Medical Lake's Justin Cooper did something few have ever accomplished by winning twice at the same race - on the same day - in Boise, Idaho in May at a National Hot Rod Association Division-6 drag race. Cooper drove to victory in both Super Street and Super Comp.
February:
Medical Lake girls repeat as champs
With two wins starting on Jan. 30 with 50-37 over Lakeside - a victory that clinched outright the Cardinals' second consecutive Northeast A League title - Medical Lake was on
its way to an undefeated regular season.
A 55-23 win on Senior Night over Colville sealed their 19-0 overall record and a 14-0 NEA record.
Freshman Eahan Davis wins state title
Medical Lake's wrestling team continued to excel in the postseason, this time at Mat Classic XXIX in the Tacoma Dome where freshman Ethan Davis won a 2018 state title at 132 pounds.
"Medical Lake has never had a freshman champ and the last state champ was 2004," head coach Matt Leenhouts wrote in an email. That title winner was Garrett Johnson.
Cardinal boys out early
The Newport Grizzlies rolled over the Medical Lake Cardinals 67-22 in a District 7 playoff game played Feb. 14 at West Valley High School in Spokane Valley.
Medical Lake saw its season come to an end with an 11-13 record.
March
Six Cardinals earn winter All-NEA honors
Medical Lake's winter 2017-18 All-Northeast A League teams included six athletes, including Jun Figueredo and Josh Figueredo in wrestling, both second team. Lexi Redell was a second team pick in girls' basketball, joined by first-teamers Makayla Geiger and Jayda Noble. Derek Steege was a member of the NEA's second team in boys' basketball. In addition, girls, coach Kyle Lundberg was named Coach-of-the-Year for a second consecutive season.
April
Sharp makes debut as ML baseball coach
Medical Lake High School baseball had a new boss with head coach Austin Sharp in charge.
The 29-year-old native of Woodland, Calif. has been with the program since 2012. He got a jump-start guiding Medical Lake's AA American Legion program in 2017. He replaced Kerry Kelly who stepped away following the 2017 season after seven years as head coach.
May
Medical Lake's Cooper scores rare double race win
Drag racer Justin Cooper of Medical Lake took home not one, but two trophies as he pulled off the rare double win in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series at the 48th annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor at Firebird Raceway near Boise, Idaho, May 6.
Cooper, driving cars owned by Tom Clark of Spokane Valley knocked out Mike Hiatt, of Fallon, Nev., in Super Comp. In Super Street, Cooper met up with Al Quigley out of Aldergrove, British Columbia where Cooper's 1967 Chevelle topped Quigley's 1998 Mustang.
June:
Eastern selects new volleyball coach
New Eastern Washington University volleyball coach Leslie Flores-Cloud had her first official live introduction to the media June 25, and like some of those before her had to vie for attention with a youngster.
"I'm excited to join a program with such good volleyball history," she said. "(Eastern) has always been a spot on my radar."
Flores-Cloud came to Eastern from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. There, the team with which she was associated, started off at 2-28 in 2013. But by 2017 came the most successful season in program history with a record of 23-10 (.697) as the team broke into the Top-100 RPI.
Flores-Cloud replaced Michael King who fired in March.
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