Ending the wrong kind of streak

That didn’t take long.

Led by two touchdown passes from quarterback Alex Long and the stout defense of linebacker Jacob McGourin, the Cheney Blackhawks football team put an end to their 12-game losing streak with a 27-22 win over visiting Colville last Friday in their season opener at Tom Oswald Field.

Cheney head coach Bobby Byrd gave credit for the victory to good leadership skills on the part of his seniors, who kept calm after Blackhawk miscues, and some juniors and sophomores who absorbed the lessons delivered by the upper classmen.

Cheney turned the ball over four times, two fumbles by t...