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FASTPITCH SOFTBALL: Blackhawks season wrap-up Cheney Fastpitch softball was eliminated in the second round of the district tournament and finished the season with a 9-12 record after a fifth-place finish in league at 9-8. Head coach Gary Blake reported that Mia Ashcroft led the team in hitting with a .535 batting average. “Freshman pitcher, Maya De La Cruz, improved during the course of the season, and I am expecting big things from her as she matures and gains more experience,” Blake wrote in an email. Players who made all...
SPOKANE – Fast bats and stout defense moved the Liberty Lancers through the first two games of the 2B Bi-County District Tournament on May 20 at Merkel Sports Complex. Finishing third in district by the end of the day, they just missed a trip to state this season. The Lancers knew they would have a lot of work to do going into the tournament, as they took the field to face off against the Asotin Panthers. A high-powered offense put the ball in play early and often, putting t...
Cheney efforts at last weekend’s District 8 3A track and field championships brought both notable accomplishments and near misses in the Tri-Cities heat. “Joy (Assonken) and Shauna (Elliott) winning,” were some pleasant surprises head coach Derek Slaughter noted in an email. “We knew they were going to do well but winning took a lot of guts.” Assonken claimed the meet’s 3A javelin title with a personal record throw of 119 feet, 5 inches. Elliott, meanwhile, was the high ju...
There’s a longer than usual road trip coming for some members of the Medical Lake track and field team following their performances at District 7 championships last week at Riverside High School in Chattaroy. For the past 25 years when the Cardinals who earned berths to the 1A state championships, that journey was all of about 20 minutes and 10 miles to Cheney and Eastern Washington University. For this year’s group it’s a nearly three-hour and 200-mile trip to Yakima and E...
Medical Lake High School showcased one of its largest groups of letter-of-intent signees in recent memory as seven seniors officially announced May 18 where they would attend college this fall. Seven Cardinals, including members of ML’s cross country, baseball, cheer and competitive shooting signed letters in front of school officials, coaches and parents in the high school auditorium. Included were Kaleb Cain, Luke Dickey, both from baseball; cross country’s Jenna Cas...
Over the past couple of years, the Spokane Cannons AAA Senior American Legion baseball team has been inching its way towards a lofty goal. Winning a state title at the premiere level of ALB. The importance of this is the Cannons are effectively the West Plains' home team, with six players from Medical Lake, five from Cheney, two out of Reardan and several others scattered about Spokane County. Over the past two seasons the Cannons have been Spokane's representative in the...
MEDICAL LAKE — Three Cardinal golfers participated in a unique opportunity to play one of the region’s most revered and iconic courses in the Spokane Area High School Golf Championship at the Kalispel Golf and Country Club on May 11. Kali Rowe and Madi Spring represented the Cardinal girls; Mason Ashenbrenner the local boys. The tournament featured 162 competitors from 42 schools. Rowe shot a 93 and Spring a 114 on the 73-par layout for women. Ashenbrenner finished with a 98...
Medical Lake ousted in playoffs MEDICAL LAKE - The Cardinal soccer season came to an end at the hands – well feet – of a familiar foe in the Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) Eagles on May 13. Playing Lakeside for the second time in four days, Medical Lake lost 6-1 on the road at the middle school field and was eliminated from the playoffs in the fourth meeting this season between the teams. The Cardinals (10-11) and Eagles also met in a May 9 match won by Lakeside, 5-1, and on May...
SPOKANE - Medical Lake's Taylor Oliver authored the Cardinals' third no hitter of 2023, May 9 against Lakeside in the District 7 playoffs at Whitworth University. But like other contests that seemed to slip away by inches with sure outs caroming off mitts, so, ironically did this game and with it the Cardinals' season. The 2-1 loss was part of Medical Lake's three-game losing streak that saw them bounced from the playoffs, one game from reaching state following a 4-1 defeat Ma...
SPOKANE — Sports success is sometimes described as a formula consisting of one part skill and one part luck, wrapped up in a neat package of talent. “You know the bats just weren’t there,” Coach Bob Beamer said of Cheney’s 3A District 8 playoff loss to Mount Spokane. “All year, we go as our top of our lineup goes, and the top of our lineup just didn’t go that day.” Cheney’s up-and-down season ended May 9 as the Blackhawks lost, 4-0, to Mount Spokane and, 4-2, at Southridg...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Competition at the Sub-District track meet at Central Valley High School last week left Cheney track and field Coach Derek Slaughter with a great deal of confidence in advance of regionals and. "We had a great Sub-District meet," Slaughter wrote in an email in advance of competition May 19-20 at Fran Rish Stadium in Richland. Both the boys and girls 4X400 ran their way into contention for state, Slaughter said. Braxton Hinton, Teagan O'Callaghan, Kordell...
KAHLOTUS – The Snake River spring Chinook salmon fishing season is open. Below Little Goose Dam, fisherman can catch Chinook on Tuesdays and Fridays only. Below Ice Harbor Dam, the salmon fisher is open on Wednedays and Thursdays. The seasons opened May 2 and 3, respectively, and are expected to remain open until the catch quota limits out, state Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said. Below Little Goose Dam, Chinook fishing is allowed from the Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the boundary below the dam. Below I...
