Sports Briefs

SOCCER

Cheney wraps up GSL play

CHENEY - The Blackhawks boys soccer completed the initial Greater Spokane League regular season for head coach Noah Prophet with shutout and shootout losses.

Cheney (2-6 GSL/6-8 overall) dropped a 2-0 game April 24 vs. Lewis and Clark (6-2/11-3) at ONE Spokane Stadium.

On April 26, the Blackhawks had to go into overtime and finally a shootout before falling Gonzaga Prep 1-0 on senior day.

Jackson Reagan came out of goal to score the Blackhawks' lone goal in a 4-1 S/O period.

No. 8 seed Cheney will face No. 2 Ridgeline (8-1/11-3) at 5 p.m.

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TRACK

Liberty Lancers finish mid-pack at Colfax and Undeberg

SPANGLE - The Liberty Lancer track team finished mid-pack Tuesday, April 30, at a league meet in Colfax.

The boys team tied for seventh-place with Asotin, each with 45 team points. The girls finished fifth with 52 team points.

The outcome wasn't much different than at Saturday's Undeberg Invitational in Ritzville.

There, the boys tied for seventh-place with Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, each with 30 team points.

The girls finished eighth with 39.33 points.

Simmons named long jump Athlete of the Week 

FARMINGTON, Utah - A new week and another award for Washington's Eastern Caitlin Simmons. The redshirt-junior mixed it up this weekend, earning Big Sky Co-Field Athlete of the Week in the long jump.

Competing at the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson, Ariz., Simmons posted a 6.22m jump to place fifth in the event. 

The mark is tied for second in the Big Sky this season, along with ranking second in EWU history. Simmons already held the number two spot on Eastern performance list (6.20m) and now improves her own record. 

With the co-Athlete of the Week award, Simmons now has four weekly honors this season. This is Simmons first in the long jump after winning the first three in triple jump.

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Other scores:

Fastpitch

April 19 – Colville 11, Medical Lake 8

April 24 – Freeman 7, Medical Lake 3

April 26 – Medical Lake 14, Newport 5