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  • Cheney tops Ike 28-20

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Cheney concluded its regular season with a 28-20 non-league win over the Eisenhower Cadets, Oct. 28 in Yakima. The Blackhawks got a pair of short touchdown runs from Jakeb Vallance and an insurance pick-6 interception return by defensive end Miles Hoover to seal things for a 3-6 overall record. Cheney will board the bus once again to meet Hermiston, Oregon Nov. 4 in a cross-over match up. Cheney led 13-7 at half-time following Vallance’s first score and a 30-yard pass to C...

  • Cheney boys, girls' teams make state

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Cheney boys' and girls' cross country teams have traded places from a year ago and both earned berths in the state championship meet Nov. 5 on Pasco's Sun Willows Golf Course. "We had an amazing weekend, a complete flip from last year," head coach Derek Slaughter wrote in an email. The Blackhawk boys' races from a fifth to third in Greater Spokane League competition while the girls went from last to third. Mt. Spokane (31) was the team champ followed by Mead (53) with Cheney...

  • Cardinals XC send two teams to state

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Concerns that his teams might be left at home for Saturday’s state meet on Pasco’s Sun Willows golf course faded relatively quickly for Medical Lake cross country coach last Friday and Saturday. With Reid Headrick racing to yet another dominating performance in an entirely new environment at Apple Ridge XC course in Yakima on Friday, he helped the Cardinals earn yet another team berth to state. Lakeside with 38 points easily won the team title with Medical Lake (86) and Rivers...

  • Parking lot melee ends Homecoming game

    Roger Harnack, The Gazette|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    ROSALIA – It was a Homecoming to remember, both on and off the field. The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves football team had its best game of the season, topping the Lakeside (Plummer, Idaho) Knights, 74-40, on Friday night, Nov. 28. But it wasn't the score that made Homecoming memorable. On the field, it was junior Isaac Bone's 9 touchdowns for the Timberwolves (2-5). Off the field, it was a melee that broke out in the parking lot with 4:33 left on the game clock. Officials on t...

  • Cheney volleyball earns playoff berth

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Cheney’s final week of work in the regular season of the Greater Spokane League — both on the road — helped earn the Blackhawks at least one more night of play. Cheney traveled and lost 3-2 to Gonzaga Prep (5-3 GSL, 8-7 overall) on Oct. 25 before wrapping up their schedule with a 3-0 win at North Central (1-8, 4-11) Oct. 27 on Senior Night. The Blackhawks (4-5, 10-6) had to rally twice to force the fifth set at G-Prep (13-25, 25-23, 20-25, 26-24, 18-16). “The match was a b...

  • Scotties clobber Cards

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Behind a pair of touchdowns each from Hayden Fatherree and Kanoa Rogan, the Freeman Scotties scored a 51-8 Northeast A League football win over Medical Lake, Oct. 28 at Holiday Field. The Scotties (5-1 NEA, 7-2 overall) scored all of their points in the first half with Andrew Roberts scoring the Cardinals (0-6, 0-9) touchdown on a 2-yard run. No other statistics were available for the game. Medical Lake will have one more game, Friday, Nov. 4 in a cross-over Caribou Trail...

  • EWU Sports Briefs

    Updated Nov 3, 2022

    BASKETBALL: Eagle women win exhibition outing Eastern Washington women’s basketball defeated Eastern Oregon, 67-54, in an exhibition game Oct. 28 at Reese Court. Eastern had three players in double figures, led by Jacinta Buckley’s 19. Aaliyah Alexander scored 15 points and Jaydia Martin added 10. The Eagles will open the 2022-23 regular season against Corban University on Monday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at Reese Court. CROSS COUNTRY: Men and women each sixth in ‘Sky championships Eastern Washington University hosted the Big Sky Ch...

  • High School Sports Briefs

    Updated Nov 3, 2022

    SOCCER: Blackhawks bounced in opener Cheney’s dream of a deep run in the playoffs as in 2021 got a quick wake-up call. The sixth-seeded Blackhawks (8-9-0) were defeated 2-0 by No. 2 Mead (13-0-0) Oct. 25 in the first round of district playoffs. This year the first round was single elimination. Mia Gardner scored twice for the Panthers in the 28th and 62nd minutes. “We played well and created some chances,” head coach Nels Radke wrote in an email. This was the final game as a Blackhawk for Emersyn Heuett, Kaiti Low, Kensie Rol...

