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The Eastern Washington men needed another late rally but successfully kept alive their best start in Big Sky history with a sweep of its two road games last week. Trailing by five points, 74-69 with 2 minutes, 45 seconds to play, the Eagles went on a 10-2 run to claim a 79-76 win over Northern Arizona, Jan. 21. Earlier in the trip Eastern led from the midpoint of the second half to defeat Northern Colorado 83-75. Eastern improved to 8-0 in conference play, 14-7 overall and won its 10th consecutive game. Steele Venters...
Cheney Blackhawk Jalisca Holmgren mixes it up on the mat....
A pair of free throws from Steele Venters with 1 minute, 54 seconds remaining broke a 57-all tie and helped propel Eastern Washington to a 6-0 Big Sky Conference record — and some history — as the Eagles beat Montana 64-57 Jan. 16 at Reese Court. With the victory, its eighth consecutive, the Eagles are off to their best start since joining the conference for the 1987-88 season. On Saturday, Eastern defeated Idaho 95-74 to stay perfect in Big Sky play. Cedric Coward provided the insurance with a basket at 1:06 for a 61-57 lead...
Eastern Washington’s women’s basketball team swept its games over the past weekend with notable Big Sky Conference victories over Idaho and at Montana. The Eagles turned the tables on the Grizzlies in Missoula, Jan. 16 with a dominating 87-60 victory, this after an 81-70 loss to Montana in the Big Sky opener, Dec. 29 at Reese Court. On Saturday, Jan. 14 as part of a doubleheader with the EWU men, the Eagle women topped Idaho 74-59, halting a nine-game losing streak against the Vandals. At Dahlberg Arena Eastern set the tone e...
Slow starts took their toll on the Medical Lake boys basketball team last week as the Cardinals lost at Freeman 64-28 Jan. 10 and at home to Lakeside 60-29 Jan. 13 in Northeast A League play. In each game the Cardinals found themselves in a deep hole to start and could not recover. “(We) couldn’t keep pace with their size and athleticism early,” Cardinals’ head coach Jordan Starr wrote in an email regarding Freeman. Against Freeman (6-0 NEA, 12-1 overall) Medical Lake trailed...
Medical Lake girls’ basketball head coach Brett Ward offered a bit of perspective when asked about recent games his team has played that have resulted in a four-game losing streak. The most recent setbacks came last week where Freeman (6-0 NEA, 12-2 overall) topped Medical Lake 54-25, Jan. 10 and Lakeside (4-2, 9-4) prevailed 67-40 Jan. 13. “The last four teams we’ve played are top 15 teams in the state,” Ward wrote in an email. “The great thing for us is we get to really se...
SWIMMING: Smith wins diving competitions Alma Smith of Cheney scored a pair of wins in 1-meter diving competition last week, qualifying for the state tournament in the process. Smith also won a state qualifying competition Jan. 13 in Wenatchee with a score of 362.25 and followed that with a win Jan. 14 at the MCC Winter Invite at Eastern Washington University with a 202.70-point dive. Peyton Anderson’s 58.18 second time was fifth at MCC Winter Invite in the 100-Yard Freestyle, behind Max Geldmacher of Hanford (52.74). W...
FOOTBALL: Another former Eagle joins WSU staff Nicholas Edwards, an integral part of Eastern Washington’s 2010 FCS National Championship run as a wide receiver, is the second member of that team to join the coaching staff at Washington State. Edwards, who was on the staff of the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL in 2022 as an offensive assistant, and before that with former EWU coach Beau Baldwin at Cal Poly, will be the Cougars’ new receivers position coach. A Tacoma native, Edwards was an EWU walk on in 2009 and went on to bec...
