New coach and culture for CHS boys' hoops

As if the spotlight on new Cheney boys’ basketball head coach Travis Peevey is not bright enough as he works to rebound from a 4-15 record in the 2021-22 season, there’s this.

Peevey married into the Hatch family with its generations of ties to Cheney High School athletics.

His wife is Jenna whose parents are Jimmy and Celia Hatch and grandparents Betty and the late Jim Hatch. The Jim Hatch gymnasium where Peevey’s team plays is home court is named for the long time Blackhawks’ coach and athletic director.

But there’s plenty of other things for the first-time high school varsity coach on which...