Blackhawk girls down East Valley, boys edged

Cheney High boys track coach Derek Slaughter felt at the beginning of the season that East Valley was the program most everybody would be chasing for a league or district title this season, with the Knights being particularly strong in the sprinting and throwing events.

If that's the case, the Blackhawks 73-72 loss last Wednesday at home in Great Northern League action to the athletes from East Wellesley in Spokane Valley was as close to an upset as one could get. On the girls side, Cheney enacted a bit of revenge for last year's runner-up finish by downing the reigning District 7 champions 81...