CHENEY – Preliminary planning complete for annual Sutton park summer concert, hosted by Parks and Recreation. “Every summer we have our summer concert series at Sutton park from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.” Kelly McGinley Ashe, Recreation director, said. There are five total concerts, one every Wednesday from Jul. 12th to Aug. 9. “Three of the five bands who are scheduled to entertain still need sponsorship, according to Kelly McGinley Ashe. “A sponsor covers the cost of a band’s performance fee. We’re working hard on additional am...
The non-league schedule is behind them and now the Cheney boys will focus on the future, that being the start of Greater Spokane League play. The Blackhawks closed out the pre-season with a 61-37 humbling at the hands of Mt. Spokane Jan. 3 and then a 59-49 league loss to Ferris, Jan. 6. Toss out the second and third quarters where Cheney was outscored 37-15 and the Blackhawks (0-1 GSL, 5-6 all games) played with the Wildcats (1-0, 10-1). “I have to do a better job at making...
The Cheney girls’ basketball team closed the book on one part of its season an opened a new one last week as the Greater Spokane League started the portion of the schedule that really counts. The Blackhawks fell at Mt. Spokane 55-29 on Jan. 3 in the final non-league game and 48-38, Jan. 6 at Ferris for the start of GSL play. Cheney was held to single digit scoring in every quarter and trailed 26-13 at the half. Macey Richards’ eight points and another six from Shauna Ell...
The Medical Lake girls started last week off undefeated 2-0 in Northeast A League play and ended it at .500 and 2-2. Following the resumption of play in 2023, the Cardinals collected a 39-34 Northeast A League win over Riverside (0-4 NEA, 4-7 overall), Jan. 3. That was followed with Colville’s 51-31 win, Jan. 6 and a 52-23 loss at Deer Park, Jan. 7. Riverside led the game 29-27 after three quarters, but Medical Lake’s 14-5 burst in the fourth quarter turned things around....
Consider it a tale of two rallies, one they needed to make and another stave off for the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team to remain perfect in the early stages of Big Sky Conference play. The Eagles used a huge run down the stretch on Jan. 5 at Reese Court and rallied to defeat Portland State 92-80. Two days later the script was reversed as Eastern watched a big halftime lead evaporate, but on Steele Venters 3-pointer in the closing seconds, earned a 78-75 win over Sacramento State. Leading 49-28 at halftime E...
BASKETBALL: Venters BSC Player of Week With another efficient scoring performance and two more wins this past week, Eastern Washington’s Steele Venters earned Big Sky Men’s Co-Player of the Week Honors, as announced Jan. 10. Venters averaged 25.0 points, including a three-pointer with two seconds left in the game, giving the Eagles a 78-75 victory over Sacramento State, Jan. 7. In Eastern’s 92-80 win over Portland State, Venters scored 25 points, helping the Eagles improve to 4-0 in conference play, 10-7 overall and win their...
The Eastern Washington men's basketball team did something very rare on the opening week of Big Sky Conference play beating both Montana and Montana State - on the road. Eastern opened Dec. 29 with an 87-80 win over the University of Montana and followed that Dec. 31 defeating defending Big Sky Champions, Montana State, 70-67. The Eagles did sweep both schools during the COVID-complicated 2020-21 season, but in the traditional schedule setting the last time the Eastern pulled...
The holiday schedule for the Cheney boys’ basketball team may not have gone completely as head coach Travis Peevey wished, but he appears pleased with what did transpire. The Blackhawks (4-4) lost both their outings in the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley in Spokane. The host Eagles rallied to win 50-48, Dec. 28 and Colfax breezed past Cheney 62-49, Dec. 29. Cheney concluded its three-game-in-three-day schedule with a 61-56 win over Wenatchee, Dec. 30, a game that had been...
Responsibility for the Cheney girls’ basketball team’s two losses in the Eagle Holiday could land on a variety of shoulders, but head coach Ken Ryan said that number is much more easily defined. Ryan said the outcomes, a 64-61 loss Dec. 28 to West Valley and a humbling 46-22 loss to Colville, Dec. 29, are largely his responsibility in one way or another. The Blackhawks turned things around by topping Wenatchee 46-26 Jan. 2 in a game rescheduled following an earlier wea...
