Lady Blackhawks season ends in loss at West Valley

If one must assign blame for the Cheney High School girls basketball team’s elimination-round playoff loss to West Valley, Lorin Carlon said you can lay it on him.

The long-time head coach in his first year with the Lady Blackhawks has been trying new things late in the season, one of which was implementing a 1-3-1 zone on defense to help cut down on opponent’s penetration to the basket. The tactic worked in two previous games, wins over Pullman and Clarkston.

But against the Lady Eagles Feb. 8, Carlon returned to man-to-man in the first quarter. The result was four 3-pointers by West Valley t...