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CHENEY – Changes to parks and recreations programs follow the school district recommendations. Several programs which are hosted by the parks and recreations department were canceled Nov. 30 due to inclement weather. These cancellations were made in conjunction with the Cheney school district’s own winter advisories. Kellie McGinleyAshe, director of Parks and Recreation, said “We follow the school district’s recommendations concerning weather. So, if they close, we close our programs, or if there’s delay, we have a matching...
BASKETBALL: Eastern men have 1-2 week Eastern Washington men’s basketball slipped in a win around a pair of losses last week. The Eagles opened with a “home” loss 82-56 to Pac-12 Washington State in the Spokane Veterans Arena. They followed with a split at the Florida International Tournament in Miami beating Stony Brook 82-56 on Nov. 25 before losing to host Florida International 90-79. Eastern had four players score in double figures against FIU as Steele Venters scored 17. Angelo Allegri had 15 while Tyreese Davis added...
NE2B Coaches of the Year The Northeast 2B football league recognized Liberty Assistant Coach Brian Goodwin, left, and Coach Brian Harrington as Coaches of the Year during a short ceremony Sunday, Nov. 20, at their home high school outside Spangle. Roger Harnack | Cheney Free Press...
A Memorial Day weekend staple in Cheney and at Eastern Washington University for the past quarter century will have a new home in 2023. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association's 1A, 1B and 2B state track meet will move to Yakima and Zaepfel Stadium for its next edition, taking with it an estimated 1,600 athletes and an untold number of fans. The event will take place May 25-26-27 as part of a two-year contract. The Yakima facility had undergone a significant...
BASKETBALL: Eastern women suffer first loss The Eastern Washington women saw one win streak come to an end but began another in a pair of non-conference basketball games last week. In Corvallis, EWU lost its first game of the season 73-66 to the PAC-12 Beavers, Nov. 17. Eastern returned home and led start to finish to record a 90-44 win over the NAIA Evergreen State College Geoducks, Nov. 20 at Reese Court. Three Eagles scored in double figures led by Jacinta Buckley’s game-high 15 points against Evergreen. Jaleesa L...
For Eastern Washington football in 2022 the season began with a win and ended the same way. Scoring 28 consecutive points, Eastern erased an early second quarter 14-7 Northern Colorado lead and went on to defeat the Bears on a cold and breezy day 45-21 at Roos Field. Eastern has now won 13 consecutive games against UNC with the Bears’ only win coming in 1981 as an NCAA Division II program. The victory provided a bit of a bright spot for the Eagles who finished 2-6 in the B...
Medical Lake volleyball landed three players on the 2022 all-league team from the Northeast A League. Pictured from left to right are Chiche Okemgbo (2nd team), Ailahni Mae Viloria (2nd team) and first-team choice, Rylie Spring....
The numbers certainly speak for themselves in confirming the improvement Cheney High School volleyball had between 2021 and 2022. The jump helped affirm head coach Heather Zorrozua's claim of "What a season my girls had." In their first true season as a Greater Spokane League 3A school in 2021, the Blackhawks finished ninth in the league at 1-8 and 3-13 overall - tied for the basement with University. The 2022 squad improved to sixth at 4-5 in league, 11-8 overall and had thre...
In his 13 years as head cross country coach at Medical Lake there have been few things Gene Blankenship’s teams have not been able accomplish. But Reid Headrick checked off one of those boxes Nov. 5 at Sun Willows Golf Course in in windy Pasco at the WIAA 1A state championships when raced across the finish line first to win the Cardinals’ first-ever individual championship. Headrick led all the way, clocking a 16 minute, .01 second time to turn back a late challenge from And...
Officially the high school cross country season ended Nov. 5 in Pasco at the state championship meet. But the sport requires a dedicated training regimen that expends to off-season training and competition. A big group of Cheney High School athletes traveled to Boise Nov. 12 to the Nike Cross Regionals and had some notable performances — particularly for the Blackhawks boys. Running as the 509ers, Cheney not only finished third as a team but placed two runners in the t...
Eight members of Medical Lake’s 2022 cross country teams that finished second in Northeast A League competition and had continued success at regional and state were named to all-league teams the school announced. The selections were evenly split between boys and girls and include senior state champion Reid Headrick as well as sophomores Nakai Ornelas, Hector Gomez and Garrett Montney. The Medical Lake boys team finished ninth at state on Nov. 5. Fifth-place state finisher Kayla Ramsey, and part of the Cardinals’ thi...
Parks and recreation to apply for grant Cheney Free Press Lucas Walsh CHENEY – Parks and recreations department is applying for two grants from the Spokane parks foundation. These applications are for funds that will go toward installing automatic locks on city parks public bathroom doors, and dog waste stations. Kelly McGinley-Ashe, recreation director, said “At least once a week our public bathrooms all over the city are being vandalized.” In past meetings, the department members discussed options to mitigate vanda...
YAKIMA – The Liberty (Spangle) girls volleyball team survived to Day 2 of the state 2B tournament, but couldn't get past league rival Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The Lancers were eliminated by the Broncos, 3-0, on Friday morning, Nov. 11. Set scores were 25-15, 25-17, 25-23. In winning, the Broncos avenged a loss to Liberty in the district tournament. Liberty, seeded No. 7, reached Day 2 in the Yakima Valley SunDome by opening Thursday with a 3-1 win over the No. 10-seeded B...