  • High School Sports Briefs

    Updated Nov 3, 2022

    SOCCER: Blackhawks bounced in opener Cheney’s dream of a deep run in the playoffs as in 2021 got a quick wake-up call. The sixth-seeded Blackhawks (8-9-0) were defeated 2-0 by No. 2 Mead (13-0-0) Oct. 25 in the first round of district playoffs. This year the first round was single elimination. Mia Gardner scored twice for the Panthers in the 28th and 62nd minutes. “We played well and created some chances,” head coach Nels Radke wrote in an email. This was the final game as a Blackhawk for Emersyn Heuett, Kaiti Low, Kensie Rol...

  • Two from EWU added to Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Two former members of the staff at Eastern Washington University, Dick Zornes and Dave Cook, were inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame in ceremonies Oct. 25 at the Spokane Veterans Arena. Zornes, hired during Eastern’s transition to NCAA Division I football, is a new member in the coaches’ category. Zornes laid the foundation for an Eastern football program that now ranks among the elite in the Football Championship Subdivision. He won a Big Sky Con...

  • EWU Sports Briefs

    Updated Oct 27, 2022

    CROSS COUNTRY: EWU hosts Big Sky XC on Oct. 28 at Fairways Eastern Washington University will host the 2022 cross country championships at the Fairways Golf Course on Friday, Oct. 28. The meet is free for spectators to attend, and the men’s 8k will begin at 10 a.m. followed by the women’s 5k at 11 a.m. –– SOCCER: Eastern bumped from ‘Sky playoffs There will be no post-season for Eastern Washington soccer following its 2-1 loss at Idaho, Oct. 23. A combination of Eastern’s loss in the final day of Big Sky Conference play, and...

  • Mead topples Cheney 41-7

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    For the second consecutive week the Cheney Blackhawks have faced the top of the Greater Spokane League in a team from Mead — this time the Panthers. And for the second time in seven days Cheney has lost in a decisive way — this time 41-7 on the road at Union Stadium to Mead on Oct. 21. The Blackhawks lost at home to Mt. Spokane 45-29 on Oct. 14. Mead used three Colby Price scores a pair of Colby Danielson touchdowns and assembled a 41-0 lead before Cheney’s Jakeb Valla...

  • Cheney soccer qualifies for playoffs

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    After further review the good news is that Cheney girls’ soccer has once again reached the Greater Spokane League playoffs after last week’s results. But things would have been vastly different had replay been in place following the Blackhawks’ 4-2 loss to Ridgeline, Oct. 17. “Monday, we played at Ridgeline and scored a goal to go up 2-1 but the referee disallowed the goal,” Cheney head coach Nels Radke reported. Video evidence shows the ball clearly bounced past the goal line...

  • Eastern 'D' leads way to win over Cal Poly

    From staff and news services sources|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    The battle between longtime friends Aaron Best and Beau Baldwin decided a critical place in Big Sky Conference standings. Not first as one might expect but last as both Eastern Washington and Cal Poly have struggled in 2022. But the Eagles' defense repeatedly held off the Mustangs, forcing five turnovers, and their offense did just enough to escape the Big Sky standings cellar, and San Luis Obispo, Calif. Oct. 22 with a 17-10 win. "We have a lot of respect for Coach Baldwin...

  • EWU plays Arizona at Reese Court

    Lucas Walsh, Cheney Free Press|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    CHENEY – Eastern's Adaptive Athletics program hosted a tournament against the University of Arizona wheelchair basket ball team. Oct. 21. The tournament also included Team St. Luke's and Parasport Spokane. Bob Hunt, a founding member of the EWU team, said that "This is our first collegiate game. I helped start the team, in fact, and I couldn't be more proud." "All the same rules apply; the only difference is that we get to touch our wheels twice before we have to dribble." H...

  • Cheney XC head off to regionals

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Cheney cross country had a memorable Senior Day Oct. 18 as both boys and girls scored victories in their final Greater Spokane League dual meet. The Blackhawk boys topped Gonzaga Prep 21-36 and Ridgeline 21-79. In those victories Calvin Hilton won his first HS XC race ever according to his coach, Derek Slaughter. The sophomore Hilton recorded a 16 minute, 23.94 second time to lead three Cheney runners, including Brayden Martin (16:48.83) and Adam Estock (17:06.64) across the...

