Northwest Notes Feb. 11, 2022

Memorial for former LC State baseball coach Cheff set for March 19

LEWISTON — Lewis-Clark State will be holding a memorial service for legendary baseball coach Ed Cheff at Harris Field on March 19 at 1 p.m.

The event will be live streamed, and the link will be available on lcwarriors.com the day of the event.

Cheff, who coached the Warriors for 34 seasons (1977-2010), died Jan. 15 at age 78.

More information will be announced closer to the event.

Chiefs fire head coach midway through second season

SPOKANE — The Spokane Chiefs fired first year head coach Adam Maglio on Thursday.

Associate coach Ryan Smith will take over as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. Assistant coach Dustin Donaghy will move into a full-time role.

The Chiefs have the worst record in the 10-team Western Conference, and the second-worst record in the 22-team Western Hockey League, at 12-26-3-1.

“We feel like a change is needed for our group,” Chiefs president Mark Miles said. “The season hasn’t progressed like we hoped it would. We still have a lot of games remaining and we want to put our team in a position to develop both as a unit and individually.”

Maglio coached the Chiefs through a 21-game COVID-shortened season in 2020-21, where Spokane finished 6-10-4-1.

The Chiefs host the Portland Winterhawks for back-to-back home games on Friday and Saturday.