical Lake and St. John-E...
FREEMAN – Kaylee Dennler won the girls individual race, but Freeman pushed across just enough runners in the Top 5 to win the final Northeast A League cross country race, 28-32 at Freeman High School on Oct. 19. Freeman’s boys put four runners in the Top 5 and scored 22 points to Riverside’s 42 and Medical Lake’s 66. Both boys and girls won 15-50 over Newport which did not field the required seven runners. Dennler’s 21 minute, 45 second time was nearly a minute ahead of...
CHENEY - This time it was Eastern Washington's turn to win late. Jared Taylor completed an 18-play, 84-yard drive that chewed up 8 minutes, 40 seconds off the clock, scoring on a 3-yard run with 1:37 to play to lead the Eagles past Weber State 31-23, capping Homecoming week Oct. 21 at Roos Field. The score expanded a slim 1-point Eastern lead and made sure there was no revisiting the result of the Idaho State game - a 42-41 loss on a field goal with under a minute to play -...
CHENEY – The cross country team got one final tune-up before district competition by cruising past Ferris, Gonzaga Prep and Ridgeline in a Greater Spokane League meet at home Oct. 17. The Blackhawks’ boys had five of the Top 6 finishers and put six runners in the Top 10, scoring 18 points to 68 for Ferris, Prep’s 74 and Ridgeline’s 81. Ferris’ 28 points outdistanced Cheney (52), Ridgeline (68) and Prep (73) on the girls’ side over the 5,000-meter course. “Both the guys and gir...
Whitney Nave of Reardan got her fist buck, a 4X4 mule deer, while hunting north of Davenport over the last weekend. She was using a .270 Winchester rifle and accompanied by her father, Jeremiah Nave....
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles had two games during the week, one home and one away. The Oct. 17 home game for the Eagles was against the Dayton Bulldogs. The Eagles had four seniors recognized that night — setter Julia Guske, libero Cami Larsen, outside Kaityln Hough, and middle Kenzie Stanley. The game was quick for the Eagles, which dominated from start-to-finish, sweeping the Bulldogs. Set scores for the game were all heavily in favor of the Eagles: 25-9, 25-8, 25-8. The Eagles will play the first rou...
The Eastern Washington University color guard presents the flag during the pregame festivities Saturday, Oct. 21. The Eastern Eagles hosted Weber State....
BASKETBALL Eastern women open with exhibition CHENEY — Eastern Washington takes the court for its first game of the 2023-24 season in a Sunday, Oct. 29, exhibition against Montana Tech, at 2 p.m. at Reese Court with free admission. The Big Sky coaches’ preseason poll selected Eastern to win the conference this season. Jamie Loera and Jaydia Martin were both selected to the Big Sky All-Conference preseason team. Loera, the reigning Big Sky Defensive MVP, returns for her second season in Cheney. Cach Joddie Gleason begins her...
