High School Sports Briefs

FASTPITCH SOFTBALL:

Blackhawks close out regular season

Three more regular season Greater Spokane League games remained for Cheney fast pitch softball before playoffs.

Last week Cheney went 1-2, beating Ridgeline 14-4 and then losing to University and Mead, 5-0 and 9-5, respectively.

Leading hitters for the week were Mia Ashcroft (.417), Allie Halverson (.400), and Sedona Ericson (.400).

On the positive side, according to head coach Gary Blake, the two losses were by closer margins this time than when the two teams met in the first round.

“This week we play our final three games of the regular season and will be trying to generate some momentum heading into the post-season,” Blake wrote in an email.

The Blackhawks played at Central Valley, May 2 and were at Gonzaga Prep May 4 before wrapping things up May 5 at home vs. North Central. All games start at 4 p.m. Cheney and CV are locked in a tight race for third place in the GSL standings.

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GOLF:

Cheney boys eye postseason play

Members of the Cheney boys’ golf team were counting on solid finishes in a May 1 Greater Spokane League at Wandermere will open the door to postseason.

“Alex Hinrichs, Jake Vallance and Kyren Fleming have a chance to qualify for districts in Tri-Cities if they play well in our final GSL tournament at Wandermere,” head coach Jeff Pike said via text message.

Cheney finished fifth in a GSL match at Deer Park last week with Jacob Vallance shooting a 78. The team score of 321 was the best in the last few years according to Pike.

Three other Blackhawks landed in the low 80s including Hinrichs (80), Treyson Little (81) and Flemming (82).

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Two Cardinal boys off to district play

The Medical Lake boys golf team took three golfers, Isaac Sweeney, Mason Ashenbrenner and Abram Kane, to Deer Park to compete in sub-districts. Sweeney and Ashenbrenner move on to Districts at MeadowWood May 8.

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TENNIS:

Blackhawk girls split GSL matches

The Cheney girls’ tennis earned a split in Greater Spokane League competition last week topping Mount Spokane 5-2 April 25 then losing by the same score the following day to Ridgeline.

In the win, the Blackhawks took three of four singles matches with No. 1 Claire Watkins claiming hers with a forfeit breaking the tie. Sydney Lincoln and Martyna Stepniak both claimed straight sets victories and the number three and four spots.

The No. 2 doubles Victoria Baycroft/Angelica Goold fell in their first set but won the last two while No. 3 Hailey Magalsky/Morgan Weathers swept their opponents.

Cheney’s two wins against Ridgeline came at No. 4 singles when Stepniak bounced back from an opening loss and dominated with a 10-2 deciding tiebreaker. Baycroft/Goold at No. 2 doubles won in straight sets.

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