MEDICAL LAKE – Cardinals track Coach Gene Blankenship approached this season with caution. "You know, we're down in numbers," Blankenship said in assessing his teams at the start of the season in March. "I think that we're gonna' have a tough time winning some dual meets." But now that his Cardinals - both boys and girls - have emerged from the Northeast A League season finishing better-than-expected, the old and bolder Blankenship is beginning to surface. Both Medical Lake b...
LIBERTY LAKE – Following play in district competition May 8 at MeadowWood golf course in Liberty Lake, the Medical Lake girls golf team will send two players to the state tournament in Chehalis. Kali Rowe finished the tournament with a two-day score of 181, which was the best score for the Cardinal girls. “Rowe’s first place finish earned her the District MVP award, which is basically District Champion, and a spot to compete in the state tournament,” head coach Jerry Ornelas...
CHENEY – The Blackhawks boys baseball team continued its late-season surge going on the road May 6 at Walla Walla, beating the Blue Devils, 5-1, in an opening-round playoff game. Walla Walla was the No. 3 seed out of the Mid-Columbia Conference. Cheney, the No. 6 seed in the District-8 3A playoffs, won its seventh consecutive game behind a complete game from pitcher Quinn Hubbs, who scattered seven hits and struck out seven as the Blackhawks improved to 12-6 overall. Hubbs h...
JV golfers finally get to compete CHENEY – A season-worth of hard work and dedication by Cheney High School's junior varsity golfers was rewarded with their finally being able to compete. The team played a 4-man, 9-hole scramble at The Plains on May 5. Individual results were not available. "I'm just proud of our JV group that worked on the range all season and finally got on the course to play a little," Coach Jeff Pike said. "I am very proud of their commitment and effort i...
MEDICAL LAKE -- It was a pretty good week for Austin Sharp and his Medical Lake baseball team. The Cardinals finished 1-1-1, yes, that’s IS a tie, and played their way into what could be an extended post-season. Oh, by-the-way, Sharp and his wife Jessica became first-time parents Tuesday with the birth of son Jett Henry. Admittedly there has been little sleep last week for Sharp as he adjusts to life as a dad, juggles work as a general contractor and figures how to fit in s...
MEDICAL LAKE – The boys tennis team's 3-2 win over Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) earned the Cardinals a share of the Northeast A League regular 2023 season championship. The Cardinals next compete May 12-13 at districts at Hart Field in Spokane. The Cardinals will send a healthy contingent to that competition, a qualifier for the state championships to be played May 26-27 in Yakima. The Top 5 boys move on to a regional play off with the B schools next May 19-20 at Mead High S...
CHENEY — A Spokane Valley woman is returning to the area to play women’s basketball for Eastern Washington University. Ellie Boni is transferring from San Jose State, Eastern women’s coach Joddie Gleason said earlier this week. “We are excited to welcome Ellie home,” Gleason said. “Ellie has successfully competed in the Mountain West Conference for several seasons and will bring that veteran toughness and experience to the program,.” Originally from Spokane Valley, she attended University High School, graduating in...
Cheney Free Press CHENEY — Jake Kyman, a transfer from Wyoming who also played at UCLA, has committed to the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team for the 2023-24 season, as announced by head coach David Riley on Monday. “Jake is a high IQ shooter who can read the game at a very high level,” said Riley. “His skill set fits our program perfectly. His shooting is the most obvious thing, but he is also crafty inside and throughout the midrange.” A 6-foot-7, 215-pound guard originally from Aliso Viejo, Calif., Kyman...
CHENEY – The Blackhawks girls fastpitch softball team concluded Greater Spokane League play last week with a win over Gonzaga Prep. The victory ended a three-game losing streak and propelled the Blackhawks into post-season play. On May 2, Cheney lost to Central Valley, 18-8. Then the May 5 game against North Central was postponed due to weather. After that, Cierra Morton had a 3-for-5 day batting with a pair of home runs and seven RBIs in a 24-18 win at G-Prep for Cheney. T...
CHENEY – The Blackhawks track and field team might use the boost it got from winning their final Greater Spokane League meets to travel the road the next several weeks to the state championships. The Blackhawks traveled to Gonzaga Prep on May 4, where the boys topped the host Bullpups, 85-56, and then edged Lewis and Clark, 73-71. Cheney’s girls won a bit more decisively, 79-67, over Prep and 88-53 against Lewis and Clark. Now begins the trek to Tacoma and the potential sta...
CHENEY – What started as a high powered offensive aerial assault, was slowed to a stop as the Eagle defense was able to stand strong and win the annual Red/White Spring scrimmage 43-35 on April 28. The offense got to work quickly putting up some big passes and with quarterbacks scrambling and extending plays. Wide out Miles Williams caught a couple of early passes, one of them being an incredible one-handed grab down the sideline for a 31-yard gain. To top off the drive, q...
FASTPITCH SOFTBALL: Blackhawks close out regular season Three more regular season Greater Spokane League games remained for Cheney fast pitch softball before playoffs. Last week Cheney went 1-2, beating Ridgeline 14-4 and then losing to University and Mead, 5-0 and 9-5, respectively. Leading hitters for the week were Mia Ashcroft (.417), Allie Halverson (.400), and Sedona Ericson (.400). On the positive side, according to head coach Gary Blake, the two losses were by closer margins this time than when the two teams met in the...
