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• Finding Harmony High was start of good things

  May 24, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Joel Barrett-Schneider’s story may have had a less than happy ending if he hadn’t enrolled in Harmony High School, part of East Valley’s Washington Academy of Arts and Technology. “Alternative …

• Opportunistic West Valley clinches 2A regional softball berth

  May 12, 2012 in Sports Between innings midway through the District 7 2A fastpitch softball game at West Valley’s Smith Field Saturday afternoon, a Cheney parent made a plaintive request.

• St. George’s boys finish third at state soccer

  November 20, 2011 in Sports on Page C8 The St. George’s boys soccer team wasn’t about to let an early two-goal deficit keep it from closing out its impressive season with a win. After Mark Phillips scored twice …

• East Valley eliminated in state girls soccer

  November 19, 2011 in Sports on Page C7 SHORELINE, Wash. – In the end, the continuous pressure finally led to a small mistake. Caitlin MacFarlane was spectacular in the goal for most of East Valley’s State 2A semifinal …

• EV ousts Pullman in shootout, advances to State 2A girls soccer semifinals

  November 13, 2011 in Sports on Page C4 Timing really is everything. During the regular season, the Pullman Greyhounds found themselves on top of the Great Northern League standings, while the East Valley Knights finished second – losing …

• Eagles fight back, beat Greyhounds in GNL volleyball thriller

  October 16, 2011 in Sports on Page C9 Latasha Lofton had 18 digs and Courtney Wold added 18 assists, 13 digs and three aces as West Valley upset Pullman 13-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 15-18 in a Great Northern …

• EV development plan complies with zoning, examiner rules

  July 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V6 City of Spokane Valley Hearing Examiner Mike Dempsey has approved the preliminary plat of a development in the East Valley area that neighbors testified was too dense for the still …

• High school track legend retires

  June 4, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Hall of Fame Spokane Valley high school track and field coach Howard Dolphin is officially calling it quits. To commemorate the nearly 60 years of devotion and success, his family …

• Shawn Vestal: Apology by anti-tax group falls short

  April 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 You’ve got to hand it to the Citizens for Responsible Taxation. When they go irresponsible, they go big. They’ll overstate the amount of school-funding measures by about 100 percent. They … 23

• Tumwater sinks East Valley

  November 29, 2010 in Sports TACOMA –The little engine that could ran head-on into a Mack Truck at the Tacoma Dome on Monday. No. 3-ranked Tumwater scored touchdowns on all seven of its first-half possessions …

• Penultimate playoff pairs

  November 27, 2010 in Sports on Page C3 It’s semifinal time for five area high school football teams. Ferris, East Valley, Colfax, Cusick and Almira-Coulee/Hartline are a win away from advancing to state championship games.

• Knights’ armor dinged up on O-line but holds up

  November 24, 2010 in Sports No spot on the Knights’ roster has undergone more change than at offensive line.

• EV defeated in 2A semifinal soccer

  November 20, 2010 in Sports on Page C5 PUYALLUP, Wash. – It was the one thing East Valley girls soccer coach Gabe Escobar didn’t want his team to face – a corner kick. The play has haunted the … 1

• EV falls in State 2A soccer

  November 19, 2010 in Sports White River scores off a corner kick to defeat East Valley in the State 2A girls soccer semifinals.

• Change sparks East Valley

  November 17, 2010 in Sports When your team is 1-5 and struggling, sometimes change can, well, spark change. That’s exactly what happened for the East Valley football team.

• Seal of improvement

  December 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It’s a long, time-consuming process to earn a national board certification. But it’s one that more than two dozen Spokane Valley teachers happily completed this year. “This makes us better …

• CVHS’s Hittle awarded principal honors

  December 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Central Valley High School Principal Mike Hittle has been named Distinguished League Principal of the Year by his colleagues in the Greater Spokane League. His leadership as GSL president was …

• School board OKs contract

  November 28, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The East Valley school board approved a long-awaited contract with its teachers union at Tuesday’s meeting. The two sides have been negotiating for months, and at times progress was slow. …

• U-Hi leadership’s food drive thrives

  November 21, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Thursday morning was a flurry of counting and sorting as University High School Associated Student Body officers went through the last of the food collected during the school’s annual food …

• Fewer in the league

  November 14, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Parents are known for telling their children to make lemonade if life hands them lemons. After the first fall middle school sports season minus Central Valley, the remaining districts in … 1

• East Valley revamps programs to keep students on track

  October 29, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Change is in the wind at East Valley as the district launches a full menu of new initiatives and programs despite being in the midst of a lean budget year. … 1

• EV district takes fresh approach to lunch

  October 1, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Call it corn shucking or corn husking, the group of eager fifth-graders at East Farms Elementary needed only 10 minutes to make 100 ears of fresh corn bare and prepped …

• EV sees fewer students

  September 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The number of students enrolled at Valley school districts is all over the map, with some districts hardly changing. East Valley, however, was 164 students short on the first day …

• Girls soccer teams young but talented

  September 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V14 When they were freshmen, Central Valley High School girls soccer coach Andres Monrroy marveled at the potential his young players had and looked forward to three more years of escalating …

• Bears of experience

  August 29, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V5 When Rick Giampietri started his football coaching career, it was a different game. On the national stage in 1969, the National Football League and the American Football League had yet … 1

• Back to the books

  August 27, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W4 This first day of school is no ordinary one for Freeman School District. The old high school has been largely torn down for an “aggressive modernization,” and high school classes …

• BACK TO THE BOOKS

  August 22, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It’s a day usually greeted with either terror or joy – the first day of school. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils and the rustling of fresh paper will soon …

• EV board approves restoring resource officer

  August 1, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 As the East Valley district budget for the 2009-2010 school year inches toward adoption in August, school board members gave Superintendent John Glenewinkel approval to bring back the school resource …

• Sports travel cut leaves gaps

  July 18, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Central Valley’s decision this week to eliminate out-of-district competition for middle school sports to save an estimated $14,000 in transportation costs may or may not actually save that much money. … 1

• Penchant for service

  June 27, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 There must be something in the water in Spokane Valley, something that attracts residents to school boards and keeps them there for decades even after their children are grown and …

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