Lady Hawks late blitz nets rare win in Pullman

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

It’s rare when a Cheney team travels to Whitman County and returns singing anything else but the blues.

Last Tuesday the Lady Hawks bus ride back from Pullman must have been filled with happy tunes indeed as Cheney outscored the host Greyhounds 21-5 in the final eight minutes to pull away for a convincing 64-40 win in Great Northern League girls basketball action. Head coach Shannon Root said she couldn’t really explain what happened to inspire her team in the final period, other than a prevailing sense that they should not have lost the first match up, a 10-point setba...