  • Cheney cheer campers perform

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Cheney High Cheer held a camp for younger cheerleaders throughout the district where those who took part were able to perform at intermission of the Blackhawks’ volleyball match with Mead on Oct. 20. Cheer coach Curtis Lewis requested an opportunity for the young, upcoming cheerleaders to perform. Last year he held this event during a home football game and while “Friday Night Lights” are always ideal, it was a bit cold out, and he felt the shift to volleyball would help,...

  • Cardinals unleash offense

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    The finishes keep getting better for Medical Lake football. If only the starts could match? But that is maybe just part of the process and task head coach Nick Puzyski is embracing in his first season on the job for the Cardinals? As has been the case all season, the Cardinals dug themselves into a 36-0 halftime hole Oct. 21 at home vs. the Quincy Jackrabbits but unlike many other games the Cardinals offense got untracked, ultimately falling 43-30. The non-league game against...

  • Medical Lake XC preps for post-season

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Medical Lake cross country will have the benefit of a solid finish to their Northeast A League season to launch them on the road to state. Both boys and girls wound up as runners-up in the NEA, each with a 6-1 record, to regular-season champ Lakeside. The No. 4 state-ranked Cardinal girls cruised past both Colville (21-34) and Riverside (19-36) while the unranked boys edged Riverside (26-29) and Colville (15-45). The girls’ team, with only six runners and Jenna Castro r...

  • High School Sports Briefs

    Updated Oct 27, 2022

    SOCCER: Medical Lake 0-3 for week Medical Lake limped through the conclusion of its Northeast A League girls soccer season, literally, finishing with an 8-3 loss at home to Freeman (Oct. 18) and 12-0 on the road at Lakeside. “We are finally at the end of the regular season,” head coach Dan Collins wrote in an email. “We made it, but barely. I’ve had more injuries (concussions) and am down five starters.”  Domini Charon’s two goals in the second half, one in the 45th minute, and another four minutes later, helped the Card...

  • EWU takes on Parasport D2, Wheelchair Basketball

    Lucas Walsh, Managing Editor|Updated Oct 21, 2022

    CHENEY - EWU Adaptive Athletes take on Parasport Spokane at Reese Court this afternoon. Oct. 21. At 6:00p.m., the Adaptive Athletes will be playing against the University of Arizona at Reese court. This will be the first competitive collegiate game for the Adaptive team....

  • Sac State dominates Eastern on Homecoming

    staff and news services sources|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    CHENEY - For about eight minutes last Saturday, Eastern Washington resembled the Eagles of old scoring three touchdowns on as many possessions and rallied to tie Sacramento State 21-21. It was the other 52 minutes where the Eagles returned to their familiar recent selves in getting steamrolled by the Hornets 52-28 in a Big Sky Conference football game Oct. 14 on Homecoming at Roos Field. No. 5 Sacramento State (3-0 Big Sky, 6-0 overall) led 21-0 after the first quarter but...

  • Cheney boys capture LC XC Invite

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    CHENEY - With Calvin Hilton logging a fifth-place finish - and breaking the 16-minute barrier - in a time of 15 minutes, 55.7 seconds, and Adam Estock just out of the top-10 (11th/16:18.9), Cheney's boys captured the team title at the Lewis & Clark XC Invitational in Estacada, Ore. Jacob Friesen from Forest Grove won the individual title in a time of 15:26.1. Run on the 5,000-meter Milo McIver State Park, the Blackhawks finished with 95 points to its nearest competitor,...

  • Lakeside rolls over Medical Lake 66-14

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    MEDICAL LAKE - In a season where scoreboard struggles have been a regular occurrence for Medical Lake football, one takes little victories where they can. Taking on No. 8 ranked Lakeside on the road in Suncrest Oct. 14, the Eagles raced to 50 first quarter points and led 59-0 at the half on the way to a 66-14 Northeast A League win. That opened the door for the Cardinals to dive into their bag go tricks and have a little fun? Quarterback Isiah Giles played the role of wide...

  • High School Sports Briefs

    Updated Oct 20, 2022

    CROSS COUNTRY Headrick runs away with race, but Lakeside is top team Reid Headrick ran away from the pack to claim the individual title, but the Lakeside Eagles dominated to win a key Northeast A League cross country meet Oct. 12 at Medical Lake.  While Headrick ran with ease finishing over a minute ahead of his nearest competition in a time of 16 minutes, 11.93 seconds, Lakeside bottled up six of the top-10 finishes to grab the team win 22-37. Runner-up Hayden Blank’s 17:12.63 led a string of four Eagle runners across the...

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