A team building experiment

There is, perhaps, an interesting yet purely accidental experiment taking place this winter sports season on the West Plains.

Anecdotally speaking and come February, we might see if focusing largely on one sport or stocking a roster with a diverse array of multi-sport athletes delivers more wins?

A show of hands when the Cheney boys’ basketball team went through a Q&A Nov. 18 at the school’s media day indicated most, if not all, played the game year-round with a club.

Conversely, when getting the low down from new Medical Lake boys’ basketball coach in a late November interview, Brett Ward spo...