BASKETBALL: Eastern women improve to 3-0 With two victories last week, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team has now started 3-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season. The Eagles concluded a 2-0 week with a rare win at Boise State, 83-74 on Nov. 11. The win ended an eight-game losing streak against the Broncos. They then got a clutch buzzer-beater layup from Jamie Loera in a 62-60 win over Southern Utah, Nov. 14 at Reese Court. In Boise, Jaydia Martin led the team with 17 points, tying for the game high. A...
Eastern Washington’s game in Missoula at Washington-Grizzly Stadium was basically decided in the first four possessions by each team. Montana 21 points; Eastern four punts and four three-and-outs on its first five drives. By the end of the first quarter Montana led 28-0 and was on the way to a record-tying point production in a 63-7 Big Sky Conference win. This result was the same for 16th-ranked Montana as on Nov. 11, 1995, when they won at Woodward Field. Once again, the opponent got a big offensive performance from one p...
YAKIMA - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington girls avenged a district loss to Liberty (Spangle) this morning, Friday, Nov. 11, by eliminating the Lancers from the state 2B volleyball tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The Broncos swept their league rival, 25-15, 25-17, 25-23. "It's so exciting to be able to redeem ourselves after losing to them in the district tournament," Broncos Coach Cari Galbreath said. "But it's also awesome to have two teams here from...
YAKIMA – The Northeast 2B girls volleyball teams competing at state all advanced to the state quarterfinals with wins this morning, Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington swept the previously undefeated Goldendale Timberwolves. Colfax swept Granger. And Liberty (Spangle) won, 3-1, over Brewster. The Broncos hit the court at 8 a.m. Initially, they fell behind the Timberwolves. But down 14-7, Coach Cari Galbreath called h...
Cheney's trip down U.S. 395 on Nov. 5 to compete at the WIAA state cross country championships certainly had its high points. But, perhaps, the biggest takeaway might be what the Blackhawks' showing did for the future? Most notable was yet another individual championship in the wheelchair division by freshman Caitlin Shaffer in a time of 12 minutes, 58.7 seconds to claim the championship on the 5,001-meter course. She's pointing to follow Isaiah Rigo who, from 2014 to 2017...
MEAD – The Cheney Blackhawks (11-8) girls volleyball team's post-season prospects were swept away Tuesday night, Nov. 8. Cheney (11-9) lost to Mount Spokane, 3-0, in a winner-to-state/loser-out matchup. Set scores were 25-22, 25-11, 25-17. The 16-4 Wildcats earned a state 3A berth. The Blackhawks season ended. Individual statistics for the game were not available prior to press time. Cheney, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, wasn't expected to reach the game. But on Nov. 1, t...
MOSCOW – In 2021, the Eastern Washington Eagles hosted the Idaho Vandals at Cheney and dominated, winning 71-21 on Oct. 21 of that year. This win was shortly after the two teams each had a seven-point victory over each other in the COVID-shortened spring 2021 season, with Idaho winning on Feb. 27, 2021, 28-21 and Eastern Washington winning 38-31 on April 10, 2021. With the pattern of the two teams sharing wins the past two seasons, it makes sense that the Vandals got their w...
Cheney Free Press SPANGLE – Several local student-athletes have been named to the Northeast 2B All-League teams. From Spangle High School, senior Ellie Denny and sophomore Kendeall Denny were named to the 1st team; junior Brooke Redder and sophomore Devyn Cook were named to the 2nd Team. And from Upper Columbia Academy, juniors Lauren Moody and Madison Threadgill were selected to the 1st Team; senior Sidney Folkenberg was named to the 2nd Team. Lind-Ritzville senior Taylor Galbreath was named the league Most Valuable P...
Cardinals get closer but fall MEDICAL LAKE – Medical Lake closed out the 2022 football season losing to Quincy 16-12 on a non-league crossover game rematch Nov. 4 at Holliday Field. The teams met on Oct. 23, with Quincy winning 43-30. The Cardinals finished the season 0-10 overall. No other statistics or information was available at press time. Hermiston explodes to topple Cheney HERMISTON, Ore. – The Hermiston Bulldogs (4-6) quickly got breathing room by returning the second half kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown on the way...
BASKETBALL: Eastern men fall at Santa Clara Eastern Washington men’s basketball began its 2022-23 season Nov. 7 with a 84-72 loss at Santa Clara of the West Coast Conference. Angelo Allegri led the Eagles with 19 points, Tyreese Davis added another 12 while Casey Jones recorded his first career double-double, scoring 10 points and 10 rebounds. Turnovers were a major factor in the game, as Eastern had 16 that led to 24 points for the Broncos. Eastern will next compete in the Outrigger Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawai’i, star...
SPANGLE – Sometimes, a football game is decided solely on turnovers. Such was the case Friday night, Nov. 4, when the Liberty Lancers held off the visiting Lake Roosevelt Raiders, 15-6, to advance to the state 2B football playoffs. With a cold, steady rain and a muddy filed, the District 6/7 crossover proved to be a defensive battle, with little offense on both sides of the ball. Two Raider fumbles and an incepted Lancer pass made the difference in the game. The first quarter...
SPANGLE – Liberty boys football team took time before the District 6/7 crossover game to tell a local woman she's not alone in her fight with cancer. Prior to the start of the Friday night, Nov. 4, game, Liberty Athletic Director Kyle Dodge presented Dianna Harrington with a football all of the players had signed. The ball also contained a short note of support: "NO ONE FIGHTS ALONE." After the presentation, Harrington received several words of encouragement and hugs from p...
