Cheney girls drop opening games

While the Cheney girls’ basketball team lost its opening two games of the season

at home, 50-30 to University, Dec. 6 and 49-29 to North Central, Dec. 9, the good news is both were pre-season contests for the Greater Spokane League.

How the Blackhawks improve to when things count will have a pretty good measuring stick. The same teams meet again for the final two games of the regular season in February at U-Hi and NC.

Cheney head coach Ken Ryan assessed the outcomes writing in an email, “We need to play better, bottom line,” and “I need to coach harder and get our team mentally ready for these...