Cheney tennis finishes 1-2 in Moses Lake

The Cheney High boys’ tennis team’s quest for a third consecutive Great Northern League championship was off to a rocky start.

At a March 10 jamboree, the Blackhawks defeated Ellensburg (5-2) and lost to Moses Lake (5-2) and Othello (4-3).

“I was pretty impressed with what they were able to do, especially with only two outside practices before the jamboree,” head coach Jesse Erickson said of his team’s effort in their first contest. Like other Cheney spring sports teams, Erickson said his squad held most of their practices indoors in the gym or the cafeteria during the first two weeks of the s...