The Medical Lake girls put the sting of a close loss to Greater Spokane League Shadle Park behind them and split a pair of games in the Eagle Holiday Classic following a win over Northport. And all of it from a 4-4 preseason leads the Cardinals into the resumption of Northeast A League play this week. Medical Lake, playing without one of its premiere players in Charde Luat in the second half, watch Shadle rally from a 28-20 deficit at half-time and lost a 47-46 thriller Dec....
WRESTLING: Cheney athletes do well at Hanford, Freeman Cheney wrestlers were busy over the last week with competition at the Hanford Winter Cup and Freeman Winter Classic. In the Winter Cup, stages Dec. 28 and 29, Dalton Taylor placed third at 160 pounds and was the leading finisher in competition at the Hanford Winter Cup. Taylor won by decision over John Rendon (Sunnyside) 2-0. Gauge Seubert placed fifth at 220 pounds, winning by fall over Hector Sanchez (Richland) in 1...
BASKETBALL: EWU women fall at home Eastern Washington’s women’s basketball team lost both of its Reese Court games as the Eagles’ opened Big Sky Conference play. The Eagles fell to Montana, 81-70 on Dec. 29 and Montana State, 92-84 Dec. 31. Jaydia Martin led the team with 22 points against Montana State as the Bobcats built a 22-4 lead after the first 10 minutes, limiting the Eagles the 15.4 percent shooting. Eastern would trim the lead down to 57-55 with 30 seconds left on an Aaliyah Alexander layup. MSU led 59-55 at the e...
From staff and news service sources Following the first losing season since 2006, there seems to be a different level of urgency for the Eastern Washington University football team heading into 2023. Hence, the 19 athletes that were signed and announced Dec. 21 on National Letter of Intent Day, seem to have a different look than in the past with more from junior college than in the past. "We have open spots in spring, and we needed to bring guys in to challenge for those...
After the fall sports season, Cheney High School is in first place for the Scholastic Cup for 3A schools in the state of Washington. The Scholastic Cup recognizes performance in the classroom as well as on the playing surface. Schools that finish at the top of their respective classifications in state athletic competition receive points, as do schools that finish at the top in team academic performance. At the end of the year, the school with the most points in their classific...
The following are athletes from fall sports who were selected to All-Greater Spokane League teams. Boys Cross Country First team: Calvin Hilton, Soph. Second team: Brayden Martin, Soph. Adam Estock, Senior Honorable mention: Ethan Martin, Fresh. Girls Cross Country First team: Caitlin Shaffer (wheelchair), Fresh. Second team: Sam Habegger, Senior Honorable mention: Hannah Ward, Soph. Karlee Pope, Junior Girls Soccer Second team: Forward: Alex Miller, Junior Defender: Emersyn Heuett, Senior Honorable mention: Forward: Kaiti...
Cheney emerged from the Dec. 22 Tri-County wrestling tournament at Central Valley High School with some notable finishes. Anthony Moore-Carr had the top finish among a handful of Blackhawks, finishing third at 220 pounds with a 6-3 record. "Anthony Moore had a great tournament as is getting better every week after coming back from illness and injuries," head coach Jason Connor wrote in an email. Stevie Rasmussen (170) finished 5-4 and lost in the third round of the...
BASKETBALL: Stinson’s 27 paces Cheney boys It’s just six games into the 2022-23 schedule and the Cheney boys’ basketball team has equaled its win total from the previous season following a 53-43 non-league win over Southridge from Kennewick. Led by the 27 points from Evan Stinson, the Blackhawks (4-2) led just 20-15 at halftime but used a 20-7 third quarter to get a big lead and withstand a Suns rally in the final quarter. Jakeb Vallance added 10 points for Cheney. “It was good to come out and take care of business at home...
